It's a shame some of these people weren't interviewed in the one major documentary we have available on Sam. Little Richard and Solomon Burke (who was with Sam the week he died) were always excellent and thought-provoking. Etta James, a keen observer, went to Sam's murder trial everyday to listen (now, that's a friend). Dion DiMucci (of Dion and the Belmonts) was on the shows and tour busses with Sam and is always a good interview. Dick Clark? Herb Alpert? Lou Adler? Ruth Brown? Darlene Love?
Other influences from Sam? Well, you can't hear Van Morrison without Sam's voice (Van will be happy to tell you that - he wrote a tribute to Sam in the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers issue), don't forget James Taylor loves Sam's singing, the same with Paul Simon. The list of "younger brothers" Sam influenced is incalculable (start with singers/songwriters like Curtis, Smokey, Otis of course, Marvin, Bobby - even Solomon and Wilson, in his own way; and work on through the lesser lights).
I always thought Sam Cooke was one of the finest men I have ever seen....and then that voice...Oh My My My...um...Chain Gang is my favorite...but I love them all....I used to get a radio station to play him for an hour EVERY Saturday morning I was at work...Jackson,MS...
Underworld entities operate in cahoots with law enforcement. La County's no different. The same "powers that be" who allowed no cross-examination of the two people reported to last see Cooke alive, although their stories changed and conflicted with each other, although they had shady backgrounds themselves, are, I believe, the same powers that caused the evidence of Cooke's case to disappear. The gun (even though Franklin had a.32 she some-how shot .22 bullets), the bullets, the bloodied...
...at autopsy. Any doctor will tell you the amount of swelling Sam experienced had to come AWHILE before mortem. This then totally flies in the face of the "official" story. Not to mention Sam had bruising, two broken hands, broken fingers, a broken rib, and a broken left arm, all noted at autopsy. A short, plump 55-year-old (who had no scars on her) can not do this damage to a 33-year-old man charged off adrenaline, especially if he's strong enough to kick down a door. (*Sarcasm injected*)
...he recognized the Chicago leadership of the NOI to be a bunch of "con-artists", as he himself stated. While I'm sure an all-Black security detail assigned to a sometimes controversial Sam Cooke would raise a few eyebrows to Cooke investors who were desperately trying to push Cooke to a white audience, the Nation constantly pursued Sam for membership (and money). The Nation back then especially had many followers "in spirit", and I think that was Sam's extent.
We're talking about a well-paid star, a soon-to-be super-star, who essentially roamed the country defensless while constantly rebuking the well-established norm of Mafia extortion and as a consequence, made his fair share of "high-up" enemies. Some believe this is what made Sam so easy to not only set up, but also kill (yes, I believe he was set up). I think this is what the NOI offered to Sam, but Sam refused because, at least in part, outside of Ali, Malcolm and mabey a few others...
There are those who believe that, despite Ali being such a beloved figure by many just after his Liston fight, one of the REAL reasons he was never killed (read 'assasinated') was because of his close ties to the NOI. I bring this up to say, one thing that was Sam's downfall, in hindsight, was that he notoriously traveled without an entourage. Sure his brother Charles was his muscle, but despite other musicians and the like, he had no "real" entourage or security around him.
Otis Redding's version of Try A Little Tenderness is lifted right from the version Sam Cooke did on this recording. Sam only did two verses; so Otis did two verses too and made up the rest of the song on his recording!
If you love this then come check out " Tragedy and Triumph, THE LIFE OF A SONG SINGER SAM" @ the Music Hall, Downtown, Detroit, MI.. December 30, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011... Get your tickets at ticket master now!!!!
His influence is evident when listening to the likes of Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Terence Trent D'arby, Guy Sebastian and especially Steve Perry, obviously Perry made Journey famous because of his great emulation of Sam Cooke.
His influence is evident when listening to the likes of Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Terence Trent D'arby, Guy Sebastian and especially Steve Perry, obviously Perry made Journey famous because of his great emulation of Sam Cooke.
@pdeleon9 Thanks for letting me know about the influence Sam had on Steve. You are spot on. There are some interesting video comparisons of the two on Youtube. To be honest, I don't know who wasn't directly or indirectly influenced by Sam.
