Solomon Burke discography
The following list is the discography of the American. soul musician Solomon Burke.
Singles
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both tracks from same album except where indicated |
Label & Cat. No. | U.S. Pop[1] | U.S. R&B[2][3] | Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | "Christmas Presents" b/w "When I'm All Alone" (from Solomon Burke) |
Apollo 485 | Non-album track | ||
| 1956 | "I'm In Love" b/w "Why Do Me That Way" |
Apollo 487 | Solomon Burke | ||
| "To Thee" b/w "I'm All Alone" |
Apollo 491 | ||||
| "No Man Walks Alone" b/w "Walking In A Dream" |
Apollo 500 | ||||
| "You Can Run But You Can't Hide" b/w "A Picture Of You" |
Apollo 505 | ||||
| 1957 | "I Need You Tonight" b/w "This Is It" (Non-album track) |
Apollo 511 | |||
| "You Are My One Love" b/w "For You and You Alone" |
Apollo 512 | ||||
| 1958 | "My Heart Is A Chapel" b/w "This Is It" |
Apollo 527 | Non-album tracks | ||
| 1959 | "Doodle Dee Doo" b/w "It's All Right" |
Singular 1314 | |||
| 1960 | "This Little Ring" b/w "I'm Not Afraid" |
Singular 1812 (original) Mala 420 (rerelease) |
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| 1961 | "Keep The Magic Working" b/w "How Many Times" |
Atlantic 2089 | Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits | ||
| "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" b/w "Be Bop Grandma" (from Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits) |
Atlantic 2114 | Rock 'N Soul | |||
| 1962 | "Cry To Me" b/w "I Almost Lost My Mind" (from Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits) |
Atlantic 2131 | |||
| "I'm Hanging Up My Heart For You" / "Down In The Valley" |
Atlantic 2147 | 71 |
20 |
Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits | |
| "I Really Don't Want to Know" b/w "Tonight My Heart Is Crying" |
Atlantic 2157 | If You Need Me | |||
| "Go On Back To Him" b/w "I Said I Was Sorry" |
Atlantic 2170 | ||||
| 1963 | "Words" b/w "Home In Your Heart" |
Atlantic 2180 | |||
| "If You Need Me" b/w "You Can Make It If You Try" |
Atlantic 2185 | ||||
| "Stupidity" b/w "Can't Nobody Love You" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2196 | ||||
| "You're Good For Me" b/w "Beautiful Brown Eyes" |
Atlantic 2205 | Rock 'N Soul | |||
| 1964 | "He'll Have To Go" b/w "Rockin' Soul" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2218 | |||
| "Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye)" b/w "Someone To Love Me" |
Atlantic 2226 | ||||
| "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love" b/w "Looking For My Baby" (from Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits) |
Atlantic 2241 | The Best Of Solomon Burke | |||
| "Yes I Do" b/w "Won't You Give Him (One More Chance)" (from '"Rock 'N Soul) |
Atlantic 2254 | Non-album track | |||
| "The Price" b/w "More Rockin' Soul" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2259 | The Best Of Solomon Burke | |||
| 1965 | "Got To Get You Off My Mind" b/w "Peepin'" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2276 | |||
| "Tonight's The Night" b/w "Maggie's Farm" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2288 | ||||
| "Someone Is Watching" b/w "Dance Dance Dance" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2299 | King Solomon | |||
| "Only Love (Can Save Me Now)" b/w "Little Girl That Loves Me" |
Atlantic 2308 | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1966 | "Baby Come On Home" b/w "Can't Stop Lovin' You Now" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2314 | King Solomon | ||
