Cat. No. 2564: SAM COOKE ~ THE RHYTHM AND THE BLUES. RCA 07863 66760-2. (IMPORT).

TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK

SAM COOKE WAS BORN SAMUEL COOK ON JANUARY 22, 1931. HE BEGAN SINGING AS A CHILD AND JOINED THE GOSPEL GROUP “THE SOUL STIRRERS” BEFORE MOVING TO A SOLO CAREER. HE POSSESSED AN INCREDIBLE NATURAL VOICE AND A SMOOTH EFFORTLESS DELIVERY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN SURPASSED. HE HAS OFTEN BEEN DESCRIBED AS THE INVENTOR OF SOUL MUSIC AND HIS PIONEERING CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUL MUSIC LED TO THE RISE OF MANY OTHER SOUL ARTISTS SUCH AS ARETHA FRANKLIN, STEVIE WONDER, BOBBY WOMACK, MARVIN GAYE AMONG MANY OTHERS. THIS 20 TRACK CD CONTAINS A SUPERB OVERVIEW OF HIS SOLO CAREER AND YOU CAN HEAR FOR YOURSELF THE SMOOTH DELIVERY OF THE KING OF SOUL. BRILLIANT *****

TRACK LISTING: Get Yourself Another Fool / Driftin’ Blues / Fool’s Paradise / Smoke Rings / Baby Won’t You Please Come Home / Please Don’t Drive Me Away / Nothing Can Change This Love / But Not For Me / Don’t Get Around Much Anymore / Trouble In Mind / Little Girl Blue / I Lost Everything / Chains Of Love / Nobody Knows When You’re Down And Out / Since I Met You Baby / Cry Me A River / Trouble Blues / Little Red Rooster / Out In The Cold Again / One More Time.

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