Jerry “The Iceman” Butler went from street-corner singing and belting out gospel songs in church to co-founding the popular vocal R&B group the Impressions, which was inducted into the Rock & Roll ...

GROSS: Now, did you and Curtis Mayfield leave gospel music for rhythm and blues at about the same time? BUTLER: You know, see, we were never big and famous, as was Sam Cooke or Lou Rawls with the ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our interview from 2000. He first recorded ...