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Dream boogie

Paperback • 2006 • English • 1. edition

Dream boogie

By Peter Guralnick

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About the book

One of the most influential African American singers/songwriters in the late 1950s, 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. In Dream Boogie, the author captures Sam Cooke's remarkable accomplishment and chronicles his moving and important story, from Cooke's childhood as a choirboy t...Show more

Popular music
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Book details

ISBN

9780349119489

Publisher

Little, Brown

Published year

2006

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Dream boogie

Format

Paperback

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