Jerry Butler
- MatchJerry Butler
- 100%The Dells
- 83%The Impressions
- 57%The Intruders
- 54%Joe Simon
- 51%Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- 51%The Miracles
- 47%The Chi-Lites
- 44%The Spinners
- 41%Blue Magic
- 41%Four Tops
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
Genres
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soul
rhythm and blues
60s
oldies
northern soul
soul
rhythm and blues
60s
oldies
northern soul
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