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Showing posts with label Sam Cooke. Show all posts

Monday, January 18, 2021

Sam Cooke - "A Change Is Gonna Come" (sound file, information, and lyrics)



 Entre Ciel Et Terre, Nov 28, 2017

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases Sam Cooke singing his now classic song "A Change Is Gonna Come".

The content of this post is presented for cultural, inspirational, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Sam Cooke for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this song file on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/02/seven-youtube-examples-of-change-is.html for a 2014 pancocojams post entitled "Seven YouTube Examples Of "A Change Is Gonna Come" (with lyrics)".

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INFORMATION ABOUT SAM COOKE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke
"Samuel Cook[2] (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964),[2] known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He was also influential as a composer and producer, and is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and significance in popular music.[3]

Cooke was born in Mississippi and moved to Chicago with his family at an early age. He began singing as a child and joined the Soul Stirrers before going solo and scoring 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". In 1964, Cooke was shot and killed by the manager of a motel in Los Angeles.[4] After an inquest and investigation, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be a justifiable homicide;[5] his family has since questioned the circumstances of his death."...
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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_Stirrers
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The Soul Stirrers were an American gospel music group, whose career spans over eighty years.[1] The group was a pioneer in the development of the quartet style of gospel, and a major influence on soul, doo wop, and Motown, some of the secular music that owed much to gospel.

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Years active: 1926 - 1960s"...

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG  "A CHANGE IS GONNA COME"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Change_Is_Gonna_Come
" "A Change Is Gonna Come" is a song by American recording artist Sam Cooke. It initially appeared on Cooke's album Ain't That Good News, released mid-February 1964[1] by RCA Victor; a slightly edited version of the recording was released as a single on December 22, 1964. Produced by Hugo & Luigi and arranged and conducted by René Hall, the song was the B-side to "Shake".

The song was inspired by various personal events in Cooke's life, most prominently an event in which he and his entourage were turned away from a whites-only motel in Louisiana. Cooke felt compelled to write a song that spoke to his struggle and of those around him, and that pertained to the Civil Rights Movement and African Americans. The song contains the refrain, "It's been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come."

Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, "A Change Is Gonna Come" is widely considered Cooke's best composition and has been voted among the best songs ever released by various publications. In 2007, the song was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress, with the National Recording Registry deeming the song "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important."[2]...

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From https://genius.com/Sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come-lyrics
"About A Change Is Gonna Come"
This 1964 R&B hit written and performed by Sam Cooke is among the most recognizable pop songs associated with the African American Civil Rights Movement.

One of Cooke’s inspirations for the song was folk/rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s song “Blowin' in the Wind”.

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LYRICS: A CHANGE IS GONNA COME
(Composer Sam Cooke)

[Verse 1]

I was born by the river

In a little tent

Oh, and just like the river, I've been runnin'

Ever since


[Chorus]

It's been a long

A long time comin', but I know

A change gon' come

Oh, yes it will

  

[Verse 2]

It's been too hard livin'

But I'm afraid to die

'Cause I don't know what's up there

Beyond the sky

 

[Chorus]

It's been a long

A long time comin', but I know

A change gon' come

Oh, yes it will


[Verse 3]

I go to the movie

And I go downtown

Somebody keep tellin' me "don't hang around"

Chorus]

It's been a long

A long time comin', but I know

A change gon' come

Oh, yes it will

 

[Verse 4]

Then I go to my brother

And I say, "Brother, help me please"

But he winds up

Knockin' me

Back down on my knees

Lor', there been time that I thought

I couldn't last for long

But now I think I'm able to

Carry on


[Chorus]

It's been a long

A long time comin', but I know

A change gon' come

Oh, yes it will

Source: https://genius.com/Sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come-lyrics

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Sunday, October 6, 2019

The Soul Stirrers (Sam Cooke, soloist) - "Jesus Be A Fence All Around Me" (information, sound file, & lyrics)



Kazu H, Oct, 18, 2010 

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post presents information about the Soul Stirrers and showcases their now classic 1961 Gospel song "Jesus Be A Fence".

The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the Soul Stirrers for their musical legacy, and thanks to Sam Cooke for his musical legacy with the Soul Stirrers and apart from that group. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/10/fred-hammond-radical-for-christ-jesus.html for a pancocojams post that showcases Fred Hammond & Radical For Christ's 1999 rendition of "Jesus Be A Fence".

