4 catalog entries, grouped by year.
Jerry Butler is a singer whose career developed from the Impressions into an extensive solo catalog. His controlled vocal style earned the nickname the Ice Man. After earlier solo work, he signed with Mercury and collaborated with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff on The Ice Man Cometh, including Hey, Western Union Man and Only the Strong Survive.
Apple Music - Jerry Butler licensed artist biography
Read the substantive licensed artist biography supporting the historical identity and recording career summarized here. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Need to Belong is the title recording of Jerry Butler's 1963 Vee-Jay album. Curtis Mayfield, Butler's former colleague in the Impressions, wrote the song. Its place among Butler's interpretations of other writers...
Read background and sourcesA song using a telegram as a metaphor for urgent communication in a relationship.
View background statusA soulful promise of eternal devotion.
View background statusReported release: 1968Date needs verification | Recent carryover
Source year-end #38A song about perseverance in the face of heartbreak
View background status1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.