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Soul Serenade: Jerry Butler, “Mr. Dream Merchant” - Christmas is a time for dreaming, and whether you are dreaming of sugar plum fairies or winning back a lost love, who better to make your dreams come true than the great Jerry Butler. Read More
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Read MoreSoul crooner Jerry Butler was born in Mississippi at the close of the '30s.
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Jerry Butler (born Jerry Butler Jr., December 8, 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the famed R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Butler is also an American politician. He serves as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, having first been elected in 1985. As a member of this 17-member county board, he chairs the Health and Hospitals Committee, and serves as Vice Chair of the Construction Committee.
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