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUL STIRRERS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_Stirrers
"The Soul Stirrers were an American gospel music group, whose career spans over eighty years. The group was a pioneer in the development of the quartet style of gospel, and a major influence on soul, doo wop, and motown, some of the secular music that owed much to gospel.

Biography
The group was formed by (Silas) Roy Crain, launching his first quartet who sang in a jubilee style, in 1926 in Trinity, Texas. In the early 1930s, after Crain moved to Houston, he joined an existing group on the condition that it change its name to "the Soul Stirrers". The name "Soul Stirrers" yields from the description of one of Roy Crain's earlier quartets as "soul-stirring." Among the members of that group was R.H. (Rebert) Harris, who soon became its musical leader. The Soul Stirrers, formed as a jubilee quartet, transformed their sound, influenced by hard gospel singers such as Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

Rebert Harris, also from Trinity, Texas, brought several changes to the Soul Stirrers that affected gospel quartet singing generally. He used a falsetto style that had its antecedents in African music, but which was new to the popular jubilee singing style of the time. He pioneered the "swing lead"---in which two singers would share the job of leading the song, allowing virtuoso singers to increase the emotional intensity of the song as the lead passed between them without disturbing the four part harmony. That innovation led the Soul Stirrers, while still called a quartet, to acquire five members.

The Soul Stirrers made other important changes in those years: ad-libbing lyrics, singing in delayed time, and repeating words in the background as both a rhythmic and emotional support for the lead singers. The Soul Stirrers along with other quartet performers, dropped the "flatfooted" style of jubilee quartets before them and expanded their repertoire from spirituals and traditional hymns to the newer gospel compositions. The group also loosened the rigid arrangements that jubilee quartets had favored to permit individual singers within the group more space for individual development.

In 1936, Alan Lomax recorded the Soul Stirrers for the Library of Congress's American music project, and those four unissued recordings are in the American Folklife Center collection today. They later moved to Chicago, where they broadcast a weekly radio show (WIND) with other famous groups including Golden Gate Quartet and The Famous Blue Jay Singers. As the gospel quartet style of singing became more popular, groups would perform in competitions called "song battles" to further increase the genre's popularity.

As World War II began, it became more difficult for many gospel quartet groups to make a living. It resulted in some quartets supplementing their income by doing live performances at churches, schools, and neighborhood centers. Despite the economic situation, throughout the 1940s and leading into the 1950s, many gospel quartet groups were able to pursue their careers successfully. The Soul Stirrer's nationwide touring gained them an even larger audience.

The Soul Stirrers signed with Specialty Records, where they recorded a number of tracks, including "By and By" and "In That Awful Hour". Harris quit in late 1950 to form a new group, citing dissatisfaction with what he viewed as the crookedness of the business and immoral behavior by musicians he saw on the "Gospel Highway" touring circuit. He was briefly replaced on lead by Paul Foster, then by Sam Cooke. Cooke joined the group at 19 and served as lead vocalist from 1950 to 1956.[1]

One of the early singles with Cooke was "Jesus Gave Me Water", a major hit that brought the Soul Stirrers acclaim. Thomas L. Breuster was replaced by Bob King and, briefly, Julius Cheeks. When Cooke left in 1957 to pursue a career in pop music, the Soul Stirrers' preeminence in gospel was essentially over, though a brief period of success with Johnnie Taylor sustained the group for a time. Various line-ups continued touring and recording throughout the last half of the century to a small and devoted following. The group — and all of its members — was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 as one of rock's Early Influences, and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed The Soul Stirrers among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[2]

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LYRICS: JESUS BE A FENCE ALL AROUND ME*
(The Soul Stirrers)

[Soloist]
I wonder
Is there anybody here
who late at midnight
sheds briny tears
all because you didn't have
no one to help you
along the way
and oh Lord

And if there is anyone
Lord, let me tell you,
let me tell you what I've done
I've ask Jesus
to be a fence around me
and protect me everyday

I told Him

[Chorus]
Jesus be a fence all around me
Jesus to protect me
as I travel on my way

Jesus be a fence all around me
Jesus to protect me
as I travel on my way

Soloist: Oh, sometimes it will hurt to your heart
to see loved one, to see loved one to depart
But oh children, death, death is no stranger
to anyone
and oh Lord

But just the Lord as you stay in the fold
you never have to worry
when death knocks on your door
Just ask Jesus to be a fence around you
and you never have to worry anymore
Just bow down
So oh...

[Chorus]
Jesus be a fence all around me
Jesus to protect me
as I travel on my way

Jesus be a fence all around me
Jesus to protect me
as I travel on my way
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*I transcribed the basic lyrics for this song from the above sound file without most of the soloist's embellishments. Additions and corrections are welcome.

