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Sam Cooke – The Best Of Sam Cooke (Staff Pick!)
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Title: Sam Cooke – The Best Of Sam Cooke
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1962, R&B, Soul, Chicago, Illinois
Condition: New
Cultural Facts:
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Legal Trouble: Oct 1963, Shreveport: a pre-booked room was refused under segregation; Cooke was arrested for “disturbing the peace” and jailed overnight.
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Public Scandal: Dec 11, 1964: shot at LA’s Hacienda Motel by manager Bertha Franklin; ruled justifiable homicide, but friends disputed the story for decades.
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Family Ties: Pressure stacked up fast: his first wife Barbara died in a 1953 crash, his toddler son drowned in 1963—then Cooke was gone at 33.
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