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You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Cliff White and G. David Tenenbaum
Cliff White
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Description for You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Cliff White and G. David Tenenbaum
Paperback. When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. This title follows Cooke's life in a racist America where his voice was one of the first to reach beyond the segregated audiences and command a white following, Cooke himself becoming a player in the fledgling civil rights movement. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 518.
When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. He left a world in which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as "You Send Me" and "A Wonderful World", yet his body lay unrecognised in a morgue for two days. This biography follows Cooke's life in a racist America where his voice was one of the first to reach beyond the segregated audiences and command a white following, Cooke himself becoming a player in the fledgling civil rights ... Read more
When Sam Cooke was shot dead in a cheap motel in Hollywood, he was one of America's most successful pop stars. He left a world in which he had been born poor and had become very rich from the success of such records as "You Send Me" and "A Wonderful World", yet his body lay unrecognised in a morgue for two days. This biography follows Cooke's life in a racist America where his voice was one of the first to reach beyond the segregated audiences and command a white following, Cooke himself becoming a player in the fledgling civil rights ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Virgin Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
517g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753540022
SKU
V9780753540022
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About Cliff White
Sam Cooke was a hugely successful singer, songwriter and entrepreneur and is considered to be one of the founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his unmatched vocal abilities and influence on the modern world of music. His contribution in pioneering soul music led to the rise of artists such as Aretha Franklin, ... Read more
Reviews for You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Cliff White and G. David Tenenbaum
You Send Me is an excellent work - compelling
Financial Times
You won't buy a better biography all year
NME
Financial Times
You won't buy a better biography all year
NME