| 1966 | "I Feel A Sin Coming On" b/w "Mountain of Pride" |
Atlantic 2327 | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Suddenly" b/w "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" |
Atlantic 2345 | ||||
| "Keep Looking" b/w "I Don't Want You No More" |
Atlantic 2349 | ||||
| "Woman How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do" b/w "When She Touches Me" |
Atlantic 2359 | King Solomon | |||
| "Presents For Christmas" b/w "A Tear Fell" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2369 | ||||
| 1967 | "Keep A Light In The Window Till I Come Home" b/w "Time Is A Thief" |
Atlantic 2378 | |||
| "Take Me (Just As I Am)" b/w "I Stayed Away Too Long" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2416 | ||||
| "Detroit City" b/w "It's Been A Change" |
Atlantic 2459 | ||||
| 1968 | "Party People" b/w "Need Your Love So Bad" (Non-album track) |
Atlantic 2483 | |||
| "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" b/w "It's Just A Matter Of Time" (from King Solomon) |
Atlantic 2507 | I Wish I Knew | |||
| "Save It" b/w "Meet Me In Church" |
Atlantic 2527 | ||||
| "Soul Meeting" b/w "That's How It Feels" |
Atlantic 2530 | Non-album tracks | |||
| "Get Out Of My Life Woman" b/w "What'd I Say" |
Atlantic 2566 | I Wish I Knew | |||
| 1969 | "Up Tight Good Woman" b/w "I Can't Stop" |
Bell 759 | Proud Mary | ||
| "Proud Mary" b/w "What Am I Living For" |
Bell 783 | ||||
| "That Lucky Old Sun" b/w "How Big A Fool" |
Bell 806 | ||||
| "The Generation Of Revelations" b/w "I'm Gonna Stay Right Here" |
Bell 829 | Non-album tracks | |||
| 1970 | "In The Ghetto" b/w "God Knows I Love You" |
Bell 891 | |||
| "All For The Love Of Sunshine" b/w "Lookin' Out My Back Door" |
MGM 14185 | Electronic Magnetism | |||
| 1971 | "The Electronic Magnetism (That's Heavy, Baby)" b/w "Bridge of Life" |
MGM 14221 | |||
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" b/w "PRS 1983" (from Electronic Magnetism) |
MGM 14302 | Non-album track | |||
| 1972 | "Love's Street and Fool's Road" b/w "I Got To Tell It" (from We're Almost Home) |
MGM 14353 | Cool Breeze | ||
| "We're Almost Home" b/w "Fight Back" (from Cool Breeze) |
MGM 14402 | We're Almost Home | |||
| "Get Up and Do Something For Yourself" b/w "Misty" (from '"We're Almost Home) |
MGM 14425 | Cool Breeze | |||
| "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Part 1) b/w Part 2 |
Pride 1017 | History Of Solomon Burke | |||
| "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Part 1) b/w "All I Want For Christmas" (Non-album track) |
Pride 1022 | ||||
| 1973 | "Ookie Bookie Man" b/w "My Prayer" (from History Of Solomon Burke) |
Pride 1028 | Non-album tracks | ||
| "Shambala" b/w "Love Thy Neighbor" |
MGM 14571 | ||||
| 1974 | "Midnight and You" b/w "I Have A Dream" (from I Have A Dream) |
Dunhill 4388 | |||
| "You and Your Baby Blues" b/w "I'm Leaving On That Late, Late Train" (Non-album track) |
Chess 2159 | Music To Make Love By | |||
| 1975 | "Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You" b/w "Everlasting Love" |
Chess 2172 | |||
| 1976 | "I'll Never Stop Loving You" b/w "The Do Right Song" |
Chess 401 | Back To My Roots | ||
| 1978 | "Please Don't You Say Goodbye To Me" b/w "See That Girl" |
Amherst 736 | Non-album tracks | ||
| 1979 | "Sidewalks, Fences and Walls" b/w "Boo Hoo Hoo" |
Infinity 50046 | Sidewalks, Fences and Walls | ||
| 1985 | "My Aunt Margurite" b/w "God We Need A Miracle (Right Now)" |
Mother Earth 71442 | Lord, I Need A Miracle Right Now | ||
