Things I resent, part 1,000,000. Children of the 50s got to listen to Sam Cooke originals in all their gritty, gravelly glory. As a child of the 70s, I was stuck with covers by wispy white folkies. Unfair! (Exception: The Spinners’ disco cover of “Cupid,” which was awesome.)
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Thank you Joe for bringing back some cherished memories! The first time I heard “ A Change is Gonna Come” I knew instantly that I had to listening to the whole Sam Cooke collection and I was never disappointed. He is the only permanent fixture in my ever changing list of favourite artists.
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In the US he is somewhat “forgotten” but he really laid the foundation for so much of the soul and pop music that followed. Without Sam Cooke, no Marvin Gaye … Otis Redding … Michael Jackson … Stevie Wonder … the list
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goes on and on …
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