The Originals © by Arnold Rypens

Solomon Burke

Originals

Covers

Cover of JUST OUT OF REACH (OF MY TWO OPEN ARMS) in 1961 - millionseller; first black record to mix C&W with R&B; earlier than Ray Charles
Cover of I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW in 1962
Cover of LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE in 1962
Cover of STUPIDITY in 1962 - also with The Van Dykes
Cover of DONE LAID AROUND in 1962 - idem
Cover of IF YOU NEED ME in 1963 - n°2 R&B
Cover of YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY in 1963
Cover of SEND ME SOME LOVIN' in 1963
Cover of HE'LL HAVE TO GO in 1964
Cover of YOU CAN'T LOVE 'EM ALL in 1964 - recorded three months before Tormé but saved up as an album track
Cover of CHANGE IS GONNA COME, A in 1965
Cover of MAGGIE'S FARM in 1965
Cover of GOOD TIMES in 1965 - as Got To Get You Off My Mind, crediting himself, his wife and his mother; n°1 R&B, top 40 US; written the DAY he heard Sam Cooke was murdered, the same day his wife mailed him her intention to divorce
Cover of BABY COME ON HOME in 1966
Cover of LAWDY MISS CLAWDY in 1966
Cover of WHEN SHE TOUCHES ME (NOTHING ELSE MATTERS) in 1966
Cover of TEAR FELL, A in 1966
Cover of TIME IS A THIEF in 1967
Cover of I STAYED AWAY TOO LONG in 1967
Cover of I WANNA GO HOME in 1967 - as Detroit City
Cover of JUST AS I AM in 1967 - idem, backing vocals by the Sweet Inspirations, produced by Dan Penn & Chips Moman; top 20 R&B
Cover of BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX in 1968
Cover of I WISH I KNEW (HOW IT WOULD FEEL TO BE FREE) in 1968 - hit R&B
Cover of IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME in 1968
Cover of SINCE I MET YOU BABY in 1968
Cover of THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE in 1968
Cover of GET OUT OF MY LIFE WOMAN in 1968
Cover of MEET ME IN CHURCH in 1968
Cover of I CAN'T STOP (NO NO NO) in 1968 - for Bell
Cover of PROUD MARY in 1969 - hit R&B
Cover of WHAT AM I LIVING FOR in 1969
Cover of PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE in 1969
Cover of UP TIGHT GOOD WOMAN in 1969 - another FAME recording
Cover of THAT LUCKY OLD SUN in 1969
Cover of GOD KNOWS I LOVE YOU in 1970
Cover of IN THE GHETTO (THE VICIOUS CIRCLE) in 1970
Cover of NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN, THE in 1971
Cover of TAKE ME TO THE PILOT in 1971
Cover of SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY in 1973
Cover of AVANT DE MOURIR in 1973
Cover of I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU in 1973
Cover of WE WILL OVERCOME in 1974 - in medley with Precious Lord, Take My Hand on lp I Have A Dream
Cover of ALL THE WAY in 1975
Cover of HOLD ON! I'M COMING in 1979
Cover of MY HEAVENLY FATHER WATCHES OVER ME in 1982
Cover of I WANT JESUS TO WALK WITH ME in 1983
Cover of OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY in 1983 - idem
Cover of HOLD WHAT YOU'VE GOT in 1984
Cover of WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN in 1986
Cover of CANDY in 1993
Cover of DON'T DECEIVE ME (PLEASE DON'T GO) in 1993
Cover of GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT in 1993
Cover of LETTER FROM MY DARLING in 1993
Cover of NO NIGHTS BY MYSELF in 1993
Cover of SUFFERIN' MIND in 1993
Cover of STREET WALKING WOMAN in 1993
Cover of CRAWDAD HOLE in 1993
Cover of DIS TRAIN in 1993
Cover of I ALMOST LOST MY MIND in 1994
Cover of I WANT A LITTLE GIRL in 1994
Cover of STILL IN LOVE in 1995 - on Doc Pomus tribute Till The Night Is Gone
Cover of YOUR TIME TO CRY in 1997
Cover of FAST TRAIN in 2002 - fast cover or slow original? Written for Solomon but by the time his version was released (on that same Don't Give Up On Me album Solomon also covered Van's Only A Dream), the author's version was out too
Cover of NONE OF US ARE FREE in 2002 - with The Blind Boys Of Alabama; see also: Don't Give Up On Me
Cover of SOUL SEARCHING in 2002 - on Grammy Award winning album Don't Give Up On Me
Cover of DIAMOND IN YOUR MIND in 2002 - on cd Don't Give Up On Me; changing "she never prayed" (version Waits) into "she almost never prayed", bypassing the unwritten law that you don't change the words to a Tom Waits song; this Man of God was forgiven
Cover of I GOT THE BLUES in 2005 - returning the favour after some 40 years for covering Cry To Me
Cover of I NEED YOUR LOVE IN MY LIFE in 2005 - opening track cd Make Do With What You Got
Cover of LET SOMEBODY LOVE ME in 2005
Cover of WEALTH WON'T SAVE YOUR SOUL in 2005
Cover of THAT'S HOW I GOT TO MEMPHIS in 2006 - produced by Buddy Miller
Cover of ATTA WAY TO GO in 2006 - on Nashville album
Cover of LORD WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW, THE in 2006
Cover of MILLIONAIRE in 2006 - on cd Nashville
Cover of VALLEY OF TEARS in 2006
Cover of DOES MY RING BURN YOUR FINGER in 2006 - on cd Nashville
Cover of TILL I GET IT RIGHT in 2006 - on cd Nashville
Cover of IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU in 2008
Cover of YOU NEEDED ME in 2010 - the recording triggering his sessions for Nothing's Impossible, an album cut at the Royal Studio in Memphis with the late Willie Mitchell at the controls

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