Sam Cooke’s haunting, powerful voice made him one of the first, and most successful, artists to cross over from gospel to pop music. Peter Guralnick’s colossal new biography, Dream Boogie, follows his career from his early days in several gospel quartets, through his success with hits like “You Send Me” and “Cupid”, to the suspicious circumstances surrounding his murder in 1964.
Music: Night Beat, by Sam Cooke “Fool’s Paradise” and “Trouble Blues”
Music: Night Beat, by Sam Cooke “Fool’s Paradise” and “Trouble Blues”
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