Sam Cooke Chain Gang

[kd5hms63]

Quick! The music industry of today needs CPR and fast..Where are the great singers all gone?

[Mattzegr8]

Back when music and such didn't involve price over product and was product over price :P

[Seazer009]

Sam was one of the best in the industry IMO. A lot of todays singers could take lessons from this man in recording songs. Most of the junk tunes of today I have no use for. Thanks Sam, RIP...

[Mattzegr8]

@Seazer009 Oh how I very much agree with you my good friend~

[kwilcox1126]

i love this songggg!

[slickdome100]

Such a song for the times.

[MusicDr26]

One of the best songs from this era EVER!!!!!! Thx for posting!!!!

[Nativegirl2011able]

Lou Rawls was one of his back-up singers.

[pb954618c]

sam didnt deserve to be shot all because he was being robbed by a call girl,the only thing sam can be accused of is philandering thats it.

[skeptyky]

original version topissime the best song sixties !!

[british123able]

why dont they make songs this good anymore ? long liveth the music from 50s 60s 70s 80s

[hustler8799]

fucking planes

[skeptyky]

SUBLIME ET INOUBLIABLE SAM!!!

[Jaggerx33]

sam cooke was amazing. i love him. he died way before his time :(

[Babisys1]

@gamagan1...I loved Sam and his music!

My previous reply was to an ignorant fool

(FWW7450) on another page for Sam Cooke. ("She was only 16") He was dogging out Sam because he says a 17 year old boy with a 16 year old girl makes the man a pedophile. What an idiot!! But, to answer your question: The verdict for the hotel clerk was Not Guilty-Justifiable Homicide. I don't believe it (not guilty) for 1 second!! It was 1964, "open season" in other words!! Murder!

[iw32]

The one and only, Sam Cooke!

[rlgdguy]

Such a talent, what a voice! That says it all!

[TheJordi748]

fucking voice

[1luv22pacmakaveli96]

Mr. Sam Cooke The Greatest Of all Time

[TheLonnieb1]

SO ahead of his time!;-(,... He's working the Night shift tho!,... Lonnie

[teehonky]

@TheLonnieb1 my uncle Larry knew about chain gangs ALL TOO well..spent enough time in one

[firefarris]

for some reason whenever I hear this song, I always thought that if you passed by a cotton field in the old south, you'd hear this beautiful, soulful music.

[fromthispoint]

What beautiful songs and what a beautiful voice to sing them sounds like honey flowing....this is this is mercy music it has mercy on ears and hearts of humanity music like this is a blessing to all who listens if they only understood. bring this music back Now!!! restore the beauty of music MTv needs to punish for its abomanations against music .

[SCoop923]

man I want some of what youre smoking

[gamagan1]

@fromthispoint i totally agree yep

gamagan1

[Afro3199]

@fromthispoint Lets start an evil syndicate to destroy Mtv and take over the world. and reciscitate good music. :p serioulsy though, i feel you...

[vseas3]

Sha Na Na !!!!!!

[legalbeagle26]

I'm going home one of these days to see my julia whom I love so dear!

[hoopsphan99]

what a shame, such talent

[stef1652]

@much2flyy crap way to go out ither way

[BeattraxxSound]

damn' he was soo good' we will never have sam cook again :(

[erikaamir82]

You think the old chick was trying to put the moves on Sam ? I understand women were constantly throwing themselves at him. It's interesting to hear different people's theories on how Sam really died.

[teesteven]

@stef1652 ur on to something i think ur theory makes the most sense out of any i ever heard!

[5inthehole]

The only reason Sam left us so early was because the good Lord could stand to wait another second for him to lead the heavenly chior singing in heaven. God must be indefinitely generous to have lent him to us for what must have felt an eternity! All the more reason to live a rightous life cause as St. Peter opens the gates of heaven, Sam's glorious voice will be heard from the Lords celestial kingdom!

[viocane]

his talent was his own no creatergave it to him, he worked for it and succeded, he broke many boundrys for his time,god didnt do that, he did

[5inthehole]

Sam didn't bellieve that and neither do I. Infact, the majority of his singing career was in singing spirituals not pop tunes.

[bobisthema]

Workin on that chain gang!

lol

i love sam cooke.

prehaps because we share the name sam,

i adore everything he sings.

never does anything bad.

[duhjuce]

Yes Indeed gOOd lOOKIN on all theze type CLassicks

[45keeley]

He was the govenor of soul

[mohsdef]

thanks for putting this up, peace

[tadakatsu14]

His voice is so pretty...

[Reinq]

Died too young.

[nakifijian]

how did he die????love his music

[Reinq]

He was shot and killed at a hotel, by the manager. The woman claimed he attacked her, and that she shot in self defense. 12/11/1964.

[Babisys1]

1964, figure it out...they say justifiable homicide.

[gamagan1]

@Babisys1 i dont get what do u mean by justifyable homicide it was unjustifyed the hotel clerk was dead wrong she could have called security the poor man was robbed by some hooker and took his pants u would have been angry also

rip sammy, gamagan1

[Bikage21]

He was shot in what some people say was a conspiracy

[stef1652]

@nakifijian i heard he was with a call girl in a motel he want to have a shower and she run off with his trouser and wallet he chased after her and the motle worker just saw a naked guy runing to wards them late at nite so thay shot him thinking he was a crack head or something, just very unlucky

[videoluvergurl]

Such a classic song, too short to be so good.