Note that http://www.allgospellyrics.com/?sec=listing&lyricid=290 indicates that Sam Cooke wrote "Jesus Be A Fence", but the lyrics that website gives for this song aren't the same ones that are sung in the sound file that's embedded in this post. That leads me to ask "Was Sam Cooke really the composer of "Jesus Be A Fence? And, if not, who was the composer of that now classic Gospel song? If you know the answers to these questions, please share them in the comment section below. Thanks!

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Here's a quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke
..."The Soul Stirrers

In 1950, Cooke replaced gospel tenor R. H. Harris as lead singer of the gospel group the Soul Stirrers, founded by Harris, who had signed with Specialty Records on behalf of the group.[19] Their first recording under Cooke's leadership was the song "Jesus Gave Me Water" in 1951. They also recorded the gospel songs "Peace in the Valley", "How Far Am I from Canaan?", "Jesus Paid the Debt" and "One More River", among many others, some of which he wrote.[1] Cooke was often credited for bringing gospel music to the attention of a younger crowd of listeners, mainly girls who would rush to the stage when the Soul Stirrers hit the stage just to get a glimpse of Cooke.[20]

Crossover pop success
Cooke had 30 U.S. top 40 hits between 1957 and 1964, plus three more posthumously. Major hits like "You Send Me", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "Cupid", "Chain Gang", "Wonderful World", "Another Saturday Night", and "Twistin' the Night Away" are some of his most popular songs."...

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Three Sound Files Of The Blues Song "The Little Red Rooster"

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases sound files of Howlin Wolf, Big Mama Thornton, and Sam Cooke singing the classic Blues song "The Little Red Rooster".

Information about & lyrics of this song are also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All rights remain with their owners.
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INFORMATION ABOUT "THE RED ROOSTER" (THE LITTLE RED ROOSTER)SONG
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Red_Rooster
"Little Red Rooster" (or "The Red Rooster" as it was first titled) is a song that is a classic of the blues. Howlin' Wolf recorded "The Red Rooster" in 1961, a song credited to blues arranger and songwriter Willie Dixon, although earlier songs have been cited as inspiration. A variety of performers have interpreted it, including Sam Cooke, Willie Mabon, The Doors, and The Rolling Stones, who had important record chart successes with the song.

Earlier songs

The rooster is a theme in several blues songs from the 1920s and 1930s, with Charlie Patton's "Banty Rooster Blues" (1929 Paramount 12792) being identified as "obviously inspiring" "Little Red Rooster". Although musically the songs are different, there are some similarities in the lyrics. Patton's song includes "What you want with a rooster, he won't crow 'fore day" and "I know my dog anywhere I hear him bark", analogous to Dixon's "I have a little red rooster, too lazy to crow 'fore day" and "Oh the dogs begin to bark..." Memphis Minnie's "If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)" (1936 Vocalion 03285) contain the lyrics "If you see my rooster, please run 'im on back home", similar to Dixon's "If you see my little red rooster, please drive 'im home".

In 1950, Margie Day with the Griffin Brothers recorded an uptempo jump blues titled "Little Red Rooster" (Dot 1019). The song was described as "pack[ing] a load of oomph into this tangy up blues, with okay combo boogie in back". The song was a hit, reaching number five in the Billboard R&B chart in 1951. Day's lyrics include "Got a little red rooster, and man how he can crow...He's a boss of the barnyard, any ol' place he goes". The song is credited to Edward and James Griffin and, although it is titled "Little Red Rooster", it is not the same musically or lyrically as the Dixon song...

FEATURED SOUND FILES

Example #1: Howlin' Wolf - Little Red Rooster ( Chess )



cojwat, Uploaded on Apr 23, 2010
Recorded on Chess label. There is [sic] also other versions in YouTube, but I think they are all worth of listening and many times.

Howlin' really is one of the greatest artists the blues ever produced, he was a musical giant in every way.

I hope owners of the rights want to see this as an honor to this artist, which it really is. And same goes to these random photos and paintings, which I have found from net.
The iconic photos of Wolf howling with guitar at 1:03 and 1:10 are used with kindly permission by Sandy Guy Schoenfeld , please visit http://www.howlingwolfphotos.com
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LYRICS: THE RED ROOSTER
(written by Willie Dixon)

I have a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days.
I have a little red rooster, too lazy to crow for days.
Keep everything in the barnyard, upset in every way.

