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Sam Cooke

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Aliases
Dale Cook
Real name
Samuel Cook
Born
January 22, 1931
Died
December 11, 1964
Country
United States
IPI
00004956193
00006711415 55 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
R&B, pop, and early soul singer. Cooke was also a songwriter. His death by gunshot in 1964 was ruled a justifiable homicide, but this conclusion has been questioned by many.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.
Member of
The Soul Stirrers
Family
Linda Womack Daughter
R.B. Greaves Nephew
L.C. Cooke Brother
Samona Cooke Daughter
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Title Performer Release date Covered by
March 1, 1964 (216 artists)
April 2, 1963 (77 artists)
December 28, 1962 Robert "Bilbo" Walker
July 1960 (47 artists)
Cool Train Sam Cooke July 9, 1963 Unverified
May 1961 (68 artists)
January 1959 (3 artists)
August 29, 1961 (4 artists)
March 1, 1964 (29 artists)
May 8, 1962 (27 artists)
November 18, 1957 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 1964 (2 artists)
January 1965 The Band
September 1963 (7 artists)
January 1959 Tim Chandell
March 1958 Gene Chandler
October 1958 (3 artists)
September 1963 Halley O'Malley
April 1962 Sims Twins
September 11, 1962 (18 artists)
Sampled by Common
January 9, 1962 Birds of a Feather
May 1959 (44 artists)
December 22, 1964 (52 artists)
January 1965 (2 artists)
April 1962 (13 artists)
April 1962 (2 artists)
February 1960 (3 artists)
June 1960 (5 artists)
February 14, 1961 (6 artists)
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
January 9, 1962 (70 artists)
July 1958 (8 artists)
April 14, 1960 (111 artists)
January 1965 (45 artists)
listen on Internet Archive September 1957 (124 artists)
March 1958 (4 artists)
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