Sam Cooke was the most important soul singer in history -- he was also the inventor of soul music, and its most popular and beloved performer in both the black and white communities. Equally important, he was among the first modern black performers and composers to attend to the business side of the music business, and founded both a record label and a publishing company as an extension of his careers as a singer and composer. Yet, those business interests didn't prevent him from being engaged in topical issues, including the struggle over civil rights, the pitch and intensity of which followed an arc that paralleled Cooke's emergence as a star. Joined by Art Historian Professor Dianne Johnson and Political Commentary by Landon Crowell .
The King of Soul: Sam Cooke
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Fri, 04/07/2017 - 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Episode Playlist
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Time7:09ArtistSam Cooke & The Soul StirrersSongJesus Gave Me WaterAlbumJesus, Wash Away My TroublesLabelDiamond Days
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Time7:12ArtistSAM COOKE W/SOUL STIRRERSSongprayAlbumprayLabel
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Time7:15ArtistSam Cooke & The Soul StirrersSongPray (Incomplete)AlbumSoulful Gospel, Vol. 2LabelFirefly Entertainment
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Time7:16ArtistSam CookeSongA Change is gonna comeAlbumA Change Is Gonna ComeLabel
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Time7:19ArtistSam CookeSongBring It On Home ToAlbumThe best of Sam CookeLabelrca
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Time7:22ArtistSam CookeSonganother saturday nightAlbumanother Saturday nightLabel
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Time7:25ArtistSam CookeSongChain gangAlbumChain gangLabel
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Time7:28ArtistSam CookeSongEverybody Loves to Cha Cha ChaAlbumEverybody Loves to Cha Cha ChaLabel
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Time7:31ArtistSam CookeSong(Ain't That) Good NewsAlbum(Ain't That) Good NewsLabel
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Time7:34ArtistSam CookeSongFool's ParadiseAlbumFool's ParadiseLabel
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Time7:37ArtistSam CookeSongIt's all rightAlbumIt's All RightLabel
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Time7:40ArtistSam CookeSongMean Old WorldAlbumMean Old WorldLabel
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Time7:43ArtistSam CookeSongSomebody Ease My troubled MindAlbumSomebody Ease My troubled MindLabel
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Time7:46ArtistSam CookeSongSomebody Have MercyAlbumSomebody Have MercyLabel
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Time7:49ArtistSam CookeSongwonderful worldAlbumwonderful worldLabel
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Time7:52ArtistSam CookeSongYou send meAlbumYou Send MeLabelKeen
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Time7:55ArtistSam CookeSongOnly SixteenAlbumThe best of Sam CookeLabelrca
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Time7:58ArtistSam CookeSonggreatest hitsAlbumGreatest HitsLabel
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