Friday, February 09, 2007

Yahoo LAUNCHCAST song of the day


Artist:Sam Cooke

Song:Twistin' The Night Away

Album:One Night Stand:Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club 1963




Sam Cooke is one of the all time greats of R & B and his music is still very memorable today. He started out in gospel as lead singer of The Soul Stirrers. Though Cooke eventually signed with RCA Records, he wrote most of his own songs and owned publishing rights. This was very unusual in the 50s. He did compromise and his RCA recordings were more pop than R & B. His live show was a different story and that's what One Night Stand is about. This live recording sat in the RCA vault until it was first released in 1985. It includes saxman King Curtis' band. This 2005 remastered version is a must for R & B fans. Cooke is just fantastic. Like a lot of R & B artists, Cooke was a gospel singer at heart. Sam Cooke died in mysterious circumstances in a Los Angeles motel on Dec. 11, 1964 at age 33. There have been rumours over the years that it was a mob hit. Here's Sam Cooke performing Blowin' In The Wind on Shindig in 1964.

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