Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam CookeLittle, Brown, 2005 - 750 páginas One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, 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. |
Índice
The QCs Are in the House 1948 | 3 |
The Teen Age Highway Que Cees Radio and Concert Artists | 29 |
Soul Stirring December 19501952 | 65 |
The Further Education of Sam Cook 19531955 | 94 |
Lovable 1956May 1957 | 130 |
How He Crossed Over June 1957January 1958 | 171 |
The Biggest Show of Stars for 1958 1958 | 218 |
Sam Barbara and Linda Christmas 19581959 | 268 |
Another Saturday Night July 1962February 1963 | 416 |
Scenes from Life MarchJune 1963 | 463 |
Independence Day JuneDecember 1963 | 503 |
Long Time Coming December 1963June 1964 | 537 |
The Piper JuneNovember 1964 | 576 |
Uncloudy Day NovemberDecember 1964 | 609 |
Aftermath | 639 |
Notes | 653 |
Having Fun in the Record Business 1960 | 315 |
Another Country 1961 | 355 |
BoogieWoogie Rumble JanuaryJuly 1962 | 393 |
Bibliography R | 707 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ABKCO album Alex Allen Klein Angeles Sentinel Art Rupe artist Atlanta audience Barbara Bill Blind Boys blues Bobby Bobby Womack brother Bumps Bumps Blackwell called Cassius Chicago church Clif club Cooke Copa Crume feel felt fuck girl going gonna gospel music guitar Harris Hugo and Luigi interview J.W. Alexander Jackie Jess Rand John Siamas Johnnie Morisette Johnnie Taylor June kind King knew label lead singer Little Richard look Los Angeles Sentinel Lou Rawls Memphis Negro never night onstage played quartet R.H. Harris Ray Charles record release René Hall Reverend rhythm royalties Sam Cooke Sam's Sammy sang session singing song songwriting Soul Stirrers sound star started story studio talking tell thing thought told took tour vocal voice wanted week Womack York
Passagens conhecidas
Página xiii - this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a
Página ix - Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely: You'll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a • You think It's a happy beat? Listen to it closely; Ain't you heard something underneath like a — Sure What did I say? I'm happy! Take it away! Hey, pop! Re-bop! Mop! Yeah!
Página xiii - life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
Referências a este livro
Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City Mary Pattillo Pré-visualização limitada - 2010 |