The future politician who later served on the County Board became famous performing with the Impressions, which also included ...

After scoring hits including 'He Will Break Your Heart' and 'Make It Easy on Yourself,' the singer went on to a second life ...

got a job with the city of Chicago’s Department of Streets ... and with his brother, singer Billy Butler, created a workshop for fledgling songwriters. Method Man sampled Mr.

A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a three-time Grammy Award nominee, Butler was a voice for two major soul music hubs: Chicago and Philadelphia. Along with childhood friend Curtis ...

By Gil Kaufman Jerry Butler, the beloved Chicago soul singer, producer and, later, politician who began his career in the late 1950 singing alongside childhood friend Curtis Mayfield in the ...

Jerry Butler, 85, the singer with a smooth ... He partnered with Curtis Mayfield in the Chicago soul band the Impressions, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the band in ...

Soul singer and Illinois politician Jerry Butler has died, aged 85. A family friend confirmed to the Chicago Sun-Times that Butler had passed away at his Chicago home on Thursday (February 20).