For those whose interest in the great gospel and soul star has been piqued by the new Netflix documentary The Killings of Sam Cooke (above), here is a guide to the main posts on this blog about his life and career. I haven't seen the new programme because I don't have Netflix - not out of meanness but simply because I dare not put further televisual temptations my way. Click on the title below each image to read the full post.
This post considers Peter Guralnick's 2006 biography Dream Boogie, the 2002 box set The Complete Specialty Recordings and Neil McKay's radio play A City Called Glory.
Drawing on liner notes by Daniel Woolf, author of the earlier biography depicted above, this is a detailed account of Cooke's work with the gospel group who helped shape his style.
This looks at two stage plays, The Life of Sam and One Night in Miami; a rejected screenplay by Clement and La Frenais; more about A City Called Glory.
This post about the origins of Ben E King's song also considers Sam Cooke's Stand By Me Father, derived from the same gospel original, and Cooke's masterpiece A Change Is Gonna Come.
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