Rod Stewart's never been shy about admitting that he wanted to be Mr. Cooke. If you listen to the "Steamroller" recordings Rod did with Long John Baldry and Julie Driscoll you really hear Sam's influence.
this is absolutely phenomenal. so relaxed, unbelievable tone. I have heard a couple of songs by sam cooke but never really knew who he was. I am a massive fan of guy sebastian and i read one of the comments that said guy sounded a bit like sam cooke so i looked it up, and honestly, i am hooked. God bless the man who invented the voice recorder, thats all i can say ! :-)
@lainelladave Guy Sebastian is an appreciator of great music and Sam was one of the greatest in my humble opinion. Look up Sam Cooke's gospel days when he was in the Soul Stirrers. Sam is the ABC's of soul music.
The best albulm of all time from the greatest performer who ever lived!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was born in 1969 and was not even thought about when Mr. Cooke was doing his thing but when my mother first played him for me when I was 12 years old she gave me the greatest gift that anyone could ever receive and that was the gift of Mr, Cookes voice. It moved me. Music had never made me feel that way before so i had to get my on anything I could lock myself in my room and just lost in his wonderful voice!!
@barneypip yeah, i wanna know too...I really don't believe Sam died the way record has it either. I think he died like Malcolm X, because he talked too much, and didn't give in to the civil pressure of the times. He didn't segregate, he didn't shut up, he was a trail blazer, and 'the man' - the white man, really - couldn't handle it.
BTW, I'm white, just so the racially tense don't get all angry at me on youtube. People didn't seem to like powerful black people in those times.
The best soul singer of all time! Why haven't they made a movie about this great talent? He was a fine man, and he was MURDERED!! It was all set up by the hooker and the hotel manager. I was such a shame. If i could only listen to two male singers for the rest of my life...they would be Sam Cooke and Elvis Presley.
I admit the circumstances do look strange. Why would a man who probably turned away more women than I'll ever had the chance to chase have to force himself on someone? His nephew said he was shot and beat in the hotel room, stubled out and was shot again. The whore was part of of the set up,but the hotel clerk was'nt. The clerk moved out of state and " died" 18 months later.
@thegirl44 I heard...a muslim magazine . Supposedly he was killed by the mob because he was trying to start his own record label. Plus he discovered his manager was robbing him blind and he was dumping him. Nobody ever stopped to ask , if the man was shot in the heart. where was the blood on the ground? Why were his feet dirty in a paved parking lot with a sidewalk?
Mob doesn't have the power that it once did thanks to the RICCO act and management stealing from black artists is dirty laundry that has been hung out for all to see. We have to play nice with the Muslims in this day and age, though, so we make a film like Ali and mention Mr. Cooke's name in passing in it.
Yes, I know that Ali was as good a friend to Mr. Cooke as my own father was. I also know that Ali and Mr. Cooke hadn't spoke in almost 2 years at the time of Sam's death. "Secret undercover member of NOI", huh? What did he do, stop paying his dues and they killed him? Mr. Cooke was too well established to need the help of the NOI for anything.
@thegirl44 no it was speculated lol. i mean him coming out as member of the nation would have isolated alot of his fans, white and black. it was never proven though
If he didn't come out as a member I don't think that the NOI would have wanted him. They liked their big names associated with the cause in the the headlines as being so lol.
If I'm honest, though, pet: After what happened to poor Bobby Fuller when he tried to split from his label I'd take the better odds of the mob having done in poor Sam than the NOI. It's just that you can't tell the Sam Cooke story without teling that substory and that seems to be the likely reason as to why no biopic has been made.
@thegirl44 and the bs story the media put out when he was shoot never really made sense to me. sam cooke was killed b/c imo he was a guy who was making mone and not bowing down to the record companies at the time. when heard how he died i was so pissed
I think it was Etta James who said that Sam's body lying in the casket looked as though someone had "Beat his head clean off" because of the bruising and tissue damage but the thing is: If the situation went down like the hotel owner said Mr. Cooke was already dead when she started beating on him. No heart beat=no blood flow=no bruising. So where did the bruises come from?
Look up the Bobby Fuller murder. Same police department and same shitty detective work.
@thegirl44 The point about Sam's bruising is one I rarely read about from persons questioning the validity of the Franklin/Boyer/LAPD "official" story. The coroner not only noted extensive bruising on Sam at autopsy, he also had two huge knots on his head, one on his left forhead & one on the back of his head. Since Sam was shot through the heart, and his body was found upright by police, the force of gravity and a non-blood pumping heart wouldn't be able to cause the amount of swelling noted...
There's a lot that seems to get left out on reporting on Mr. Cooke's death and I know now that these things aren't brushed aside at the request of his family.
