Sam Cooke
Cooke (1931-64) was an enormously influential R&B singer & songwriter and a civil rights activist. He had a huge impact on a generation of singers from Aretha Franklin to Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, etc.
All Music biographer Bruce Eder wrote that Cooke was "the inventor of soul music", and possessed "an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth, effortless delivery that has never been surpassed".
Biographical articles: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-cooke-mn0000238115/biography
https://www.history-of-rock.com/cooke.htm
Biographical films:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6crxPUfRAg8
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY1MtkeLcqMxK7Cl1ggoLFg
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hnWRPzGGKiapVX1UCdEAC
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177492/
See Also
Songs Composed
| Bring it on home to me | RA: Motown | p. 173 |
| A Change Is Gonna Come | ||
| Cupid | RA: Motown | p. 173 |
Song Videos
| Ain't Misbehavin' | RA: Jazz | p. 141 |
| Bring it on home to me | RA: Motown | p. 173 |
| A Change Is Gonna Come | ||
| Crazy He Calls Me | ||
| Cupid | RA: Motown | p. 173 |
| If I Had a Hammer | RUS: Struggle | p. 215 |
| Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | RUS: Spirituals | p. 211 |
| Peace In the Valley | RUS: Peace | p. 163 |
| They Can't Take That Away from Me | RA: Jazz | p. 146 |
| You're nobody til somebody loves you | RA: Jazz | p. 146 |
