Jerry Butler News

 
Jerry Butler
New Yorker
June 2: Jerry Butler (“For Your Precious Love,” “He Will Break Your Heart”) is a smoother-than-smooth soul singer, known as the Ice Man, who co-founded the Impressions with Curtis Mayfield in Chicago in 1958. The entertainer moonlights as a duly ...


 
Today's THV
Thieves strategize to steal catalytic converters
Today's THV
Jerry Butler thought moving his company near I-30 would help business, not hurt it. Wednesday night, metal thieves broke into his lot, damaged his property and got away with catalytic converters. The easy access for business, turned into an easy escape ...

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abc11.com
Archaic system tracks NC gas pump errors
abc11.com
Jerry Butler is the man in charge of the program. "We try to do them once a year, but with the 122000 hoses that we have to check, some parts of the state, we're on about a year and a half cycle," he explained. One quarter of a cent from every gallon ...


 
Calling All Artists: New Britain Public Art Mosaic Project
Hartford Courant
... morning, noon and the middle of the night — a 48-foot mosaic will be built on the YMCA building at 50 High St. The mosaic will be designed by Central Connecticut State University Prof. Jerry Butler, based on the history of New Britain.


 
Guilty verdicts in Hudson case
Detroit Free Press
Decades ago when he was dabbling in comedy, Emmy-winning Detroit filmmaker Ted Talbert filled in as an opening act for well-known soul singer Jerry Butler at the old Phelps Lounge in Detroit. As Talbert recalls it, his act fell flat, and after the ...

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CBS News
Chuck Brown Dead: Go-Go Pioneer Dies After Being Hospitalized for Pneumonia
Spinner
Brown's career began with an early stint as a guitarist for Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm in the early '60's, before founding his own band, the Soul Searchers, launching DC's go-go sound, a unique blend of percussive funk and soul and Latin ...
Chuck Brown, Godfather of Go-Go, Dies at 75Hollywood Reporter
Chuck Brown's life, legacy and musicWashington Post (blog)
Chuck Brown (1936-2012)jambands.com
Examiner.com -VVN Music
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KIng Of Go-Go Chuck Brown Passes
All Access Music Group
Brown, who was a much-sought-after guitarist, began in the late '60 s playing with R&B singer JERRY BUTLER. He is considered a local legend in his native WASHINGTON, DC He had a huge hit called “Bustin' Loose,” which charted high on the R&B charts and ...

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