Born: Clarksdale, MS, 1931
Years Active: 1978-1964
Member of: The Soul Stirrers
Genre: R & B
Biography: Sam Cooke was the most important soul singer in history -- he was also the inventor of soul music, and its most popular and ...
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Sep 24 2008 13:00PM
by Zaby Currie
Filed under: I Freakin' Love This Song
Spinner: 'Touch the Hem of His Garment,' Sam Cooke From 1956 I was born three months premature and deaf, with minimal chance of ever gaining my hearing. On Easter Day four months later, the organs rang out at church, I let out a cry and my hearing was ... Read more
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10/01/08
Seal Covers Sam Cooke -- Video Premiere British soul singer Seal has released an emotion...
Popeater
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07/05/09
Ex-Beatles, Rolling Stones manager Klein dies Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients i...
CNN International
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04/04/09
Bobby Womack: A Soul Storyteller, At Home In The Hall Womack wrote songs for Wilson Pick...
NPR
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04/03/09
At Home In The Hall Womack wrote songs for Wilson Pickett and George Benson .
NPR
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03/19/09
The-Dream Pays Homage To R. Kelly On Love Vs. Money As a songwriter, The-Dream has craft...
MTV
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11/07/08
Sam Cooke's 'Change' resonates with Obama "It's been a long, a long time coming," sang C...
New York Daily News - New York NY
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10/01/08
Seal Covers Sam Cooke -- Video Premiere British soul singer Seal has released an emotion...
Popeater
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08/02/08
James Hunter Delves Into '60s Soul On his new album, The Hard Way, British singer and gu...
NPR
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01/14/09
Bobby Womack Reacts to Hall of Fame News: “I Wish I Could Call Sam Cooke” Sixties soul s...
Rock and Roll Daily
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12/10/08
Music Review: Sam Cooke - One Night Stand! Live At The Harlem Square Club The Sony BMG L...
Blogcritics.org Music
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12/07/08
Vinyl Releases For Fall 2008 Part 2: Sam Cooke, Nina Simone, Willie Nelson, Jefferson Starship, John McLaughlin and Earth, Wind & Fire
Blogcritics.org Music
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11/23/08
[VIDEO] Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy covers Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” in Lexington I...
You Ain't No Picasso
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10/01/08
Seal Covers Sam Cooke -- Video Premiere British soul singer Seal has released an emotion...
Popeater
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08/14/08
Sam Cooke: You Send Me Performing at Dick Clark's The Best Of Bandstand.
MilkandCookies.com
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04/17/08
Public TV, I Question Your Motives Last night, WHUT-TV was screening a pretty good docum...
Washington City Paper - Black Plastic Bag
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03/04/08
Video: Arcade Fire "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke Cover) Arcade Fire, who have been...
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