Something just wasn't right about that whole situation, but we're so far gone past it, now, that I doubt that it will ever be looked into again.
I think that it's safe to say that while some little old lady may have fired the gun, she certainly wasn't the nly person there that night.
Con't Not to mention that Mr. Fuller was also in the process of leaving his record company to form his own, as Mr. Cooke had done. Seems to me that someone in California didn't want musicians making the money that they were entitled to by controlling their own interests and that whoever this "someone" was somehow lucked out by getting the most incompetant cops in history on the case or had their fingers in enough pies that they could make the police do poor investigations.
@thegirl44 Ali And Cooke were together during Ali's famous Liston (pt. 1) fight and were in the studio up to several weeks thereafter. This was in Feb/March 1964, so Ali and Cooke were on speaking terms months before Sam's death. Also, it's well documented that Cooke was close friends with Ali and a friend of Malcolm X as well (who by 1964 was kicked out of the NOI). Cooke was heavily influenced by the NOI's doctrines of Black self-reliance and fond of Malcolm's personal philosphies as well.
hello barney I was 14 years ago when he was murdered effin shot UNARMED why were charges not brought he should still be around today stealing our hearts like he did 45 long years ago loved him so much
If you get time type in larry hilton cooke and listen to 1, 2, and 3....You'll see that Sam's influence is still just as strong as it was in the 50;s and 60's....I truly miss my cousin....Sing on Sam...Thank you so much Musiqsoulove........Cooke
Sam Cooke left our world 45 years ago this very day! Yet, his music continues to live on in our hearts and soul. Today, Sam sings in the heavens with Nat, Donny, Marvin, James, Otis and all the other soul angels.
@musiqsoulove you are absolutely right, very few people forget the day this legend was taken from us. Sam Cooke will always be remembered by me. I wasn't even born in 1964 but december 11th will always be a day of commemoration for me. I love him though i never met him.
WHO IS THE HUMAN BEING THAT COULD DISLIKE THIS?
WHO...? WHO....?
LordJimboeFarquard 2 months ago
It's amazing how he sing "offbeat" and still MAKE the words fit with ease. NO ONE sings like this anymore. Truly classic!!!
vaabis 5 months ago
cant deny the man can put the sho in showmanship
EMRAHsays 5 months ago
sam Is the best ever.
emmanuel0117 5 months ago
Perfect song to play to a lady when she's feeling down :)
Manu9078 6 months ago
And to think pussy killed this man.
soete26 7 months ago
@soete26 excuse me !? explain, plsz....
poffy8888 3 months ago
It's a shame some of these people weren't interviewed in the one major documentary we have available on Sam. Little Richard and Solomon Burke (who was with Sam the week he died) were always excellent and thought-provoking. Etta James, a keen observer, went to Sam's murder trial everyday to listen (now, that's a friend). Dion DiMucci (of Dion and the Belmonts) was on the shows and tour busses with Sam and is always a good interview. Dick Clark? Herb Alpert? Lou Adler? Ruth Brown? Darlene Love?
wm631 9 months ago
Other influences from Sam? Well, you can't hear Van Morrison without Sam's voice (Van will be happy to tell you that - he wrote a tribute to Sam in the Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers issue), don't forget James Taylor loves Sam's singing, the same with Paul Simon. The list of "younger brothers" Sam influenced is incalculable (start with singers/songwriters like Curtis, Smokey, Otis of course, Marvin, Bobby - even Solomon and Wilson, in his own way; and work on through the lesser lights).
wm631 9 months ago
0:23 this sounds like michael jackson saying in beat it: you wanna party (par-da-da-da) in concert in 1996, lol.
see for you self: "Michael Jackson - Beat it Live 1996 at the Royal Brunei" at the timing of 3:40
heyathere1000 9 months ago
I always thought Sam Cooke was one of the finest men I have ever seen....and then that voice...Oh My My My...um...Chain Gang is my favorite...but I love them all....I used to get a radio station to play him for an hour EVERY Saturday morning I was at work...Jackson,MS...
