Dream Boogie Dream Boogie

Dream Boogie

The Triumph of Sam Cooke

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Publisher Description

From the acclaimed author of Last Train to Memphis, this is the definitive biography of Sam Cooke, one of most influential singers and songwriters of all time.

Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes -- the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences, who wrote his own songs, who controlled his own business destiny.

No biography has previously been written that fully captures Sam Cooke's accomplishments, the importance of his contribution to American music, the drama that accompanied his rise in the early days of the civil rights movement, and the mystery that surrounds his death. Bestselling author Peter Guralnick tells this moving and significant story, from Cooke's childhood as a choirboy to an adulthood when he was anything but.

With appearances by Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, James Brown, Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Fidel Castro, The Beatles, Sonny and Cher, Bob Dylan, and other central figures of this explosive era, Dream Boogie is a compelling depiction of one man striving to achieve his vision despite all obstacles -- and an epic portrait of America during the turbulent and hopeful 1950s and 1960s. The triumph of the book is the vividness with which Peter Guralnick conveys the astonishing richness of the black America of this era -- the drama, force, and feeling of the story.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2008
December 14
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
768
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown and Company
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
12.9
MB

Customer Reviews

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Loved this book

If you're fan of soul music and Sam Cooke, you seriously need this book. An in-depth bio of a truly remarkable artist and one of a kind original.

I'd highly recommend picking up the Sam Cooke: Portrait of a Legend CD (for which un-coincidentally, Peter Guralnick also wrote the introduction in the liner notes) before reading this book because you will be on a serious Sam Cooke kick for months and will want this music readily available.

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