Sam Cooke
 

Sam Cooke died 46 years ago (December 11) at the age of 33 in what was ruled a "justifiable homicide."

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...0AQv80bJMr0Gyt

Let 'em rip, Sam!!


I have Sam Cooke's greatest hits CD (that and The Temptations Greatest Hits are awesome roadtrip music) and my favorites are:

A Change is Gonna Come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48K5Y0421Ig

You Send Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqzv1ZS6uZs

Chain Gang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmZdvVnMXCc

Cupid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Jc1...eature=related

Do you have the "complete recordings of Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers?" It's a must-have if you're a Sam Cooke fan.

Here's a link to a live recording from 1955:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvIf5yZ0oGk

*runs to CD collection to add it in the rotation*

I don't think I have him with the Soul Stirrers. Adding that to my Christmas list. The greatest hits I have includes a gospel song. He was a great gospel singer.

ETA: The CD I have includes some Soul Stirrers' songs. There's the song from the link you provided and one gospel song with just Sam Cooke. The Soul Stirrers make me want to run around the house and jog down the block in the name of Jesus.

Thanks for the link. This is the stuff that Friday evenings are made of!

Didn't Sam Cooke's death involve his wife/girl or something? I'm not sure about all of the details, but I thought it was something to that effect.

^^^ There are several versions floating around the Internet. At the time it was quite shocking news. Who can say for sure, other than that he was not with his wife; he was shot three times; and the death was ruled "justifiable homicide" based on the facts presented.

I wasn't there. I only know that we lost an incredibly gifted man that night. Listen to the gospel recordings and tell me what you think.

http://vimeo.com/8988865

In case you didn't catch it on PBS.

Swoon! yes, he died before I was born, but damn I love me some Sam Cooke! :)
Favorite: "Bring It On Home to Me"

Sam Cooke was a great singer. "Darling, you send me" and "A change is gonna come" are my favorites.

I remember reading that it was over another woman. Al Green's wife did him in too over the same thing.

Are you referring to what happened in 1974? That incident involved a girlfriend. Last I checked, the Rev. Al Green is very much with us, and glad of it am I! (it's Sunday morning and we have four hours of gospel music on KXCI. You can live stream it, kxci.org. It's one of a handful of community radio stations, not PBS, but true community supported, in the United States. Amazing programming.)

Speaking of the gospel according to Rev Al Green, this is one of my favorite gospel songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIyQefMvl8g

Back to listening to the Soul Stirrers via youtube. :) This is such an old group (1926 - present) but many people only know them since they brought in Sam Cooke. Sam Cooke handpicked Johnnie Taylor (who is defined as "an effective mimic of Cooke") before Cooke left the group to pursue secular music.