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Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke sang from the soul.

He was the definitive soul man. Cooke was seductive, devoted, elegant and moving. These qualities combined with his dazzling, pure voice made him irresistible to audiences regardless of race or religion. More on rockhall.com...

Books

All of our books on Sam Cooke can be found here.

Dream Boogie by Peter Guralnick
Call Number: ML420.C665 G87 2005
ISBN: 9780316377942
Publication Date: 2005-10-18
You Send Me by Daniel Wolff; S. R. Crain; Clifton White; G. David Tenenbaum
Call Number: ML420.C665 W65 1995
ISBN: 9780688124038
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
I'll Take You There by Greg Kot
Call Number: ML420.S737 K68 2014
ISBN: 9781451647860
Publication Date: 2014-11-04

Articles

Google Books

Spotify Playlist

Audio

All our audio by Sam Cooke can be found here.

Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers
Call Number: CD COOK SAM-SO 1991
Publication Date: 1991
Feel it! : Sam Cooke live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963.
Call Number: CD COOK FEEL 1985
Publication Date: 1985
The best of Sam Cooke
Call Number: CD COOK BEST 2005
Publication Date: 2005

Video

All our video on Sam Cooke can be found here and here.

Sam Cooke, legend : the life, the legend, the legacy
Call Number: VID COOK LEGE 2003
Publication Date: 2003

Sam Cooke on YouTube

Archival Collections

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Jeff Gold Collection
Artist file
Michael Ochs Collection
Artist file
Philadelphia Inquirer Photographs
Ray Topping Papers
Artist file
Specialty Records Collection
Album flats

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