Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular
themes -- the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of
Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences, who wrote his
own songs, who controlled his own business destiny.
No biography
has previously been written that fully captures Sam Cooke's
accomplishments, the importance of his contribution to American music,
the drama that accompanied his rise in the early days of the civil
rights movement, and the mystery that surrounds his death. Bestselling
author Peter Guralnick tells this moving and significant story, from
Cooke's childhood as a choirboy to an adulthood when he was anything
but.
With appearances by Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X,
James Brown, Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Fidel Castro, The
Beatles, Sonny and Cher, Bob Dylan, and other central figures of this
explosive era, Dream Boogie
is a compelling depiction of one man striving to achieve his vision
despite all obstacles -- and an epic portrait of America during the
turbulent and hopeful 1950s and 1960s. The triumph of the book is the
vividness with which Peter Guralnick conveys the astonishing richness of
the black America of this era -- the drama, force, and feeling of the
story.
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