Artist:Sam Cooke
Song:Having A Party
Album:Best Of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke is one of the all time greats of pop music and is considered by many as the man who invented soul music. He started as lead singer of the gospel group The Soul Stirrers. When he left, he decided to handle his own music publishing and start his own record company. This was very unusual at the time. He did sign with RCA but continued to control the publishing. Having A Party was part of a long string of hits for Cooke in the early 60s. He also was involved in the civil rights movement and wrote A Change Is Gonna Come. The Best Of Sam Cooke is now available in a remastered version. It has all his hits. Sam Cooke died on Dec. 11, 1964 at age 33 during an altercation in a Los Angeles motel with a woman & the motel manager. Supposedly, the manager shot Cooke in self defense. There has been speculation over the years that Sam Cooke was a mob hit but no one knows for sure. Sam Cooke's music is still great today and that says a lot about his talent.
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