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  1. BiographyRead the original story w/Photo

    20 hrs ago | WDUV-FM Saint Petersburg

    ... force but also expanded its impact as an agent for social change. Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (in the style of his hero Sam Cooke , he added the "e" to his surname as an adult) was born April 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C. The second of three children born ...

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    Related Topix: Soul, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Black Entertainment, Music, Entertainment

  2. Let's Get It On - Marvin GayeRead the original story

    Yesterday | Oldies108.com

    ... force but also expanded its impact as an agent for social change. %Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (in the style of his hero Sam Cooke, he added the "e" to his surname as an adult) was born April 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C. The second of three children born ...

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    Related Topix: Soul, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Soundtracks, Pop/Rock, The 80'S, April

  3. Let It Snow, Let... - Aaron Nevi...Read the original story

    Monday | WHER-FM Hattiesburg

    ... New Orleans, LA Influences Similar Artists Followers Biography Although Aaron Neville is often compared to singer Sam Cooke in terms of sheer vocal refinement, he has a voice and style uniquely his own. He is well known as part of the New Orleans ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Pop/Rock, January, Aaron Neville, Soul, Black Entertainment, The Neville Brothers

  4. I Want To Come Hom... - Marvin G...Read the original story

    Sunday Dec 20 | WJKX-FM Hattiesburg

    ... force but also expanded its impact as an agent for social change. %Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (in the style of his hero Sam Cooke, he added the "e" to his surname as an adult) was born April 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C. The second of three children born ...

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    Related Topix: Motown, Soul, Soundtracks, Pop/Rock, The 80'S, April, Marvin Gaye

  5. 12/18: Lee Fields & the Expressions @ SouthpawRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 16 | NBC New York

    ... mind blown and face slapped with pure, sweet soul and funk. Fields pays homage to greats like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke but remains thoroughly modern. Southpaw, 9PM. SOUNDS LIKE YULE: Pig Brooch Theatre Co. presents a "A Charlie Brown Christmas" ...

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    Related Topix: Lee Fields, Soul, Otis Redding, Black Entertainment, Comedy Movies, His Girl Friday, Drama Movies, Events

  6. Ben Sollee

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Westword

    While Kentucky-based Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist, he's also steeped in the vintage soul of guys like Otis Redding , Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke .

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    Related Topix: Kentucky Government, Kentucky, Otis Redding, Soul, Wilson Pickett, Black Entertainment, Music, Entertainment

  7. Sounds Write - Rod Stewart's SoulbookRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Westmorland Gazette

    ... career closely will know that, when growing up as a teenager in North London, it was the soul greats such as Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding and James Brown that first inspired the young Rod to sing and his earliest albums featured a fair ...

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    Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Rod Stewart, Soul, The Four Tops, The Temptations

  8. I Want To Come Hom... - Marvin G...Read the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Love1011.com

    ... force but also expanded its impact as an agent for social change. %Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (in the style of his hero Sam Cooke, he added the "e" to his surname as an adult) was born April 2, 1939, in Washington, D.C. The second of three children born ...

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    Related Topix: Motown, Soul, Soundtracks, Pop/Rock, The 80'S, April, Marvin Gaye

  9. Please Come Home... - Aaron Nevi...Read the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | 104.7 The Mix

    ... New Orleans, LA Influences Similar Artists Followers Biography Although Aaron Neville is often compared to singer Sam Cooke in terms of sheer vocal refinement, he has a voice and style uniquely his own. He is well known as part of the New Orleans ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Pop/Rock, January, Aaron Neville, Soul, Black Entertainment, The Neville Brothers

  10. Let It Snow! Let... - Aaron Nevi...Read the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | K103

    ... New Orleans, LA Influences Similar Artists Followers Biography Although Aaron Neville is often compared to singer Sam Cooke in terms of sheer vocal refinement, he has a voice and style uniquely his own. He is well known as part of the New Orleans ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Pop/Rock, January, Aaron Neville, Soul, Black Entertainment, The Neville Brothers

  11. 328 more music events today Read the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | Westword

    ... a classically trained cellist, he's also steeped in the vintage soul of guys like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke. On last year's excellent Learning to Bend, in fact, Sollee took Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' and twisted... More >> [1] ...

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  12. Trampled By Turtles and Ben SolleeRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 12 | Westword

    While Kentucky-based Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist, he's also steeped in the vintage soul of guys like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke.

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    Related Topix: Bluegrass, Trampled by Turtles, Kentucky Government, Kentucky, Otis Redding, Soul, Wilson Pickett, Black Entertainment, Events

  13. 320 more music events today Read the original story

    Saturday Dec 12 | Westword

    ... a classically trained cellist, he's also steeped in the vintage soul of guys like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke. On last year's excellent Learning to Bend, in fact, Sollee took Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' and twisted... More >> ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, Music, Entertainment, Events

  14. The Rock History Report for December 11th, 2009Read the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 11 | WYAY-FM Atlanta

    1964 - Soul singer Sam Cooke was gunned down at the Hacienda Motel in Los Angeles, California.

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    Related Topix: New York, Black Entertainment, Soul, Comedy Movies, The Magic Christian, Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Pop/Rock, Brandeis University

  15. Today In HistoryRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | MyHighPlains.com

    ... arrived in Saigon to support South Vietnam's fight against Communist guerillas. In 1964, Hall-of-Fame soul singer Sam Cooke died at the age of 29. In 1974, "The Godfather, Part Two" premiered in New York City. In 1980, "Magnum P.I." debuted on CBS. ...

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    Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Black Entertainment, Soul, "Magnum, P.I."

  16. The awful miasma of Melisma-ah-ah-ah-ahRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | Grand Junction Free Press

    ... lungful of breath - - at its back, finding popularity in the pop-soul of artists like Etta James, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin and virtually the entire 1960s Motown bullpen. Melisma's presence in pop is usually traced to the Southern ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Mariah Carey, African-American, Entertainment

  17. Let It Snow, Let... - Aaron Nevi...Read the original story

    Wednesday Dec 9 | 100.1 Sunny100 FM

    ... New Orleans, LA Influences Similar Artists Followers Biography Although Aaron Neville is often compared to singer Sam Cooke in terms of sheer vocal refinement, he has a voice and style uniquely his own. He is well known as part of the New Orleans ...

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    Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Pop/Rock, January, Aaron Neville, Soul, Black Entertainment, The Neville Brothers

  18. Bob Keane obituary

    Wednesday Dec 9 | MediaGuardian.co.uk

    ... pioneering Los Angeles record men and a maverick talent scout, record producer and label owner. The soul singer Sam Cooke scored his first pop hit on a Keane label, and Ritchie Valens and the Bobby Fuller Four were both discovered by him. Other ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul, The Bobby Fuller Four, Pop/Rock, Manhattan Beach, CA

  19. Fool's Gold goes global from L.A.'s eclectic metropolisRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 8 | SF Weekly

    ... to indie rock's Afropop bandwagon, the influences don't stop at Africa. Just in Top's vocals, you can hear Sam Cooke style soul as well as his Israeli roots, since Top alternates between English and Hebrew. "It was an extension of this anything-goes ...

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  20. Big band leader turned record label bossRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 8 | The Age

    ... big band; he also had his own TV variety show in Los Angeles. He briefly headed Keen Records in 1957 and released Sam Cooke's No. 1 hit single You Send Me before launching Del-Fi Records. In May 1958, Keane heard about Valens, a 17-year-old ...

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    Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Soul