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Born: January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, MS
Years Active: 50 's, 60 's
Died: December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: R&B

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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 a... Continue Bio >>

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Another Saturday Night

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Discography:
1985 Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
1979 When I Fall in Love
1975 Sam Cooke Interprets Billie Holiday
1970 2 Sides of Sam Cooke
Right On
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Filmography:
1987 Dick Clark's Best of Bandstand: The Superstars
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Member Of: The Soul Stirrers The Highway Q.C.'s More >> Similar Artists: Little Willie John Otis Redding Johnnie Taylor The Impressions Clyde McPhatter More >>

Influenced By: Nat King Cole Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey Willie Mae Ford Smith Sammy Davis, Jr. Sister Rosetta Tharpe More >> Followers: Marvin Gaye Leon Haywood Johnnie Taylor Al Green Ted Hawkins More >>

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