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The Two Sides of Sam Cooke The Gospel Soul of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers, Volume 1 "Bring It On Home to Me" "Nothing Can Change This Love" 1985 — — — — — — — — BPI: Silver [5] Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 "Wonderful World" "Chain Gang" 1986 — — — — — — 2 — BPI: Silver [5] Sam Cooke, The Man ...
Sam Cooke was born Samuel Cook in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1931 (he added the "e" to his last name in 1957 to signify a new start to his life). [11] [12] He was the fifth of eight children of Rev. Charles Cook, a Baptist minister in the Church of Christ (Holiness), and the former Annie Mae Carroll.
Mr. Soul is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi , the album was released in February 1963 in the United States by RCA Victor . The album was remastered in 2011 as a part of The RCA Albums Collection .
According to Burke in a 2008 interview: "I said 'That's terrible. It's just too slow for me, I don't like slow songs.' And Mr Wexler says, 'Listen, this guy writes for you, you're pissing him off. You're pissing me off, too.' (Laughs) I tried to sing it a couple of times that way, couldn't even feel it.
Sam Cooke on refusing to play to a segregated audience in Memphis in 1960. He was the first performer to wear his hair in its natural afro state, rather than slicked back in imitation of the blue ...
Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture is the original soundtrack to the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. It was released on August 4, 1987, by RCA Records . [ 4 ] The album went on to sell 32 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling albums of all time.
"Sam was my hero, and in all these years since that show, I've never heard anyone that could compare with him," Payne said. "He had an aura about him, and the girls just lost it when he would perform.
Sam Cooke's iconic song 'A Change is Gonna Come' became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, speaking to the struggles of Black Americans, echoing Cooke's own feeling sparked by a 1963 ...