“Only the Strong Survive” comes from Butler's 1968 Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff-produced “The Ice Man Cometh” album on Mercury Records. Butler served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Butler in about 1960 - James Kriegsmann/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Jerry Butler, the soul singer and songwriter, who ...

The soul icon who formed the group with the late Curtis Mayfield, notched 38 career Billboard Hot 100 singles over his long career. By Gil Kaufman Jerry Butler, the beloved Chicago soul singer, ...

Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, who had a national hit with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act The Impressions before leaving for a successful solo career and later entering Chicago politics, died Thursday at ...

Jerry Butler, the decorated soul singer who became a senior politician in his adopted home state of Illinois, died at his Chicago home on February 20, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, citing a family ...

Jerry Butler’s baritone combined the soaring ecstasy of church, the rumbling rhythms of Chicago and the soul of his native Sunflower, Mississippi. Warm and plush but also cool, it won him the nickname ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy On ...

Jerry Butler, cofounder of the Impressions and baritone singer/songwriter known for hits such as "For Your Precious Love" and "Only The Strong Survive," has reportedly died. He was 85. A ...

Jerry Butler, a soul music giant who later served as a Windy City politician, has died following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 85. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee died at his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Ice Man cameth — to New Jersey. The Ice Man, aka music legend Jerry Butler, passed away Feb. 20 at his home in Chicago after a ...

Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and '70s whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive" and "Make It Easy on Yourself," has died ...