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Sam Cooke had a voice like clover honey, and he was as ingenious a businessman as he was an artist--carefully treading the line between smooth pop and deep R&B to bring both audiences to him, as well as together. Disc 1 of this set compiles his 1957-1959 recordings for the Keen label, which had tamed the former gospel tiger into a sweet, wry songwriter with a taste for crooning standards and a signature yodel that marked every song as his property. The second and third discs do the same for his RCA career's singles and album tracks, which, for all their orchestrated slickness, left an indelible mark on soul and eve
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Manufacturer: Sony Legacy
Release date: 26 September 2000
Number of discs: 4
EAN: 0078636791128 UPC: 078636791128
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Release date: 26 September 2000
Number of discs: 4
EAN: 0078636791128 UPC: 078636791128
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