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Samuel D Zien (born August 7, 1959), known as Sam the Cooking Guy, is a Canadian-born [1] American television cook, YouTuber, restaurateur, and cookbook author, based in San Diego, California. [ citation needed ]
Sam Cooke was born Samuel Cook in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1931 (he added the "e" to his last name in 1957 to signify a new start to his life). [11] [12] He was the fifth of eight children of Rev. Charles Cook, a Baptist minister in the Church of Christ (Holiness), and the former Annie Mae Carroll.
Between 1957 and 1960, Sam Cooke's records were produced on the Keen label. From 1960 through 1966, they were produced on the RCA label. Ownership of Cooke's material is split between RCA (roughly 1958–1963) and ABKCO (post-1963), with each label releasing their own compilations and rarely cross-licensing ( The Man and His Music and Portrait ...
Sam Cooke on refusing to play to a segregated audience in Memphis in 1960. He was the first performer to wear his hair in its natural afro state, rather than slicked back in imitation of the blue ...
Bruce Eder of AllMusic writes, "There are better collections with all of these songs and more on them, but none handier than this in presenting every facet of Cooke's work -- the only flaw, if there is one, is the absence of one of the better tracks off of the Harlem Square live album."
Her grandparents are Cecil and Linda Womack, Sam Cooke's daughter, of Womack and Womack. "You have to live up to a certain expectation. Everybody thinks that just because I'm a Womack, (people ...
Sam Cooke has doubtless had many Cooke completists, but you really don’t nee. Michael Ochs Archives/GettyThe studio single version of “Chain Gang” was released July 26, 1960. It becomes ...
In 1962, RCA Victor decided it was time for Cooke to record a live album, and a warm January night at the Harlem Square Club in Miami was picked to record. The Harlem Square Club was a small downtown nightspot in Miami's historically African-American neighborhood of Overtown, and was packed with the singer's most devoted fans from his days singing gospel. [5]