Oh the dog begin to bark,
and the hound begin to howl
Oh the dog begin to bark, hound begin to howl.
Ooh watch out strange kin people,
Cause the little red rooster is on the prowl.

If you see my little red rooster, please drag him home.
If you see my little red rooster, please drag him home/
There ain't been no peace in the barnyard,
Since the little red rooster been gone

[transcribed by AP from the sound file].

Attention: On a number of online lyric sites, the lyrics for this song's first line are usually given as "I am a little red rooster". That is the way that the British rock group The Rolling Stones sung that line and not the way that it was sung by Howlin Wolf.

Also, those same websites give the line "watch out strange kind people" instead of "strange kind people".

Americans usually say "kin folk" instead of "kin people". Willie Dixon may have been playing with that phrase by making it hyper-correct.
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Here's an interesting comment from that video's viewer comment thread: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vr-DR5HdKw

Posted by Heronmist, September 2012
"The thing about this song is that it really should be sung by a woman - it complains about her 'rooster' going astray. Originally by Memphis Minnie in the 1930's and later by Big Mama Thornton, women did sing it but it seems to have become a man's song via this spine-chillin version by Howlin and the (faithfully derivative) Stones cover.

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Example #2: Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton-Little Red Rooster (Live)



TravelerIntoTheBlue, Published on Oct 10, 2013
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LYRICS: THE RED ROOSTER
(as performed by Big Mama Thornton in the sound file above)

Got ah little red rooster, and that rooster is too lazy to crow for day.
Got ah little red rooster. You know that rooster too lazy to crow for day.
Keeps everything in the barnyard, Wooh! Oh Lord! upset in every way.
He keeps all the hens, keeps them fightin among themselves [makes sound of rooster]
He keeps all the hens, keeps them fightin among themselves. [Makes rooster sound]
Because he don’t want his hens, Wooh! a’layin eggs for no one else.

Oh* the dog next door begin to bark,
Wooh! And the hound begin to howl [make howing sound]
Oh! the dog next door begin bark, hound begin to howl
Said you better watch out all you girls
because Big mama’s red rooster
He’s on the, on the prowl, oh yeah!

[music]
Ah! Play your solo!

I said he keeps all the hen j
Keeps all the hens, wooh lord! fightin among themselves
Said because he don’t want those Keeps all the hens
You know I’m talking about that red rooster
If you see Wooh! my red rooster, just send him on home
If you see that little ole red rooster
Please, please send ‘em home.
Because we haven’t had no peace in the barnyard
Since that little red rooster
I’m talkin bout that little red rooster,
I mean that ole little bitty rooster
Wooh! Cock e doodle doodle
Child! Child! Since that little red rooster, ah rooster ah rooster been gone.

[transcribed by AP from that sound file]
* This might be the word "heard".

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Example #3: Sam Cooke Little Red Rooster



Jazzysclassicjazz, Uploaded on Dec 12, 2010
1963 album Night Beat

[This sound file features] Billy Preston [playing the] Hammond B3
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The lyrics to this version are very much like those sung by Howlin Wolf, except that Sam Cooke can be clearly heard singing "Watch out all you kin folks". Also, Sam Cooke sings the "keeps all the hens fighting" lyrics as the third verse of this song.

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RELATED LINKS
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAbDjKg9Zww for a sound file of Charley Patton's 1929 song "Banty Rooster Blues" that was mentioned in the Wikipedia excerpt above.

Unfortunately, I didn't find a rendition of Memphis Minnie singing a Red Rooster song, but click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhis33IOXN0 for another song sung by Memphis Minnie.

Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfJVeHKVcE8 for a video of the Rolling Stones performing "Red Rooster".

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND THANKS
My thanks to the composers, vocalists, and musicians featured in these sound files and video. Thanks also to the uploaders of these sound files & video, and to those whose comments are quoted in this post.

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Viewer comments are welcome.

Monday, September 3, 2012

Seven Sam Cooke (Non-Gospel) Songs

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases seven non-Gospel songs that are performed by Sam Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964).

These songs are posted for entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/seven-sound-files-of-soul-stirrers.html for a related pancocojams post.

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FEATURED EXAMPLES
(These examples are presented in no particular order.)

Example #1: Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night



Uploaded by bricomaligno on Jul 9, 2011

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Example #2: Sam Cooke - It's All Right



Uploaded by Jannyca on Jul 22, 2009

My Favorite Sam Cooke Song!

