Music

My Love Affair with Rhythm and Blues: From Solomon Burke to Sam and Dave to Laura Lee

Solomon Burke (King Solomon), Bert Berns, and Cissy Houston, Burke’s backup singer Jerry Lee and Buddy Holly I started early. I was eight years old in 1956 and, yes, I remember Elvis on Ed Sullivan. But what really caught my eye was what I witnessed on American Bandstand two years later. I was channel-flipping and […]