Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
by Peter Guralnick
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Author: Peter GuralnickEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 768
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Reviews of Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Book Review: Sam Cooke - a fabulous account
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed this book, not only because I'm a huge Sam Cooke fan, but because it gives context to the times and the environment of Sam Cooke's short, but impactful visit to this earth. The little details like how the Soul Stirrers came to be, the grooming and refinement of their talent as a group and Sam's talent as an individual gave me a different perspective from what I had. Though I haven't finished reading the whole book, I have read enough to grasp the historical value of the work. Often, time period accounts contain analyses and language that comes across as boring and doesn't really place the reader there. Not so with this book. It's records like this one that help us to understand the generation before us, how they dreamed and how they reached for those dreams in a very real and tangible way. Another book that I'd strongly recommend is You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke.
Summary of Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themesthe 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 Cookes 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 Cookes 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 obstaclesand 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 erathe drama, force, and feeling of the story.African-American & Black Books
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