Top 10 Jerry Butler Hits
Jerry Butler was born in Sunflower, Mississippi in 1939. His relatives moved to Chicago in 1944. His interest in singing began by singing in church teams and with the Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers. Curtis Mayfield was also a member of that group.
Butler and Mayfield joined an R&B group, The Quails. But, in 1957, he and Mayfield would be part of an additional vocal group, The Roosters, with Sam Gooden and brothers, Arthur and Richard Brooks. In 1957, they altered their title to The Impressions and he would have only one major hit with them. Butler left the team in 1958 for a solo career. Mayfield would continue with The Impressions and have a string of hits.
He was dubbed “The Iceman” by Philadelphia disc jockey, Georgie Woods, who noticed Butler complete there.
Butler also wrote numerous tunes, including co-creating “I have Been Loving You Much too Lengthy” with Otis Redding
Jerry Butler would have a profitable solo occupation, scoring 30-9 hits on the Billboard Warm 100 charts. On Billboard’s R&B charts, he would have 3 quantity just one hits.
This is a appear at Jerry Butler’s ten largest pop hits in accordance to the Billboard Major Pop Singles Charts.
1. Only The Solid Survive – 1969 – Published by Butler and Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, his largest pop music would go to quantity one particular on the R&B charts. Elvis Presley and Billy Paul would do go over variations of this track.
2. Let it Be Me – 1964 – Here, Jerry groups up with soul singer Betty Everett. Beforehand produced by the Everly Brothers in 1960, this song was 1st recorded as a French tune in 1955 as “Je t’appartiens.”
3. He Will Break Your Heart – 1960 – Penned by Butler and Curtis Mayfield, Tony Orlando and Dawn took this song to amount just one in 1975 and changed the title to “He Really don’t Love You (Like I Do).”
4. Moon River – 1961 – While Butler’s version manufactured it to number eleven on the pop charts, this Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer tune received the Academy Award for Ideal Primary Track as sung by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 motion picture “Breakfast At Tiffany’s.” Andy Williams, by no means released this tune as a solitary, employed it as his signature music.
5. For Your Cherished Like – 1958 – Butler’s only hit with The Impressions was rated #335 in Rolling Stone’s Leading 500 tracks of all times in 2010. He would re-file this music in 1966, but it hardly cracked the weekly Best 100 charts.
6. Hey, West Union Male – 1968 – This was Butler’s next quantity a single solitary on the Billboard’s R&B charts. It achieved #16 on the pop charts.
7. By no means Give You Up – 1968 – From his “The Iceman Cometh” album, it was protected in 2010 by The Black Keys as “By no means Gonna Give You Up.”
8. Make It Quick On Oneself – 1962 – Penned by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, it was originally recorded by Dionne Warwick, but her label didn’t want to release it. Butler listening to the track, applied the identical arrangement as Warwick’s and Butler experienced his initial solo hit. In 1965, The Walker Brothers also had a top 20 strike with it.
9. What’s The Use Of Breaking Up – 1969 – From his “Ice On Ice” album, the flip aspect of this prime 20 strike was “Brand name New Me” which never cracked the Best 100 charts, but was a enormous hit for Dusty Springfield.
10. Ain’t Knowing Mellow – 1971 – Jerry teamed up with artist Brenda Lee Eager for this soulful tune. Keen was the lead vocalist with Butler’s backup singers and recorded various tracks collectively that charted, but none as thriving as this a single.
Today, Jerry Butler continues to conduct while serving as a Prepare dinner County Board Commissioner. He won re-election in 2014. He at present lives in Chicago with his wife, Annette, who is a single of his backup singers. He has been host on PBS Television set songs specials that includes many Doo Wop and R&B teams.
In 1991, Jerry Butler was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
