Need to Belong
Jerry Butler
1963
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Release: 1963
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The Vee-Jay/Concord album and title recording are associated with 1963. Only the year is used, not a potentially normalized day.
AllMusic - Need to Belong
Original 1963 album, title song written by Curtis Mayfield, and the former Impressions colleagues. The album review was read through the retrieved search extract.
Inspiration and background
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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 connects his solo work with the Chicago vocal-soul setting from which both musicians emerged.
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Jerry Butler - Need to Belong, licensed album metadata
The Vee-Jay/Concord album and title recording are associated with 1963. Only the year is used, not a potentially normalized day. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
AllMusic - Need to Belong
Original 1963 album, title song written by Curtis Mayfield, and the former Impressions colleagues. The album review was read through the retrieved search extract. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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Jerry Butler - Need to Belong, licensed album metadata
The Vee-Jay/Concord album and title recording are associated with 1963. Only the year is used, not a potentially normalized day.
AllMusic - Need to Belong
Original 1963 album, title song written by Curtis Mayfield, and the former Impressions colleagues. The album review was read through the retrieved search extract.
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