Singers need songs, and no one understood that better ... Butler’s work with Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble coincides with the most productive and popular period of the soul singer’s career ...
J erry Butler, 85, the singer with a smooth, silky voice who scored hits in the 1960s with songwriter-producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff that helped lay the foundation for what became known as ...
The Chicago native first became known as a member of the Impressions with church pal Curtis Mayfield, and he soon forged out as a solo hitmaker.