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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0022211700920 Format: Extra tracks Label: Specialty Manufacturer: Specialty MPN: 7009 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Specialty Release Date: April 06, 1992 Studio: Specialty Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: While Sam Cooke certainly made beautiful music in the pop realm, his greatest sides were those made with the Soul Stirrers. When Cooke joined the group in 1950 at the age of 19, he'd already spent 4 years singing with the Highway Q.C.'s. The Soul Stirrers lead singer, R.H. Harris, who quit just before Cooke's arrival, had spent almost 25 years molding the group into gospel stardom through an innovative use of two lead singers matched with utmost energy and sophistication. Cooke initially sang in a style similar to Harris's, but soon took off into his own unearthly realm, writing spine-tingling songs like "Nearer to Thee," "Mean Old World," and the brilliant "Touch the Hem of His Garment," then singing them in his soaring, inimitable style with perfect control of phrasing and enunciation. This is an awesome collection, a record to listen to many, many times--to grow old with. Save it for those days when you need absolute proof that true grace does exist. --Mike McGonigal Average Rating:
 Rating: - Makes me cry it's so goodWOW! Listening to Sam with the Soul Stirrers really made me appreciate just how great he really was. If you love Sam Cooke (and you should), then you should listen to this. If you love Gospel music, you need this. Rating: - Sam Cooke and The Soul StirrersProbablely the best gospel group of the fifties and sixties. I love this CD. Rating: - Best gospel CDSam Cooke with the Soul Stirres is one of most inspiring and heartfilling experiences of all times. It really touch my soul,a cd of real downhome gospel music.I'll gladly give it 5 stars being the best. Rating: - Buy This Album!you do not need to be religious or a gospel fan to enjoy this great music. this is not the commercial pop/blues of sam cooke's later solo career, which is still good music. this is his roots, and in my opinion his greatest work by far. Rating: - The Gospel Roots of Sam CookeYou don't get a deserved reputation for singing with passion, fire, and energy as Sam Cooke did without having some proving ground, some mode of training for developing talent that, once discovered, catapulted him to the forefront of the emerging American R&B music scene. No matter what kind of song Sam would sing later, whether "Chain Gang," "You Send Me," or "Cupid," the raw, unbridled strength of his vocals had their beginnings first in church, and then recording and touring with the Soul Stirrers, ... Read More |
