- Aliases
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Dale Cook
- Personal name
- Samuel Cook
- Born
- January 22, 1931
- Died
- December 11, 1964
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00004956193
00006711415 61 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
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R&B, pop, and early soul singer. Cooke was also a songwriter. His death by gunshot in 1964 was ruled a justifiable homicide, but this conclusion has been questioned by many.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987. - Member of
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The Soul Stirrers Lead vocals (1951-1956)
- Family
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L.C. Cooke Brother
Linda Womack Daughter
R.B. Greaves Nephew
Samona Cooke Daughter
- Ranking
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265th most covered composer/author
180th most covered performer
1486th most covering performer
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