Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke better known as Solomon Burke
was born March 21, 1940, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He began
his adult life as a preacher in Philadelphia, and soon moved on to
hosting a gospel radio show. In the 1960s, he signed with Atlantic
Records and began moving towards more secular music. His first hit
was "Just Out Of Reach Of My Open Arms". His best known
song is "Cry to Me", used in the dance and seduction
scene in the film, Dirty Dancing. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2001. On October 10, 2010, Burke died at Amsterdam
Schiphol Airport while on a plane from Washington Dulles Airport that
had just landed. Burke is buried at Lot 4037, Space 1, in the Murmuring
Trees section of the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills,
at 6300 Forest Lawn Drive, Los Angeles, California.
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