[charliebrockett]

Sensational track.

Soul music at its best and never to be forgotten

[braxelhaze]

rip sam... 12/11/09---45 years

[MamaRobina1]

This man had such a pure tone to his voice and a good ear because he was always right on the note. I love everything he ever recorded.

[jamalonsa]

this sond reduce me to tears. Thinking of all those folks killed, raped, tortured in slavery.

[chefboop]

Slavery contrary 2 pop. belief is not eradicated-rape & torture haven't been replaced-Tyranny is very much alive people r sold evryday children in prostitution rings raped, beaten &starved -

women having kids when they can't get a decent meal 4 themselves -they have no birth control either-forced motherhood an unplanned unwanted birth Slavery in all forms must opposed 4 those 2 weak 2 defend themselves- how do you punish the"parent" who sells a child for a pig or goat- the list is infinite

[FireItUp1000]

Has Sam Cooke had a bad song ever, I have heard every song and not one of them is bad

[breatheasy3]

I love this song. It just really makes you feel the emotion that the story of the song portrays.

[khofasheshab]

well said Stevetheperformer

[Stevetheperformer]

Too bad Sam Cooke isn't around now to teach today's rap gangstas some class

[Taoist111]

You figure those cats are teachable?

[brad1970dd]

hell no there not lol

[anarchograf]

they have class..in another way bro...

[NaturVita]

Amen to that!

[burnley5960]

@Stevetheperformer Exactly Sam Cooke in a word pure magic

[CONAN1731]

time is ending this was the paton of our direction now we must face reality we was stolen u can see it and here it say thanks to every person that u feel is nesesery and see who says it back do ur part to keep things positive we dont know the time

[mannixisle]

This is really a passionate social protest song, deeply felt. Cooke makes you feel the misery and despair of the black men in the old chain gangs. They were nameless then, and they are now. Their lives were stolen from them, for crimes they didn't commit. Most of the time they didn't get out alive. The Southern prison system was like the gates of Dante's Hell, where the inscription read "Abandon all hope Ye who enter here".

[cudaj2]

Well said..I am white..

[o56kid]

there where white people a;ong side with them..

I appreciate your condolances, but save them for some more appropriate black history...

[o56kid]

starting at 1:07 is just heavenly...

[vames1986]

I agree, i always thought I was the only who thought right there is the sweet spot and where the song really took off

[FantomShadowz]

great natural singer and songwriter

[boldger62]

Such a sweet voice. I could listen to sam all day. this is real music.

[redgaridose]

yeah!

[zibeddy]

it just sounds so nice, i wish there was more music like this these days.

[theZodiacDigital]

does anyone have the otis redding version?

[vintagezigg]

Nice job crabacake. Beautiful sound on this great oldie. I never forgot this song.

[crabacake]

YT sent me a message about this video. It says about copyright contents. They may remove this later. Who knows. But thanks for your comments.

[o56kid]

What I ment to saw was I like your name Crabacake. lol

[crabacake]

Thank you.

[novusmundi]

The people who tell YT to remove their songs or the ones they own are stupid. YT is like a 24 hour commercial. The record company that owns this couldnt afford the free publicity that a video like this brings. How many young people have heard this song before? How many will come across it accidentally and want to buy his Greatest Hits CD after seeing this? Very foolish on companies part. I have bought CD's based on what I watched here.

[jorgepeironye]

VEM PRA CAMA MEU BEM, VEM FAZER NENÉM!

[sidensvans67]

Great song,, fantastic

[rshandy]

HOOO...HAAA..GREAT song, I forgot Sam sung this!

[mildendo]

beautiful song, thank you for posting it, when you heard of talent like this and such a beautiful singing voice been cut off so tragically short or at least before their natural time expired-we all have one-

makes me think with wonder all the beautiful things we've missed. Immediatelly comes to mind all those gone before their time: the two kennedys, Lennon. etc. etc.

[skyberry1969]

Was Ist looos ???

[wasndapassiert]

a real great song

i like the music of sam cooke.

[aaronjam99]

great song. thanks for posting this. audio is fine.

[kickassfan]

I love all his songs.PERIOD.

[ShayoLo]

Great song, thank you for uploading!

[crabacake]

Thank you.

[638942]

I can't believe that I'd forgotten this song, I discovered it about a year ago and just now rediscovered it when a friend mentioned it. Great song by a great artist.

[martimmello]

I've been looking for a century, too. Thanks

[crabacake]

I am glad that you found it.

[die2no]

sam is the king of soul.sorry james brown.

[chris99103]

Finally...an original version...looking for it on Youtube since a century...great post my friend !!!....but...sorry...the audio is terrible...what a pity...

[crabacake]

Thanks anyway. I am sorry that you find the audio terrible.

[badassparker]

really i love the audio. its like the real thing

[crabacake]

Thank you.

[capitalmindz]

used to listen to this with my sister on my parents 8 Track back in 1980. Thanks for the upload

[alpinu]

Hello. Great song!!! Five stars. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes!

[crabacake]

Thank you for your comments.