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>January 22, 2007 > >The late great Sam Cooke would have been 72 years old >today. > >Sam Cooke was born on January 22, 1935 in Clarksdale, >Mississippi. > >Cooke died under mysterious circumstances on December >11, 1964. > >Rumors and gossip persist yet to this day as to how >Cooke actually >died. > >While many singers lay hold to the title as "the >founder of Soul >Music," Sam Cooke was indisputably, such a one. > >As others can state that music careers started in the >Black Gospel >Church, and moved on to the secular arena, so was the >case with >Cooke. > >However, Sam Cooke is credited by Aretha Franklin, and >others, as the one the Gospel singers emulated, in >this regard. > >Cooke is recognized today by scholars, writers, and >critics >as one of the most important singers in the history of >American Popular Music, >and singularly, the most important figure in the >history of Soul Music-R&B. > >He released You Send Me in 1957 and the 1.7 million >selling song was >was the first of his many hits. > >Cooke signed to RCA in 1960, and was a mainstay in the >top Forty Music list >through 1965, with "Sad Mood", "Wonderful World", >"Twisting the Night Away", >"Bring It On Home to Me", "Another Saturday Night", >and "Shake". > >Several of Cooke's recordings are considered classics >within the genre of >American Popular Music. > >The selection "A Change is going to come" became a hit >for Cooke, >posthumously.... > >Cooke's songs have been covered by several artists, >including >Terrence Trent d' Arby, Phoebe Snow, and Rod Stewart. > >The singer Rod Stewart, considers Sam Cooke to be a >prime >influence in the development of his singing. > >Cooke was also a groundbreaking independent music >businessman. >He owned his own record label, music publishing >company, and >management firm. > >He was one of the first inductees of the >Rock and Roll hall of fame, in 1986. > >Sam Cooke's vocal style is one of the most unique, and >recognizable in >Popular American Music. > >Sam Cooke was a commanding presence, a rich performer, >and vocal stylist.... the likes of which in a >lifetime, one may >never hear again. > >KCS >@Copyright 1-22 2007 >Music Notes Magazine

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