Sam Cooke

Of all the phases of Sam Cooke's brief, incandescent career - from his early gospel stardom
to his amazing leap into pop and soul that almost single-handedly shoved black music into
the future - none is more tantalizing than the recordings he made during his final days.
From 1963 until his murder in 1964, Cooke restlessly experimented with R&B, rock and soul
as he groped for the next breakthrough. It would never come, but that slice of C... More >