Happy 80th birthday, Sam Cooke!
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NPR article -
It feels strange to suggest that Sam Cooke
isn't appreciated enough. Cooke, a legend of soul, has been celebrated
in nearly every way a musician can. He's been included in lists of the
greatest singers of all time, voted a charter member of the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame and awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement Grammy.
You can still hear his songs in movies and sing them in karaoke parlors. But
the adulation has an effect of obscuring what's most enduring about
Cooke's legacy — that he never sat still long enough to become as big a
star as he might have deserved. - (complete story)
1 comment:
He's getting as old as Johnny Gumbo!
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