Sam Cooke 1939-??-??
Crossing Over, PBS, Documentary
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Sam Cooke put the spirit of the Black church into popular music, creating a new American sound and setting 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 the pop charts. It was risky for this young gospel performer to alienate his fans by embracing “the devil’s music” – but he proved, with his pop/gospel hybrid, that it was, indeed, possible to win over white teenage listeners and keep his faithful church followers intact.
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Fri May 21 2010 09:28:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Thu May 20 2010 21:19:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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