The chemistry, Butler recalled, was so "fierce" they wrote hits such as "Only the Strong Survive" in less than an hour. "Things just seem to fall into place," Butler told Ebony magazine in 1969.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as “For Your Precious Love,” “Only the Strong Survive” and ...

"Fame didn't change me as much as it changed the people around me," Butler wrote in his memoir "Only the Strong Survive," published in 2000. One of his early solo performances was a 1961 cover of ...