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Hardcover Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke Book

ISBN: 0316377945

ISBN13: 9780316377942

Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke

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Book Overview

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.
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Customer Reviews

6 customer ratings | 5 reviews

Rated 5 stars
ALL HAIL THE KING OF SOUL !!!!!

IT'S ABOUT TIME SAM COOKE BEGAN GETTING HIS DUE RECOGNITION. HE IS TRULY THE KING OF SOUL! IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, YOU WILL AFTER YOU READ THIS BOOK. IT'S GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN A GOOD BOOK. DRAMA,LOVE,VIOLENCE AND EVEN HIS TRIUMPHANT RAGS TO RICHES STORY. PETER GURALNICK DID A WONDERFUL BOOK ON THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL,ELVIS AND RETURNED WITH THIS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN DREAM BOOGIE. TRUST ME,YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!...

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Rated 5 stars
Guralnick delivers again!

A wonderful read! It is well-researched and full of details regarding Cooke's career. It is presented in an interesting but easy to read style. It's not just about Sam Cooke but the times he lived in. The civil rights struggle is a central part of this book. Sam Cooke is a fascinating and historically important musical career and Guralnick brings Cooke's life and career into focus. Highly recommended. Paul Evans

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Rated 5 stars
Masterful

I've been waiting for this book ever since I learned several years ago that Peter Guralnick was working on it. Like his other books (especially Lost Highway, Sweet Soul Music, and Last Train to Memphis), it was well worth the wait. Guralnick takes on a subject whose life and work was more complex than surface appearances would suggest. The portrait that emerges is multidimensional, and the reader sees not only the development...

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Rated 5 stars
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN..........MR.SAM COOKE!!!

A Top 5 pick for 2005.I agree with a previous reviewer,this bio would make a great movie.Just like RAY.Although I don't know about Will Smith.Sam Cooke was a complex individual,triumphant yet tragic.What's also great abot this book is that Mr.Guralnick shows the adversity of what Black entertainers had to go through in the 50's and 60's,the sleaziness of the music business,and eventually of how Sam Cooke triumphed.Also in...

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Rated 5 stars
Elvis' Biographer Turns His Eye to Sam Cooke

Peter Guralnick brings his considerable talent to the life of soul great Sam Cooke. As he did in his superb biographies of Elvis Presley, Guralnick lets the drama of Sam Cooke's life unfold without foreshadowing. In this way the reader is swept up in the saga almost forgetting the inevitable tragic ending of the life of Sam Cooke. Guralnick researched this book thoroughly with the full co operation of the estate of Sam Cooke...

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