Butler, Jerry

LC control no.	n 94110548
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	ML420.B899 Biography
Personal name heading	Butler, Jerry *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Biography/History note	Individual was a political activist.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1939-12-08
Place of birth	Sunflower County (Miss.)
Affiliation	Mercury Record Corporation Cook County (Ill.). Board of County Commissioners Rhythm & Blues Foundation
Profession or occupation	Composers Rhythm and blues musicians Singers County officials and employees
Found in	Power of love, p1973: label (Jerry Butler, vocals) The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music, 2nd ed. (Butler, Jerry, b. Dec. 8, 1939; R&B singer, now an elected official in Chicago) African American National Biography, accessed July 06, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Butler, Jerry; Jerry "the Iceman" Butler; born 08 December 1939 in Sunflower County Mississippi, United States; songwriter, political activist, rhythm and blues musician/singer, county official; joined a singing group called the Impressions; major success with the release of "For Your Precious Love" (1958); signed to Mercury Records (1967); reached number eight with "If It's Real What I Feel," (1971); had brief tenures with both Motown Records and a reunion with Gamble and Huff at their record label, Philly International; became a commissioner for Cook County, Illinois (1980s); was elected alderman by the close of the 1990s; became president of the Rhythm and Blues Foundation (1988); published his autobiography, Only the Strong Survive (2000))
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