DJRenee 10 months ago
Indeed...
indure08 11 months ago
wish i got to see you in concert. everybody tries but they will never be you, ever
mjjcng8958 11 months ago
...dress, the crime scene photos, the broken broom stick....all vanished.
indure08 11 months ago
Underworld entities operate in cahoots with law enforcement. La County's no different. The same "powers that be" who allowed no cross-examination of the two people reported to last see Cooke alive, although their stories changed and conflicted with each other, although they had shady backgrounds themselves, are, I believe, the same powers that caused the evidence of Cooke's case to disappear. The gun (even though Franklin had a.32 she some-how shot .22 bullets), the bullets, the bloodied...
indure08 11 months ago
...at autopsy. Any doctor will tell you the amount of swelling Sam experienced had to come AWHILE before mortem. This then totally flies in the face of the "official" story. Not to mention Sam had bruising, two broken hands, broken fingers, a broken rib, and a broken left arm, all noted at autopsy. A short, plump 55-year-old (who had no scars on her) can not do this damage to a 33-year-old man charged off adrenaline, especially if he's strong enough to kick down a door. (*Sarcasm injected*)
indure08 11 months ago
...he recognized the Chicago leadership of the NOI to be a bunch of "con-artists", as he himself stated. While I'm sure an all-Black security detail assigned to a sometimes controversial Sam Cooke would raise a few eyebrows to Cooke investors who were desperately trying to push Cooke to a white audience, the Nation constantly pursued Sam for membership (and money). The Nation back then especially had many followers "in spirit", and I think that was Sam's extent.
indure08 11 months ago
We're talking about a well-paid star, a soon-to-be super-star, who essentially roamed the country defensless while constantly rebuking the well-established norm of Mafia extortion and as a consequence, made his fair share of "high-up" enemies. Some believe this is what made Sam so easy to not only set up, but also kill (yes, I believe he was set up). I think this is what the NOI offered to Sam, but Sam refused because, at least in part, outside of Ali, Malcolm and mabey a few others...
indure08 11 months ago
There are those who believe that, despite Ali being such a beloved figure by many just after his Liston fight, one of the REAL reasons he was never killed (read 'assasinated') was because of his close ties to the NOI. I bring this up to say, one thing that was Sam's downfall, in hindsight, was that he notoriously traveled without an entourage. Sure his brother Charles was his muscle, but despite other musicians and the like, he had no "real" entourage or security around him.
indure08 11 months ago
i love you mr cooke. thank you dad for introducing me to this amazing talent
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
Otis Redding's version of Try A Little Tenderness is lifted right from the version Sam Cooke did on this recording. Sam only did two verses; so Otis did two verses too and made up the rest of the song on his recording!
bootney66 1 year ago
smooth as you like.
brilliant and sung with some humour at the start.
MrStruth 1 year ago
Quite the entertainer isn't he?
raimarulightning 1 year ago
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If you love this then come check out " Tragedy and Triumph, THE LIFE OF A SONG SINGER SAM" @ the Music Hall, Downtown, Detroit, MI.. December 30, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011... Get your tickets at ticket master now!!!!
thaoneace 1 year ago
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His influence is evident when listening to the likes of Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Terence Trent D'arby, Guy Sebastian and especially Steve Perry, obviously Perry made Journey famous because of his great emulation of Sam Cooke.
pdeleon9 1 year ago
His influence is evident when listening to the likes of Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Terence Trent D'arby, Guy Sebastian and especially Steve Perry, obviously Perry made Journey famous because of his great emulation of Sam Cooke.
pdeleon9 1 year ago 7
@pdeleon9 Thanks for letting me know about the influence Sam had on Steve. You are spot on. There are some interesting video comparisons of the two on Youtube. To be honest, I don't know who wasn't directly or indirectly influenced by Sam.
musiqsoulove 1 year ago
@pdeleon9 you defenitly see it in marvin the most. rod stewart too if you really listen to him.
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@pdeleon9 you defenitly see it in marvin the most. rod stewart too if you really listen to him. oh and bobby womack as well
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@mjjcng8958
Rod Stewart's never been shy about admitting that he wanted to be Mr. Cooke. If you listen to the "Steamroller" recordings Rod did with Long John Baldry and Julie Driscoll you really hear Sam's influence.
thegirl44 1 year ago
one of the greatest voices of all times
choyce35 1 year ago
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SAM COOKE KING OF SOUL
Revmab96 1 year ago
SAM COOKE KING OF SOULS
Revmab96 1 year ago
I LOVE HIM!
siangela 1 year ago
This sounds sooooooooooo amazing right now! Thanks, from the bottom of my heart.
