◇ image via WikipediaSam Cooke
Sam Cooke is a Gospel and House act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Steve Perry, The Soul Stirrers, Peace in the Valley, Jesse Belvin and Roy Hamilton. Those roots explain a lot about how Sam Cooke arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Drifters, The Four Tops and Etta James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jerry Butler, Aretha Franklin, Beverley Knight, William Bell and Doggumentary, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 155 connections around Sam Cooke, reaching back through Steve Perry and forward to Jerry Butler. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Sam Cooke connections
Sam Cooke grew out of Steve Perry, The Soul Stirrers, Peace in the Valley and Jesse Belvin, shares an orbit with Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Drifters and The Four Tops, went on to shape Jerry Butler, Aretha Franklin, Beverley Knight and William Bell. 155 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Sam Cooke
Sounds and acts that shaped Sam Cooke.
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