| 1986 | "Love Buys Love" b/w "Don't Tell Me What A Man Won't Do For A Woman" |
Rounder 4557 | A Change Is Gonna Come | ||
| 2002 | "None Of Us Are Free" (radio edit) "Don't Give Up On Me" (live, non-album track) "I Need A Holiday" (Non-album track) CD Maxi-single |
Fat Possum 1090-2 | Don't Give Up On Me |
Studio albums
- Solomon Burke – 1962 (Apollo 498) Reissued 1964 (Kenwood KLP-498) Reissued 2000 (P-Vine)
- Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits – 1962 (Atlantic 8067)
- If You Need Me – 1963 (Atlantic 8075)
- I Almost Lost My Mind – 1964 (Clarion 607)[4]
- Rock 'n' Soul – 1964 (Atlantic 8096)
- The Best of Solomon Burke – 1965 (Atlantic 8109) #6 R&B, #141 Pop
- King Solomon – 1967 (Atlantic 8158)
- I Wish I Knew – 1968 (Atlantic 8185)
- Proud Mary – 1969 (Bell 6033) #140 Pop, chart run – 4 weeks
- The Electronic Magnetism (also known as King Heavy) – 1971 (MGM 4767)
- Cool Breeze [soundtrack] – 1972 (MGM, 1 SE 35 ST)
- We're Almost Home – 1972 (MGM 4830)
- History of Solomon Burke – 1972 (Pride 0011)
- I Have a Dream – 1974 (ABC/Dunhill ABC 50161)
- Music to Make Love By – 1975 (Chess 60042) #54 Soul, chart run – 6 weeks
- Back to My Roots – 1976 (Chess 19002)
- Sidewalks, Fences and Walls – 1979 (Infinity 9024)
- From The Heart – 1981 (Charly R&B CRB 1024)
- Lord, I Need a Miracle Right Now – 1981 (Savoy 14660)
- Into My Life You Came – 1982 (Savoy 14679)
- Take Me, Shake Me – 1983 (Savoy 14717)
- This Is His Song – 1984 (Savoy 14738)
- Soul Alive! – 1984 (Rounder 2042/2043)
- A Change Is Gonna Come – 1986 (Rounder 2053)
- Love Trap – 1987 (Royalty-Gate MCI Records/Isis-Voice 21336)
- Homeland – 1991 (Bizarre/Straight 70558)
- Soul of the Blues – 1993 (Black Top 1095)
- Live at the House of the Blues – 1994 (Black Top 1108)
- The Definition of Soul – 1997 (Pointblank 42557)
- Not by Water But Fire This Time – 1999 (GTR 0237)
- Christmas All Over the World – 1999 (One)
- The Commitment – 2001 (GTROC7994251SB, Canada)
- Don't Give Up on Me – 2002 (ANTI-/Fat Possum 80358)
- Make Do With What You Got – 2005 (Shout! Factory, DK 34357)
- Nashville – 2006 (Shout! Factory 826663-10179)
- Like a Fire – 2008 (Shout! Factory 826663-10846)
- Nothing's Impossible – 2010 (E1, E1E-CD-2086)
- Hold on Tight (with De Dijk) – 2010 (Universal Music)
- The Last Great Concert, Switzerland 2008 – 2012 (Floating World Records)
- Live at Montreux 2006 – 2013 (Eagle Records)
Compilations
- The King of Soul – 1980 LP (Charly 1024) Reissued – 1995 (Charly 8014)
- Cry To Me – 1984 LP (Charly 1075)
- You Can Run, But You Can't Hide – 1987 (Mr. R&B, RBD 108)
- If You Need Me – 1987 (Sequel 860) = Reissue of Atlantic 8075
- Bishop Rides South – 1988 (Charly 1187)
- Best of Solomon Burke – 1991 (Curb 77422)
- Home in Your Heart: The Best of Solomon Burke – 1992 (Rhino/Atlantic 70284)
- Let Your Love Flow – 1993 (Shanachie 9202)
- Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits – 1997 (Sequel 859) = Reissue of Atlantic 8067
- Rock 'N Soul – 1997 (Sequel 861)
- King Solomon – 1997 (Sequel 862)
- I Wish I Knew – 1997 (Sequel 863)
- We Need a Miracle – 1998 (Malaco 501 3116)
- The Very Best of Solomon Burke – 1998 (Rhino/Atlantic 72972)
- King of Rock 'N' Soul – 1998 (Black Top 7006)
- If You Need Me/Rock 'N Soul – 1998 (Collectables 6225) = Reissue of Atlantic 8075 and 8096
- King Solomon/I Wish I Knew – 1999 (Koch 8016) = Reissue of Atlantic 8158 and 8185
- Proud Mary: The Bell Sessions – 2000 (Sundazed, SC 11079)
- The Collection – 2004 (Spectrum)
- That's Heavy Baby: The Best of the MGM Years 1971–1973 – 2005 (Raven)
