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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.

~Aaron Neville

Topics: Always Because Blues Cooke Gospel He Loved Music Pop Pop Music Sam Sam Cooke Sang Seemed Soul Versatile Very

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Sam Cooke had a huge influence on me. He left the gospel field at one point and went into the secular, and he had this huge hit, 'You Send Me.' Irma, my older sister, and I heard 'You Send Me' on the radio while we were driving through the South one night. We had to stop the car. We got out and danced around the car out on the highway.

~Aretha Franklin

Topics: Around Car Cooke Danced Driving Field Gospel Got Had He Heard Highway Hit Huge Huge Influence Influence Left Me Night Older Older Sister One Night Out Point Radio Sam Sam Cooke Secular Send Sister South Stop Through Were While You

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In my vocal, I think you can hear something of my earlier times when I'd sing in subway halls for the echo and perform doo-wop on street corners. But I had a lot of influences, too - singers like Sam Cooke, Brook Benton and Roy Hamilton.

~Ben E. King

Topics: Brook Cooke Corners Earlier Echo Had Halls Hamilton Hear Influences Like Lot Perform Roy Sam Sam Cooke Sing Singers Something Street Subway Think Times Too Vocal You I Think

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I realize how much my life lines up with artists like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. My sound comes from church, but the stories come from actual personal experience, being out there in the streets living life.

~Bj The Chicago Kid

Topics: Actual Artists Being Church Come Cooke Experience How How Much Life Like Lines Living Living Life Marvin Gaye Much My Life Out Personal Personal Experience Realize Sam Sam Cooke Sound Stories Streets Up

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I had been on tour with people like Roy Orbison. I knew Bobby Darin, Sam Cooke. So many great performers.

~Bobby Vinton

Topics: Been Bobby Cooke Great Had Knew Like Many People Performers Roy Sam Sam Cooke Tour

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I started with Sam Cooke when I was 6 or 7 years old.

~Bobby Womack

Topics: Cooke Old Sam Sam Cooke Started Years

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I know a lot of people who are not here anymore, and I wonder why I'm still here... Not a day goes by that I don't think about Sam Cooke. His presence is so strong and so convincing to me, a true artist, a true talent, who never talked down to people.

~Bobby Womack

Topics: About Anymore Artist Convincing Cooke Day Down Goes Here His Know Lot Me Never People Presence Sam Sam Cooke Still Strong Talent Talked Think True True Artist Who Why Wonder I Wonder

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Estee Lauder cologne. Sam Cooke always wore it, and I started wearing it because he wore it.

~Bobby Womack

Topics: Always Because Cologne Cooke He Sam Sam Cooke Started Wearing Wore

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When I first played New York, it was with James Brown at the Apollo, and I was playing in a band under the name The Valentinos. I remember Sam Cooke saying, 'I want you to go in there with James Brown. I couldn't be as hard on you as James Brown would be.' But we came out marching like soldiers.

~Bobby Womack

Topics: Apollo Band Brown Came Cooke First Go Hard James James Brown Like Marching Name New New York Out Played Playing Remember Sam Sam Cooke Saying Soldiers Want Would York You I Remember I Want You

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My father was very interested in music, and when he and his brothers were young, they had a singing group that used to open for Sam Cooke. There was always music in our house, but there wasn't much art around.

~Carrie Mae Weems

Topics: Always Around Art Brothers Cooke Father Group Had He His House Interested Much Music Open Our Sam Sam Cooke Singing Used Very Were Young

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