Jeanne
CaledoniaJeanne 1 year ago
this is absolutely phenomenal. so relaxed, unbelievable tone. I have heard a couple of songs by sam cooke but never really knew who he was. I am a massive fan of guy sebastian and i read one of the comments that said guy sounded a bit like sam cooke so i looked it up, and honestly, i am hooked. God bless the man who invented the voice recorder, thats all i can say ! :-)
lainelladave 1 year ago 6
@lainelladave Guy Sebastian is an appreciator of great music and Sam was one of the greatest in my humble opinion. Look up Sam Cooke's gospel days when he was in the Soul Stirrers. Sam is the ABC's of soul music.
musiqsoulove 1 year ago
@musiqsoulove i couldnt agree more, he is fantastic
lainelladave 1 year ago
@lainelladave -Isn't this just the best?
CaledoniaJeanne 1 year ago
The best albulm of all time from the greatest performer who ever lived!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was born in 1969 and was not even thought about when Mr. Cooke was doing his thing but when my mother first played him for me when I was 12 years old she gave me the greatest gift that anyone could ever receive and that was the gift of Mr, Cookes voice. It moved me. Music had never made me feel that way before so i had to get my on anything I could lock myself in my room and just lost in his wonderful voice!!
tinapbutler 1 year ago
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS!!!!
yasharwan236 1 year ago 2
OOOOOOMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
belovers4ever 1 year ago 2
Tell me about the video that was in the back seat of sam cooke's car.
barneypip 2 years ago
@barneypip yeah, i wanna know too...I really don't believe Sam died the way record has it either. I think he died like Malcolm X, because he talked too much, and didn't give in to the civil pressure of the times. He didn't segregate, he didn't shut up, he was a trail blazer, and 'the man' - the white man, really - couldn't handle it.
BTW, I'm white, just so the racially tense don't get all angry at me on youtube. People didn't seem to like powerful black people in those times.
141Jessy 1 year ago
The best soul singer of all time! Why haven't they made a movie about this great talent? He was a fine man, and he was MURDERED!! It was all set up by the hooker and the hotel manager. I was such a shame. If i could only listen to two male singers for the rest of my life...they would be Sam Cooke and Elvis Presley.
barneypip 2 years ago
I admit the circumstances do look strange. Why would a man who probably turned away more women than I'll ever had the chance to chase have to force himself on someone? His nephew said he was shot and beat in the hotel room, stubled out and was shot again. The whore was part of of the set up,but the hotel clerk was'nt. The clerk moved out of state and " died" 18 months later.
tbursee 2 years ago
@barneypip
They won't make a movie about Mr. Sam Cooke because Hollywood is afraid of the newspaper that was found in the backseat of Mr. Cooke's car.
thegirl44 2 years ago
@thegirl44 I heard...a muslim magazine . Supposedly he was killed by the mob because he was trying to start his own record label. Plus he discovered his manager was robbing him blind and he was dumping him. Nobody ever stopped to ask , if the man was shot in the heart. where was the blood on the ground? Why were his feet dirty in a paved parking lot with a sidewalk?
tbursee 1 year ago
@tbursee
Mob doesn't have the power that it once did thanks to the RICCO act and management stealing from black artists is dirty laundry that has been hung out for all to see. We have to play nice with the Muslims in this day and age, though, so we make a film like Ali and mention Mr. Cooke's name in passing in it.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@thegirl44 did you know sam cooke and ali where friends... and supposedly sam cooke was a secret undercover member of the nation of islam
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@mjjcng8958
Yes, I know that Ali was as good a friend to Mr. Cooke as my own father was. I also know that Ali and Mr. Cooke hadn't spoke in almost 2 years at the time of Sam's death. "Secret undercover member of NOI", huh? What did he do, stop paying his dues and they killed him? Mr. Cooke was too well established to need the help of the NOI for anything.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@thegirl44 no it was speculated lol. i mean him coming out as member of the nation would have isolated alot of his fans, white and black. it was never proven though
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@mjjcng8958
If he didn't come out as a member I don't think that the NOI would have wanted him. They liked their big names associated with the cause in the the headlines as being so lol.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@thegirl44 your are right, it makes sense what you sa
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@mjjcng8958
If I'm honest, though, pet: After what happened to poor Bobby Fuller when he tried to split from his label I'd take the better odds of the mob having done in poor Sam than the NOI. It's just that you can't tell the Sam Cooke story without teling that substory and that seems to be the likely reason as to why no biopic has been made.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@thegirl44 and the bs story the media put out when he was shoot never really made sense to me. sam cooke was killed b/c imo he was a guy who was making mone and not bowing down to the record companies at the time. when heard how he died i was so pissed
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@mjjcng8958
I think it was Etta James who said that Sam's body lying in the casket looked as though someone had "Beat his head clean off" because of the bruising and tissue damage but the thing is: If the situation went down like the hotel owner said Mr. Cooke was already dead when she started beating on him. No heart beat=no blood flow=no bruising. So where did the bruises come from?
