Sam Cooke
Biography
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. Yet, those business interests didn't prevent him from being engaged in topical issues, including the struggle over civil rights, the pitch and intensity of which followed an arc that paralleled Cooke's emergence as a star — his own career bridged gaps between black and white audiences that few had tried to surmount, much less succeeded at doing, and also between generations; where Chuck Berry or Little Richard brought black and white teenagers together, James Brown sold records to white teenagers and black listeners of all ages, and Muddy Waters got young white folkies and older black transplants from the South onto the same page, Cooke appealed to all of the above, and the parents of those white teenagers as well — yet he never lost his credibility with his core black audience. In a sense, his appeal anticipated that of the Beatles, in breadth and depth.. 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. Yet, those business interests didn't prevent him from being engaged in topical issues, including the struggle over civil rights, the pitch and intensity of which followed an arc that paralleled Cooke's emergence as a star — his own career bridged gaps between black and white audiences that few had tried to surmount, much less succeeded at doing, and also between generations; where Chuck Berry or Little Richard brought black and white teenagers together, James Brown sold records to white teenagers and black listeners of all ages, and Muddy Waters got young white folkies and older black transplants from the South onto the same page, Cooke appealed to all of the above, and the parents of those white teenagers as well — yet he never lost his credibility with his core black audience. In a sense, his appeal anticipated that of the Beatles, in breadth and depth.
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Top Songs |
| Name | Album | Time | Price | |
1. | Change Is Gonna Come | 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cook.. | 3:11 | $1.29 | |
2. | Wonderful World | Greatest Hits | 2:05 | $1.29 | |
3. | Bring It On Home to Me | Greatest Hits | 2:43 | $1.29 | |
4. | You Send Me | Greatest Hits | 2:42 | $1.29 | |
5. | Cupid | Greatest Hits | 2:35 | $1.29 | |
6. | Twistin' the Night Away | Greatest Hits | 2:41 | $0.99 | |
7. | Another Saturday Night | 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cook.. | 2:40 | $1.29 | |
8. | Chain Gang | Greatest Hits | 2:40 | $0.99 | |
9. | You Send Me | Best of Sam Cooke | 2:43 | $0.99 | |
10. | Bring It On Home to Me | Best of Sam Cooke | 2:42 | $0.99 | |
11. | Change Is Gonna Come | Change Is Gonna Come - EP | 3:11 | $1.29 | |
12. | Having a Party | Greatest Hits | 2:35 | $0.99 | |
13. | Good Times | 30 Greatest Hits - Sam Cook.. | 2:26 | $1.29 | |
14. | Twisting the Night Away | For Twisters | 2:39 | $0.99 | |
15. | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Swing Low | 3:07 | $0.99 | |
16. | (What a) Wonderful World | Best of Sam Cooke | 2:05 | $1.29 | |
17. | This Little Light of Mine (Live) | Sam Cooke At the Copa (Live.. | 3:36 | $1.29 | |
18. | Bring It On Home to Me (Live) | One Night Stand! - Live At .. | 5:26 | $1.29 | |
19. | Having a Party | Best of Sam Cooke | 2:35 | $0.99 | |
20. | Twistin' the Night Away | Best of Sam Cooke | 2:41 | $0.99 | |
21. | Cupid | Best of Sam Cooke | 2:35 | $0.99 | |
22. | Chain Gang | Best of Sam Cooke | 2:34 | $0.99 | |
23. | Nothing Can Change This Love | Greatest Hits | 2:37 | $0.99 | |
24. | Only Sixteen | Greatest Hits | 2:14 | $0.99 | |
25. | (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons | Greatest Hits | 2:38 | $0.99 | |