SAR Records was a record company founded by soul music legend legend Sam Cooke in 1961. The label did not feature Cooke, but rather featured all of Cooke's artists such as the latter-day Soul Stirrers with Jimmie Outler and Johnnie Taylor singing lead, The Valentinos (including Bobby Womack), Billy Preston, Mel Carter, The Simms Twins, Johnnie Morisette, L.C. Cooke (Cooke's … [Read more...] about Saturday Afternoon Thread: SAR Records
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Friday Afternoon Thread: The Legacy of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke put the spirit of the black church into popular music, creating a new American sound andsetting into motion a chain of events that forever altered the course of popular music and race relations in America. With “You Send Me”in 1957, Cooke became the first African-American artist to reach #1 on both the R&B and pop charts. It was risky for this young gospel … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: The Legacy of Sam Cooke
Wednesday Afternoon Thread: The One and Only….Sam Cooke
Tuesday Afternoon Thread: The One and Only…Sam Cooke
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