Dream Boogie
The Triumph of Sam Cooke
By Peter Guralnick
(Little, Brown and Company, Hardcover, 9780316377942, 768pp.)
Publication Date: October 2005
Categories: Composers & Musicians - Rhythm & Blues, Genres & Styles - Soul & R&B
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Description
Acclaimed Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick returns with a revealing portrait of Sam Cooke--a black performer who appealed to white audiences, wrote his own songs, and controlled his own business destiny. Fully capturing Cooke's accomplishments, "Dream Boogie" also conveys the astonishing richness of the black America of this era. 55 b/w photos.











