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Re: OT: Sam Cooke

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by: gggg gggg - Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:08 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 5:08:40 PM UTC-7, Roland van Gaalen wrote:
> [not about classical music]
> I found these recordings of Sam Cooke "live at the Harlem Square
> Club" (Miami 1963) on YouTube:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGEnx5yOPJ8
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G9c8l21AoA
> I suppose there was a good deal of improvisation in the way Sam Cooke
> used his voice.
> He was an extremely talented performer, wasn't he, even by the
> standards of classical music.
> And did he compose the Chain Gang himself? I think it's a superb song,
> especially in this live version.
> --
> Roland van Gaalen
> Amsterdam
> r.p.vangaalenATchello.nl

The Supremes did a tribute lp soon after his death:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Remember_Sam_Cooke