(1963)
‘age 32’
(1 year before his murder)
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“BRING IT ON HOME”
(1962)
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“A CHANGE IS GONNA COME”
(1964)
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“samuel cook”
(’22 january 1931′ – ’11 december 1964′)
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*chip chipperson* –> “sounds good to me!”
(sounds an awful lot like ‘steve perry’)
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(‘singer’ / ‘songwriter’ / ‘entrepreneur’)
(known professionally as “sam cooke”)
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(influential as both a ‘singer’ + ‘composer’, he is commonly known as the ‘king of soul’ for his distinctive vocals + importance within ‘popular music’)
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(his pioneering contributions to ‘soul music’ contributed to the rise of…)
‘aretha franklin’
‘bobby womack’
‘al green’
‘curtis mayfield’
‘stevie wonder’
‘marvin gaye’
‘billy preston’
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(popularized the likes of ‘otis redding’ + ‘james brown’)
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(was this list of artists restricted to black singers?
(…or is it akin to the racial bias in ‘classic rock radio’ that wouldn’t consider ‘prince’ / ‘stvie wonder’ / etc ‘classic rock’)
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(AllMusic biographer ‘bruce eder’ wrote that ‘cooke’ was “the inventor of soul music”, and possessed “an incredible natural singing voice + a smooth, effortless delivery that has never been surpassed”)
(‘cooke’ had 30 american ‘top 40’ hits from ‘1957’ – ‘1964’)
(plus 3 more posthumously)
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(some of his most popular songs were major hits like…)
“you send me”
“a change Is gonna come”
“cupid”
“chain gang”
“wonderful world”
“another saturday night”
“twistin’ the night away”
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(‘cooke’ was also among the first modern black performers + composers to attend to the business side of his ‘musical career’)
(he founded both a ‘record label’ + a ‘publishing company’ as an extension of his careers as a ‘singer’ + ‘composer’)
(he also took an active part in the ‘civil rights movement’)
(on ’11 december 1964′, the 33-year-old ‘cooke’ was shot + killed by ‘bertha franklin’, the manager of the ‘hacienda motel’ in ‘los angeles’ (/ ‘california’))
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(after an inquest, the courts ruled cooke’s death to be a “justifiable homicide”)
(between marvin gaye being shot to death by his father + michael jackson’s ‘propofol shufle’…)
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(since that time, the circumstances of his death have been called into question by cooke’s family)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈☜*“MACHO SOUL”* ☞ 👉👉👉
*THE FAITHFULLY DEPARTED*
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💕💝💖💓🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤❤️💚💛🧡❣️💞💔💘❣️🧡💛💚❤️🖤💜🖤💙🖤💙🖤💗💖💝💘
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