Look up the Bobby Fuller murder. Same police department and same shitty detective work.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@thegirl44 The point about Sam's bruising is one I rarely read about from persons questioning the validity of the Franklin/Boyer/LAPD "official" story. The coroner not only noted extensive bruising on Sam at autopsy, he also had two huge knots on his head, one on his left forhead & one on the back of his head. Since Sam was shot through the heart, and his body was found upright by police, the force of gravity and a non-blood pumping heart wouldn't be able to cause the amount of swelling noted...
indure08 11 months ago
@indure08
There's a lot that seems to get left out on reporting on Mr. Cooke's death and I know now that these things aren't brushed aside at the request of his family.
Something just wasn't right about that whole situation, but we're so far gone past it, now, that I doubt that it will ever be looked into again.
I think that it's safe to say that while some little old lady may have fired the gun, she certainly wasn't the nly person there that night.
Poor Sam.
thegirl44 11 months ago
@mjjcng8958
Con't Not to mention that Mr. Fuller was also in the process of leaving his record company to form his own, as Mr. Cooke had done. Seems to me that someone in California didn't want musicians making the money that they were entitled to by controlling their own interests and that whoever this "someone" was somehow lucked out by getting the most incompetant cops in history on the case or had their fingers in enough pies that they could make the police do poor investigations.
thegirl44 1 year ago
@thegirl44 thanks for letting me know about Bobby Fuller. man the police got away with so much corrution and lies. he was so young. man so sad
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
@thegirl44 Ali And Cooke were together during Ali's famous Liston (pt. 1) fight and were in the studio up to several weeks thereafter. This was in Feb/March 1964, so Ali and Cooke were on speaking terms months before Sam's death. Also, it's well documented that Cooke was close friends with Ali and a friend of Malcolm X as well (who by 1964 was kicked out of the NOI). Cooke was heavily influenced by the NOI's doctrines of Black self-reliance and fond of Malcolm's personal philosphies as well.
indure08 11 months ago
Sam Cooke and Marvin Gaye... and Bob Marley
miguical5 1 year ago 10
@miguical5 peter tosh jim morison jimmy hendrix, the list goes on.. seams like you gotta be dead to be the best:{ RIP all my fav artists
SoNoFTheMoSt 1 year ago
@SoNoFTheMoSt Word
miguical5 1 year ago
@barneypip
hello barney I was 14 years ago when he was murdered effin shot UNARMED why were charges not brought he should still be around today stealing our hearts like he did 45 long years ago loved him so much
georgerism 1 year ago
simply beautiful, I liken myself to a young sam cooke. Debonair, handsome and smooth as a baby's ass.
Levythegent 2 years ago
If you get time type in larry hilton cooke and listen to 1, 2, and 3....You'll see that Sam's influence is still just as strong as it was in the 50;s and 60's....I truly miss my cousin....Sing on Sam...Thank you so much Musiqsoulove........Cooke
larrycancooke2 2 years ago
long gone but but never ever forgotten
1944soldier 2 years ago
Take heed...
Sam Cooke left our world 45 years ago this very day! Yet, his music continues to live on in our hearts and soul. Today, Sam sings in the heavens with Nat, Donny, Marvin, James, Otis and all the other soul angels.
Sam Cooke, he's forever yours!
musiqsoulove 2 years ago 6
@musiqsoulove you are absolutely right, very few people forget the day this legend was taken from us. Sam Cooke will always be remembered by me. I wasn't even born in 1964 but december 11th will always be a day of commemoration for me. I love him though i never met him.
thibb2k8 1 year ago
check out calvin richarsdson marioatlanta21. Hes bringing that soul back..
eoj2001 2 years ago
love this guy, where are all the voices nowadays in RnB? Seems like only Jaheim shows any resemblance to the past
marioatlanta21 2 years ago 2
Is this the same recording of his show at the Copa when he wasn't recieved well?
rodneynesbitt1 2 years ago
No this is the 2nd time at the Copa , This time Renee Hall helped him out with the band and music
focus11157 2 years ago