King Soloman
1 record in the archive · 1966
About the artist
King Solomon (born King Sylvester Lee Melicious Solomon, 12 October 1934 in Tallulah, Louisiana; died 2009 in Hemet, California) was an American blues, R&B and funk singer who began in gospel, singing in his church choir and spending some ten years with the Friendly Brothers Spiritual Quartet, before moving to Chicago and then to Los Angeles in 1954 and turning to blues, sharing bills with B.B. King and Etta James; he recorded from 1959 onwards for a string of independent labels with occasional licensing to Checker and Kent, fronted the Blues Blasters Band, and remained a fixture of small Los…