Betty Everett & Jerry Butler - "Let It Be Me" (1964) - Music Video

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He will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler

Uncredited Curtis Mayfield providing the 2nd voice.

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"Make It Easy on Yourself" is a #popular song #written by #BurtBacharach and #HalDavid which was initially a top 20 Pop and R&B hit for #JerryButler in 1962. The best-known version is the 1965 recording by #theWalkerBrothers, for whom it was a No. 1 UK and Canadian hit. #DionneWarwick, who made a #demo of the song in early 1962, later had a hit with it in 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZTS9H-l5qQ
The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself

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Jerry Butler aka "The Iceman"
Always note perfect.
"Moon River"
#jerrybutler
#soul
https://youtu.be/EebwgNfE-c8?si=9F1OldIikwil5pCB
JERRY BUTLER ~ Moon River ~

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He will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler

Uncredited Curtis Mayfield providing the 2nd voice.

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This week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme is #LetTheRiversFlow. Lots of great records to choose from - these are only some of my favorites:

Jerry Butler: Moon River (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlZ_83_seJc

Sammy Turner: Raincoat in the River (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPDjxbQo6_4

Ketty Lester: River of Salt (1962)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjNtiOOjSIw

O.V.Wright: Everybody Knows (The River Song) (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wYFmv_mrsA

Roscoe Robinson: A Thousand Rivers (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZc4fM6hd24

#JerryButler #KettyLester #SammyTurner #OVWright #RoscoeRobinson #LetThisRiverFlow

Moon River

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Let It Be Me [Live/T.J. Lubinsky’s archives] - Betty Everett|Jerry Butler

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He will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler

Uncredited Curtis Mayfield providing the 2nd voice.

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Remembering Jerry Butler from The Impressions

(December 8, 1939-February 20, 2025)

#Music, #JerryButler, #TheImpressions

On the 20th of February 2025: #JerryButler, American soul vocalist, known as 'The Iceman' (The Impressions; - "Never Give You Up"; solo - "Only the Strong Survive"), songwriter, and politician, died at 85.
#RIP 🥀🪦⚰️