Singer (22-Jan-1931 — 11-Dec-1964)

SUBJECT OF BOOKS

Erik Greene. Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story from His Family's Perspective. Trafford Publishing. 2005. 256pp.

Peter Guralnick. Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. Little, Brown and Company. 2005. 750pp.

Joe McEwen. Sam Cooke: A Biography in Words & Pictures. New York: Chappell Music Co.. 1977. 48pp.

Daniel Wolff. You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. New York: William Morrow. 1995. 424pp.

PARALLELS

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1. NNDB [link]

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica Online [link]

3. Internet Movie Database [link]

4. Wikipedia [link]

5. Encylopedia of Pop, Rock, and Soul (pp.142-43)

6. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th Edition (p.194)

7. DK Encyclopedia of Rock Stars (pp.214-15)

8. Hutchinson Paperback Dictionary of Biography (p.122)

9. St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture (vol.1, p.594)

10. Legends in Their Own Time (p.54)

11. The World Almanac Biographical Dictionary (p.322)

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