" In 2005 Burke recalled: " My grandmother was born a prophetess and born a great seer, and she was and still is my influence.

" Burke recalled in 2005: “ Ever since I was a kid, I was at home, ‘ lookin ’ at the radio.

From an early age Burke struggled with a " fondness for food " and with obesity, indicating in 2005: " I was 160 when I was 9 ," and recalled that " at nine I passed for 16.

Burke recalled: " I used to deliver grocery orders in a little wagon I made out of fish boxes.

Burke recalled: " I did " Ship of Zion " and " Precious Lord, Take My Hand.

In 2002 Burke recalled: " Listen to ' Have a Dream '.

Burke recalled in an interview in 2002: " I knew I wasn't being paid what I was owed.

Despite his departure from Apollo, in 1992 Burke recalled: " Bess and Ike Berman ... were two of the greatest people in the world.

Burke recalled in 2002: " My life was shattered.

'" Burke recalled: “ My mother was so angry.

I was a bum .” Burke recalled: " People laughed at me because I still had my gold tuxedo pants on, and my patent leather shoes, and my beautiful ruffled shirt.

" In 2007 Burke recalled: " I met Ertegun and Jerry Wexler together.

" In 2005 Burke recalled: " I started out as a cowboy on Atlantic Records – without a horse!

Burke recalled: " They weren ’ t happy with my rendition, because I felt I had to talk.

In a 2002 interview Burke recalled: " Way down in the South somewhere, I showed up and the promoter said to me, " Is Solomon Burke here yet?

" Burke recalled: " I put my own feelings and words to it, and was lucky enough by the grace of God to capture the song, when it was in P. D., able to have a copyright on it.

In an interview Burke recalled the song's origins: " I used to do it in church when I was a kid and it was a march for the offering.

" In 1997 Burke recalled: " When I did it for Jerry Wexler and Bert Burns ( sic ), they told me that song would never make it.

In August 2008 Burke recalled that he'd hired musicians from Charlotte, North Carolina, to play at a gig in Long Island and he drafted them in to play the instrumental riff on " Everybody Needs Somebody to Love.

Typical of comments made by model railroaders at his death was that of Ray Grant of Burke, Va., who recalled that he first saw the Canandaigua Southern when he was eight years old.

: Starring Simon Burke as Jekyll / Hyde, Delia Hannah as Lucy and Terri Crouch as Emma, this CD was recorded to promote the upcoming Australian production, which never materialized, and all unsold copies of the recording were then recalled.

* Burke, Frank, and M. R. Waller ( 2003 ).

* October 1 – Burke Marshall, American lawyer and politician ( d. 2003 )

* Burke Marshall ( 1922 – 2003 ), head of the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Department of Justice during the Civil Rights Era.

Businessman Kevin Burke was elected the city ’ s Mayor in 2003 and vowed to make cleaning up the city ’ s image and notorious smell one of his administration ’ s top priorities.

Recent acquisitions by Hormel Foods include: Century Foods International ( 2003 ) Clougherty Packing ( Farmer John ) ( 2004 ), Lloyd ’ s Barbeque ( 2005 ), Mark-Lynn Foods ( 2005 ), Arriba Foods ( 2005 ), Provena Foods ( 2006 ) and Burke Foods ( 2007 ).

" In 2003 Wexler assessed Burke: " I rate him at the very top.

" Don't Give Up on Me, which was ranked the # 12 album in The 2002 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, won Burke his only Grammy, the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 45th Grammy Awards on February 22, 2003.

Burke performed " Cry to Me " on December 31, 2002 on Later with Jools Holland, which was released on November 18, 2003 on Jools Holland Later ...

Burke appeared on Junkie XL's album, Radio JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell Cabin, performing " Catch Up To My Step ", which reached # 63 on the UK charts on 7 January 2003.

Burke was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday January 20, 2003.

Burke sang " Turn on Your Love Light " and " Down in the Valley " in the " Salute to the Blues " concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall on February 7, 2003, celebrating " the centennial of ' Father of the Blues ' W. C. Handy ’ s first, fortuitous encounter with ' the weirdest music I had ever heard ', a Tutwiler, Mississippi, black man ’ s sliding a knifeblade across guitar strings to sing about ' where the Southern cross the Dog '.

On Friday, February 21, 2003 Burke performed on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Burke appeared in the concert held on April 30, 2003 to commemorate the opening of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis, Tennessee, singing " Try a Little Tenderness " as a tribute to Otis Redding, Stax's biggest star, and " Mustang Sally " with its composer, Mack Rice.

On November 8, 2003 Burke performed at Avo Session Basel in Switzerland, where he sang " Georgia on My Mind ", " Stand by Me ", " A Change is Gonna Come ", and " Proud Mary ', which was released on DVD as Solomon Burke: The King Live at Avo Session Basel.

In December 2003 Burke sang " I Pray on Christmas " on the Go Tell It on the Mountain Christmas album ( Real World ) of the Blind Boys of Alabama, which won for them a Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album.

In 2003 Burke performed live on Britain's Top of the Pops.

After the votes of more than 30, 000 international blues fans and industry professionals, on May 22, 2003 Burke won four Living Blues Awards in a ceremony at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis, Tennessee: Critics ' Award for Most Outstanding Musician ( Vocals ), Readers ' Award for Best Live Performer, Readers ' Award for Most Outstanding Blues Singer, and Album of the Year for Don't Give Up on Me.

In the absence of Songwriters Hall of Fame honoree Little Richard, Burke performed his hits " Lucille " and " Tutti Frutti " with Paul Schaeffer on piano at the National Academy of Popular Music's 34th annual induction ceremony on June 12, 2003.

Burke appeared on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien on Friday, June 20, 2003.

In 2003 Burke recorded a duet with Italian soul singer Zucchero, who performed Zucchero's hit " Diavolo in me " ( Devil in Me ), on the duets album Zu & Co., which was released in May 2004.

* Burke and Wills Outback Conference 2003, 2005.

The Inaugural Burke & Wills Outback Conference: Cloncurry 2003: a collation of presentations.