Solomon Burke – Cry To Me

“Cry to Me” is a song written by Bert Berns (listed as “Bert Russell”) and first recorded by American soul singer Solomon Burke in 1961. Released in 1962, it was Burke’s second single to appear in both Billboard magazine’s Hot R&B Sides and Hot 100 singles charts.

“Cry to Me” was a hit first for Solomon Burke, the towering (literally and figuratively) Philadelphia soul singer

On December 6, 1961 Burke recorded one of his best known songs, “Cry to Me”, “an ode to loneliness and desire” “one of the first songs to unify country, gospel and R&B in one package”, that is considered “the paradigm for Southern soul ballads.” “Cry to Me” was written by Bert Berns (as Bert Russell), conducted and arranged by Klaus Ogermann, and produced by Bert Berns, “a roly-poly white New Yorker with a deep love and empathy for black music despite a formal music education at the Juilliard School of Music and a music background far removed from the searing soul in which, by 1963, he specialized”,[6] with whom Burke had a difficult relationship. Burke “distrusted the young producer”, and often spoke of him disparagingly, but later acknowledged Berns as “a genius” and “a great writer, a great man.” Cissy Houston (Whitney Houston mother), who provided backing vocals on several of Burke’s songs that were produced by Berns, believed “Burke changed his mind about Bert as soon as Sol started working with him in the studio. Bert’s emotion-charged songs and Sol’s gospel delivery was a marriage made in heaven.

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Solomon Burke - Cry To Me (Live at Montreux 2006)02:51

“Cry To Me” este o compoziție Bert Berns și a fost  înregistrată de Solomon Burke în 1961. Melodia a ajuns doar pe locul #5 în topul de R&B și pe poziția #44 la Hot 100.

Dar, s-a dovedit a fi, în timp, o melodie care a rămas în conștiința publicului. Solomon Burke, a fost unul dintre primii artiști de muzică “soul”.

Piesa fiind preluată și de Betty Harris (1963), the Pretty Things (1965), the Rolling Stones (1965), Freddie Scott (1967), Tom Petty (1979), Precious Wilson (1980), and IDLES (2018). AJ Croce(Album: Fit to Serve).
De asemenea,  a fost inclusă și în coloana sonoră a filmului Dirty Dancing (1987)

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