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I was signed to MGM. I was in Vegas for sixteen weeks at the Sands Hotel.

Solomon Burke

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Solomon Burke
Age: 70 †
Born: 1940
Born: March 21
Died: 2010
Died: October 10
Composer
Guitarist
Priest
Singer
Songwriter
Vocalist
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Sixteen
Hospitality
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Vegas
Hotel
Weeks
Sand
Week
Sands

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