If You Need Me is a 1963 song written by Robert Bateman, Wilson Pickett and Sonny Sanders and originally recorded by Wilson Pickett and was made into a hit by Solomon Burke, who sent the song to #2 on the R&B charts that year and was covered by the Hep Stars in 1965 for their first 'live album "Hep Stars On Stage". Recorded on March 15, 1963, the song which was written and recorded originally by Wilson Pickett for Lloyd Price's Detroit-based Double L Records, which had been rejected by Wexler, but who had purchased the publishing rights. According to Burke, P… read more
If You Need Me is a 1963 song written by Robert Bateman, Wilson Pickett and Sonny Sanders and originally recorded by Wilson Pickett and was made into… read more
If You Need Me is a 1963 song written by Robert Bateman, Wilson Pickett and Sonny Sanders and originally recorded by Wilson Pickett and was made into a hit by Solomon Burke, who sent the… read more
Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died October 10, 2010 at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands) was a soul music pioneer and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite releasing numerous rnb chart hits in the 1960s, he never had a Top 20 hit on the pop charts. Burke's influence, however, has outstripped his mainstream commercial success. He is considered a legend of American music. He began his adult life as a young preacher in Philadelphia, where he hosted a gospel radio show. In the 1960s, he signed with Atlantic Records and began mov… read more
Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died October 10, 2010 at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands) was a soul music pioneer and member of the Rock and Roll H… read more
Solomon Burke (born March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, died October 10, 2010 at Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands) was a soul music pioneer and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Despite releasing numerous rnb ch… read more