Jerry “The Iceman” Butler went from street-corner singing and belting out gospel songs in church to co-founding the popular vocal R&B group the Impressions, which was inducted into the Rock & Roll ...
GROSS: Now, did you and Curtis Mayfield leave gospel music for rhythm and blues at about the same time? BUTLER: You know, see, we were never big and famous, as was Sam Cooke or Lou Rawls with the ...