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Samuel Cook , known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, civil-rights activist and entrepreneur.

Influential as both a singer and composer, he is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and importance within popular music. He began singing as a kid and joined the Soul Stirrers before moving to a solo career where he scored a string of hit songs including "You Send Me", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "Cupid", "Wonderful World", "Chain Gang", "Twistin' the Night Away", and "Bring It On Home to Me".

His pioneering contributions to soul music contributed to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Billy Preston, and popularized the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown. AllMusic biographer Bruce Eder wrote that Cooke was "the inventor of soul music", and possessed "an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth, effortless delivery that has never been surpassed".On December 11, 1964, at the age of 33, Cooke was shot and killed by Bertha Franklin, the manager of the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California. After an inquest, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be a justifiable homicide. Since that time, the circumstances of his death have been called into question by Cooke's family. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. January 1931 – 11. December 1964
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Famous Sam Cooke Quotes

“The moon belongs to everyone
The best things in life they're free
Stars belong to everyone
They cling there for you and for me.”

Sam Cooke

The Best Things in Life Are Free
Song lyrics, Sam Cooke at the Copa (1964)

“It's summertime and the living is easy
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good-looking
Hush, little baby don't you cry.”

Sam Cooke

Summertime
Song lyrics, Sam Cooke (1957)

“Yeah, come on & let the good times roll
We're gonna stay here till we soothe our souls.
If it take all night long.”

Sam Cooke

Good Times
Song lyrics, Ain't That Good News (1964)

“If you ever change your mind
About leaving, leaving me behind
Baby, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin'
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah”

Sam Cooke

yeah
Bring It On Home to Me (1962)
Song lyrics, Singles

“At first I thought it was infatuation
But woo, it's lasted so long.
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home.
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh.You, you, you, you send me
I know you send me
I know you send me
Honest you do.”

Sam Cooke

You Send Me
Song lyrics, Sam Cooke (1957)

“Folks say that you've
Found someone new
To do the things I used to do for you.
Just call my name,
I'm not ashamed,
I'll come running back to you.Can't sleep at night,
I can't eat a bite.
When you were mine I didn't treat you right.
Just call my name,
I know, I know I'm not ashamed.
I'll come running back to you.”

Sam Cooke

I'll Come Running Back to You (1957)
Song lyrics, Singles

Sam Cooke Quotes

“Oh my baby's coming home tomorrow
Ain't that good news, man, ain't that news?
Baby's coming home tomorrow
Ain't that news, man, ain't that news?”

Sam Cooke

(Ain't That) Good News
Song lyrics, Ain't That Good News (1964)

Home , Baby

“Let me tell you 'bout a place
Somewhere up a New York way,
Where the people are so gay,
Twistin' the night away…Here they have a lot of fun,
Puttin' trouble on the run.
Man, you find the old and young,
Twistin' the night away.They're twistin', twistin'
Everybody's feelin' great.
They're twistin', twistin'
They're twistin' the night away.”

Sam Cooke

Twistin' the Night Away (1962)
Song lyrics, Singles

People , Way , Night

“All day long they work so hard
Till the sun is goin' down.
Working on the highways and byways
And wearing, wearing a frown.
You hear them moanin' their lives away.
Then you hear somebody say:"That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang."”

Sam Cooke

Chain Gang
Song lyrics, Singles

Men , Sun

“Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody,
I have some money 'cause I just got paid.
How I wish I had someone to talk to,
I'm in an awful way.”

Sam Cooke

Another Saturday Night
Song lyrics, Ain't That Good News (1964)

Money , Way , Night

“Don't know much about history,
Don't know much Biology.
Don't know much about a science book,
Don't know much about the French I took.
But I do know that I love you,
And I know that if you love me, too,
What a wonderful world this would be.”

Sam Cooke

Wonderful World
Song lyrics, The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (1960)

Love , Books , World , History

“Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me
For me…
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me.”

Sam Cooke

Cupid (1961)
Song lyrics, Singles

Lovers , Heart , Drawing , Cry

“I was born by the river
In a little tent.
And just like the river,
I've been running ever since.It's been a long, long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come.
Oh, yes it is.”

Sam Cooke

A Change Is Gonna Come
Song lyrics, Ain't That Good News (1964)

Change , Time

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