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Video #3: Bring it on home to me - Sam Cooke



Uploaded by Kazu76112 on Sep 26, 2010

Record:The Man And His Music-Sam Cooke

Touch the Hem of His Garment / That's Heaven to Me / I'll Come Running Back to You / You Send Me / Win Your Love for Me / Just for You / Chain Gang / When a Boy Fall in Love / Only Sixteen / Wonderful World / Cupid / Nothing Can Change This Love / Rome Wasn't Built in a Day / Love Will Find a Way / Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha / Another Saturday Night / Meet Me at Mary's Place / Having a Party / Good Times / Twistin' the Night Away / Shake / Somebody Have Mercy / Sad Mood / Ain't That Good News / Bring it on Home to Me / Soothe Me / That's Where It's At / A Change is Gonna Come

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Video #4: A Change Is Gonna Come, Sam Cooke, 1963



Uploaded by BlackAsWhite1 on Oct 27, 2009

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The lyrics of this song are provided in the uploader's statement.

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Video #5: Sam Cooke - Blowing in the Wind (HQ)



Uploaded by TheAim666 on Jul 31, 2009

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Video #6: Sam Cooke - You Send Me



Uploaded by rockpopjazz007 on Oct 18, 2008

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Video #7: SAM COOKE- "CHAIN GANG"



Uploaded by rwells47 on Jan 22, 2010

WENT TO # 2 IN 1960.
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The lyrics of this song are provided in the uploader's statement.

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RELATED LINK
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke for information about Sam Cooke.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & THANKS
Thanks to the Sam Cook & the composers of these songs. Thanks also to the uploaders of these videos.

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Seven Sound Files Of The Soul Stirrers (Gospel group, featuring Sam Cooke)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases seven sound files of The Soul Stirrers (Gospel group, featuring Sam Cooke).

The content of this post is posted for religious and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/09/seven-sam-cooke-non-gospel-songs.html for a related pancocojams post.

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FEATURED EXAMPLES
(These sound files are posted in no particular order.)

Example #1: The Soul Stirrers - Wonderful (Sam Cooke)



uploaded by dalkey130388 on Jul 3, 2008

This is a Gospel classic, by the most prominent Gospel group - The Soul Stirrers featuring Sam Cooke. I will be posting a similar pop soul tune called 'Loveable' with the same tune sung by a man under the pseudonym Dale Cook who sounded so much like the front man of the Soul Stirrers. Dale Cook was of course swiftly unmasked as Sam Cooke, who used the name to steer rumours away from his Gospel fans that he was going solo as a secular artist.
Anyway both songs are superb, they are both equally wonderful and loveable!

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Example #2: Nearer My God To Thee - Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers



Uploaded by funkeyjunk on Jan 17, 2009

The Live Performance of this epic song performed by Mr. Soul himself, Its Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers.

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Example #3: Touch The Hem Of His Garment - Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers



Uploaded by pannellctp on Apr 10, 2011

"Touch The Hem Of His Garment" - Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers, The Hem Of His Garment. Old style Gospel music when I was a teenager.

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Example #4: Pilgrim Of Sorrow - Sam Cooke with The Soul Stirrers



pannellctp, Published on Oct 23, 2012

Had the Soul Stirrers only launched the career of Sam Cooke, they would have earned their place in rock and roll history. Beyond that, however, they set the pace for gospel and pop vocal groups and played a role as forefathers in the development of rhythm and blues. As exponents of the modern gospel quartet sound back in the Forties and Fifties, they took gospel out of local churches and found a national audience for it. The group radically reshaped traditional gospel material and wrote many enduring songs of their own. The music of the Soul Stirrers represented a progression from jubilee singing to a more rhythmic style, and it served as the basis for doo-wop and R&B.

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Example #5: SAM COOKE & THE SOUL STIRRERS- A FRIEND ABOVE ALL OTHERS



Tjmministries T. Moore, Uploaded on Apr 19, 2009

SPECIALITY

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Example #6: Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers Just Another Day



Uploaded by ToonsParis on Aug 27, 2009

In The Earlier 50's Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers made some beautiful songs like this one. Enjoy

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Example #7: Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers..It Won't Be Very Long.wmv



Uploaded by nspiredbysam on Jun 9, 2010

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RELATED LINKS
Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_Stirrersfor information about The Soul Stirrers.
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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke for information about Sam Cooke.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & THANKS
Thanks to Sam Cooke and other members of The Soul Stirrers, and & the composers of these Gospel songs. Thanks also to the uploaders of these videos.

Thanks for visiting pancocojams.

Viewer comments are welcome.