Sam Cooke
- Type: Singer/Songwriter
- Born: January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States
- Died: December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, United States
Biography
Clarksdale-born gospel-to-soul pioneer who fronted *The Soul Stirrers* before writing 'You Send Me', 'Cupid' and 'A Change Is Gonna Come' for #RCA Victor#. A founder of #SAR Records#, he was killed in Los Angeles in 1964. Raised in Chicago in a minister's family, he sang in gospel groups from childhood before the Soul Stirrers made him a star of the gospel circuit. His smooth tenor and self-written hits then carried soul into the pop mainstream.
Genres
Sam Cooke Discography
- You Send Me / Summertime (1957) - Single - rated 3.92/5
- Sam Cooke (1958) - Album - rated 3.8/5
- Encore (1958) - Album - rated 3.38/5
- Hit Kit (1959) - Compilation - rated 3.83/5
- Tribute to the Lady (1959) - Album - rated 3.09/5
- Cooke's Tour (1960) - Album - rated 2.89/5
- The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (1960) - Compilation - rated 3.39/5
- Hits of the 50's (1960) - Album - rated 3.11/5
- Wonderful World / Along the Navajo Trail (1960) - Single - rated 4.06/5
- My Kind of Blues (1961) - Album - rated 4.01/5
- The Best of Sam Cooke (1962) - Compilation - rated 4.3/5
- Twistin' the Night Away (1962) - Album - rated 4.06/5
- Night Beat (1963) - Album - rated 4.56/5
- Mr. Soul (1963) - Album - rated 4.12/5
- Shake / A Change Is Gonna Come (1964) - Single - rated 4.28/5
- Sam Cooke at the Copa (1964) - Album - rated 3.71/5
- Ain't That Good News (1964) - Album - rated 4.75/5
- Shake (1965) - Album - rated 3.9/5
- A Change Is Gonna Come (1967) - Single - rated 4.6/5
- Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (1985) - Album - rated 4.36/5
- The Man and His Music (1986) - Compilation - rated 4.22/5
- Greatest Hits (1998) - Compilation
- The Man Who Invented Soul (2000) - Compilation - rated 4.26/5
- Hits! (2000) - Compilation - rated 3.7/5
- Keep Movin' On (2002) - Compilation - rated 4.19/5
- Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964 (2003) - Compilation - rated 3.9/5