*sam cooke*

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(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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Image result for bertha franklin sam cooke

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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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*WIKI-LINK*

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👈👈👈☜*“MACHO SOUL”* ☞ 👉👉👉
*THE FAITHFULLY DEPARTED*

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