Jerry “The Iceman” Butler went from street-corner singing and belting out gospel songs in church to co-founding the popular vocal R&B group the Impressions, which was inducted into the Rock & Roll ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When we think of the voices that built soul music from the ground up, Jerry Butler—affectionately known as The Iceman—rises near the top of that list. His voice wasn’t just smooth—it ...
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our interview from 2000. He first recorded ...
Jerry Butler performs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York in 2008. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press) Jerry Butler, who found R&B stardom in the late 1950s as the first lead ...
Jerry Butler, the soul singer and songwriter, who has died aged 85, was known as “the Ice Man” thanks to his smooth baritone voice and cool delivery; he had 55 US chart entries over the years, ...
Jerry Butler, the veteran soul hitmaker who became a local Chicago politician, has passed away. Butler was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and the Chicago Sun-Times reports that he died at home on ...
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our interview from 2000. He first recorded ...