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Sam Cooke
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Sam Cooke
Born
1931 in Clarksdale, MS

Died
December 11, 1964

Years Active:
50s | 60s

Member of:
The Soul Stirrers

The Highway Qc's & Spencer Taylor

 
Sam Cooke was the most important soul singer in history -- he was also the inventor of soul music, and its most popular and beloved performer in both the black and white communities. Equally important, he was among the first modern black performers and composers to attend to the business side of the music business, and founded both a record label and a publishing company as an extension of his careers as a singer and composer. ...
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Rita Coolidge Aretha Franklin Marvin Gaye Johnny Gill The Impressions Freddie Jackson Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions Aaron Neville The Neville Brothers The Platters Lou Rawls Smokey Robinson Rod Stewart Johnnie Taylor Stevie Wonder James Brown Curtis Mayfield Bobby Womack Al Green The Highway Qc's & Spencer Taylor

Influences
Nat King Cole Sammy Davis, Jr. Billie Holiday Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Charles Brown Willie Dixon Roy Acuff The Rev. James Cleveland The Duke Ellington Orchestra Duke Ellington Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins George Gershwin Herbie Hancock Janis Joplin Little Walter Alex Bradford Johnnie Taylor Kenny Loggins David Foster Paul Rodgers Herb Alpert The Rev. James Cleveland & The Northen & Southern CA Choirs Of The G.M.W.A. Jimmy Fortune

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