{"product_id":"654821","title":"Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend [VINYL]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe greatest single-disc Sam Cooke collection ever! 30 Incredible tracks including You Send Me; Chain Gang; Twistin' the Night Away; Shake; Little Red Rooster; Good Times; (What a) Wonderful World; Another Saturday Night; Cupid; Only Sixteen; A Change Is Gonna Come; Having a Party , and more career highlights. Indispensable!\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eSam Cooke is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eFor 14 years Sam sanctified and glorified his gospel heritage and forged new paths by being the first black artist to establish his own record company (SAR) where he helped such gospel oriented artists as the Womack Brothers (Bobby, Cecil, Friendly Jr., Curtis and Harry) who later became the Valentinos, R.H. Harris \u0026amp; His Gospel Paraders, The Simms Twins, Johnnie Morisette, Johnnie Taylor and Billy Preston, as well as giving continued expression to the Soul Stirrers.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eToday, many years after he began his writing and recording career, Sam\\u2019s music endures with cover recordings by artists from all genres of the recording industry such as Aretha, Bryan Adams, Gerald Alston, The Animals, Arcade Fire, The Band, Billy Bragg, Solomon Burke, Jimmy Buffet, Eric Clapton, Shemekia Copeland, Jim Croce, Terrence Trent D\\u2019Arby, Gavin DeGraw, Bob Dylan, The Fugees, Art Garfunkel, Al Green, Leela James, Jon Bon Jovi, R. Kelly, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Nas, The Neville Brothers, Otis Redding, The Righteous Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Seal, Dan Seals, Nina Simone, The Spinners, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, The Supremes, James Taylor, Tina Turner, Luther Vandross, Jackie Wilson, Bobby Womack and Ray Charles, among many others.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003eSam Cooke\\u2019s legacy continues with each new generation:\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 1986 - Sam Cooke was one of the first ten inductees into the newly founded Rock \\u2018N\\u2019 Roll Hall Of Fame.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 1987 - Sam Cooke was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 1993 - Sam Cooke received the Chairman\\u2019s Award from The Apollo Theatre Foundation.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 1999 - Sam Cooke received the first Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation; and\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 1999 - Sam Cooke received the NARAS Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 2001 - Sam Cooke received proclamations in Los Angeles County, Mississippi and Chicago declaring December 17 Sam Cooke Day.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 2003 \\u2013 SAM COOKE\/LEGEND \\u2013 DVD becomes a GRAMMY Award Winner for Best Long Form Music Video.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 2005 \\u2013 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame \u0026amp; Museum salutes Sam Cooke\\u2019s life and legacy with its Tenth Annual American Music Masters Series at Case Western Reserve University.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 2006 \\u2013 Sam Cooke\\u2019s composition \\u201cA Change Is Gonna Come\\u201d is added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 2011 \\u2013 Sam Cooke\\u2019s Chicago roots are honored when the city renames a portion of East 36th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue as \\u201cSam Cooke Way.\\u201d \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\u2022 2013 \\u2013 A biopic of Sam Cooke\\u2019s life goes into pre-production with Carl Franklin set to direct.","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55164621422977,"sku":"654821","price":37.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51eupLnqzzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1768020135","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/654821","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}