Jerry Butler

Biography

8 December 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA. Jerry, older brother of Billy Butler, moved to Chicago as a child and was later part of the city’s burgeoning gospel circuit. He subsequently joined several secular groups, including the Roosters, an aspiring trio of Sam Gooden and Richard and Arthur Brooks. Butler then suggested they add his friend, Curtis Mayfield, on guitar. Now called the Impressions, the quintet secured a Top 3 US R&B hit with the haunting ‘For Your Precious... Read more

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Disco Documentaries Drama Movies Folk Holiday & Seasonal Jazz Pop / Rock R&B / Soul

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soul

rhythm and blues

60s

oldies

northern soul

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