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April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 16) Sam Cooke

By Art Garfunkel

Keep Movin' On

Of all the phases of Sam Cooke's brief, incandescent career - from his early gospel stardom to his amazing leap into pop and soul that almost single-handedly shoved black music into the future - none is more tantalizing than the recordings he made during his final days. From 1963 until his murder in...

2002 RS: 4.5of 5 Stars

The Man & His Music

1986

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One of the towering figures in postwar American popular music, Sam Cooke emerged from the gospel world already a full-blown star, young, handsome, graceful as a ballet dancer, and blessed with a degree of onstage charisma and sensuality that had previously been confined to secular heartthrobs. As with Elvis Presley, his image and the sex appeal threatened to obscure the powerful artistry underneat...

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