Sam Cooke is from Clarksville, Mississippi.

Sam had a pure natural voice and was a hit from his first recorded song.

Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Billy Preston, Otis Redding and James Brown, all attribute that their styles and musical influence came from Sam Cooke.

Sam had an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth effortless delivery that has never been surpassed to this day.

He dies at the age of 33 at a motel in Los Angeles in an apparent shooting and kidnapping attempt.

The reports of the events of that tragic evening to this day are not clear.

The only thing that is sure is that the world lost an incredible voice.

A sad ending for a very talented man.

Buy one of his albums and you will buy another one.

Enjoy