- The Chess Collection – 2006 (Chess/Universal)
- This Is It: Apollo Soul Origins – 2008 (Shout! 46)
- No Man Walks Alone 1955–1957 – 2008 (Saga)
- Looking for a Sign: The Complete ABC & Pride Recordings 1972–74 – 2009 (Shambala)
Contributions
- Jackpot of Hits (Apollo 490) Various Artists – 1959 – "Just Walking In A Dream" and "You Can Run But You Can't Hide"[5]
- Blues Before Sunrise starring Ray Charles and Solomon Burke (Grand Prix 406) – 1964 – "Friendship Ring", "Mama, Mama Dear", and "Leave My Kitten Alone";[6]
- Soul Clan (ATCO) Soul Clan – 1969 – "Just Out of Reach (Of My Open Arms)" Reissue: 2009
- Gospel at Christmas (Hob 3525) Various Artists – 1993 – "Let's Keep the Christ in Christmas"
- Soul Christmas (Atlantic/ WEA) Various Artists – 1994 – "Christmas Presents"
- Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus (Rhino 71878) Various Artists – 1995 – "Still in Love"
- I'll Always Love My Mama (AMW) Various Artists – 1999 – "Mother Loves Her Children All the Same"
- At the Club (Kent) Various Artists – 1999 – "Keep Lookin'"
- The Beat Goes On...Atlantic's Dance Through The 50s, 60s & 70s (CD Kent 191 UK) – 2000 – "Maggie's Farm"
- Sanctified Soul (Kent) – 2000 – "He'll Have To Go" and "That's How it Feels" (The Soul Clan)
- Ultimate Dirty Dancing (RCA Victor Europe) Various Artists – 2000 – "Cry to Me" reissued 2006 (Sony BMG)
- Joyful Noise – Derek Trucks Band – 2002 – "Home In Your Heart" and "Like Anyone Else"
- Lifted: Songs of the Spirit – 2002 – "None of Us Are Free"
- The Heart and Soul of Bert Berns (Umvd Labels) Various Artists – 2002 – "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"
- ZU & Co. – Zucchero – 2004 – "Diavolo in Me / Devil in Me"
- Jack O the Green – Jools Holland – 2005 – "Message to My Son" with Eric Clapton
- Atlantic Top 60: Sweat-Soaked Soul Classics (Rhino Atlantic) Various Artists – 2007 – "Cry To Me (Single/LP Version)", "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love", "Got To Get You Off My Mind (LP Version)", "If You Need Me (Single/LP Version)", "Just Out Of Reach [Of My Two Empty Arms]", and "Soul Meeting' (LP version) – The Soul Clan
- Brussel – De Dijk – 2008 – "Het Moet En Het Zal/Enough Is Enough"
- The Bert Berns Story Volume 1: Twist & Shout 1960–1964 (Ace Records UK) Various Artists – 2008 – "Cry to Me"
- The Bert Berns Story – Mr Success Volume 2: 1964–1967 (Ace Records UK) Various Artists – 2009 – "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"
- Only in America: Atlantic Soul Classics – (Rhino Atlantic) – 2009 – "Stupidity", "If You Need Me", "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", "Keep Looking", "Maggie's Farm", "That's How it Feels" (as part of The Soul Clan)
- How Many Roads – Black America Sings Bob Dylan (Ace Records UK) Various Artists – 2010 – "Maggie's Farm"
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955–2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-89820-155-0.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 58.
- ^ "Solomon Burke Songs: Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography"
- ^ Solomon Burke – I Almost Lost My Mind (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-07.
- ^ David Edwards and Mike Callahan, "Apollo Album Discography, Part 1 (1947–1962)", (October 31, 2009)
- ^ Ray Charles And Solomon Burke – Blues Before Sunrise (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs. Discogs.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-07.
External links
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