Jerry Butler performs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York in 2008. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press) Jerry Butler, who found R&B stardom in the late 1950s as the first lead ...

Jerry Butler at the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Awards at New York's Apollo Theatre in 2001 (Gabe Palacio/ImageDirect/Getty) Jerry Butler, the original lead singer of the R&B and soul group ...

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 ...

Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his first hit in 1958, singing lead with The Impressions. He later moved to Chicago and entered local politics. Originally broadcast in 2000.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our interview from 2000. He first recorded ...

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 ...

Jerry Butler, who found R&B stardom in the late 1950s as the first lead singer of the Impressions before moving on to a solo career and a second life in Chicago politics, died Thursday. He was 85. His ...

GROSS: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to the interview I recorded in 2000 with soul singer Jerry Butler. He died last month at age 85. Butler, who died Feb. 20, was born in rural Miss., and had his ...

Chicago soul giant Jerry Butler, who succeeded early hits as lead singer of the keystone R&B group Impressions and a notable solo career with years as a Windy City politician, has died, according to ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our interview from 2000. He first recorded ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our interview from 2000. He first recorded ...