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Sam Cooke


Born
in Mississippi, The United States
January 22, 1931

Died
December 11, 1964


Cooke was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He later added an "e" onto the end of his name, though the reason for this is disputed.[8] He was one of eight children of Annie Mae and the Reverend Charles Cook, a Baptist minister. He had a brother, L.C., who some years later would become a member of the doo-wop band Johnny Keyes and the Magnificents. The family moved to Chicago in 1933. Cooke attended Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Chicago, the same school that Nat "King" Cole had attended a few years earlier.[8]

Cooke began his career singing gospel with his siblings in a group called The Singing Children when he was nine. He first became known as lead singer with the Highway QC's as a teenager joining at the age of 14. In 1950, Cooke ...more

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A Change Is Gonna Come
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Sam Cooke -- Portrait of a ...
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Sam Cooke's Night Beat: Pia...
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Abuse: Monster in the House
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Sam Cooke at the Copa: Pian...
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Sam Cooke's SAR Records Sto...
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Flea Removal 101
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The Jenolan Caves: An Excur...
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Bring It On Home To Me Shee...
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“It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. ‘Cause I don’t know what’s up there, beyond the sky.”
― Sam Cooke
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“Well that's very kind of you, but voices ought not be measured by how pretty they are. Instead they matter only if they convince you that they are telling the truth.”
― Sam Cooke
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“It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come”
― Sam Cooke
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