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Date of Birth
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08-December-1939
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Place of Birth
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Sunflower
(Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Jerry Butler Jr., Butler, Jerry
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Profession
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Politician, Singer, Record producer, Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist
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Jerry Butler is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the famed R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Butler is also an American politician. He serves as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, having first been elected in 1985. As a member of this 17-member county board, he chairs the Health and Hospitals Committee, and serves as Vice Chair of the Construction Committee.
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