# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/solomon-burke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:40:37.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/solomon-burke"
name: "Solomon Burke"
slug: "solomon-burke"
description: "Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke was an American singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s. He has been called \"a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul\", and was known for his \"prodigious output\"."
tagline: "American singer (1940–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Solomon_Burke.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-03-21"
deathDate: "2010-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump