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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Peter Guralnick
The triumph of the book is the vividness with which Peter Guralnick conveys the astonishing richness of the black America of this era--the drama, force, and feeling of the story.
Back Bay
September 2006
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Featuring: Sam Cooke
768 pages
ISBN: 0316013293
EAN: 9780316013291
Trade Size (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Biography
One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all
time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music
and secular themesthe early foundation of soul music. He was
the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to
white audiences, who wrote his own songs, who controlled his
own business destiny. No biography has previously been
written that fully captures Sam Cookes accomplishments, the
importance of his contribution to American music, the drama
that accompanied his rise in the early days of the civil
rights movement, and the mystery that surrounds his death.
Bestselling author Peter Guralnick tells this moving and
significant story, from Cookes childhood as a choirboy to an
adulthood when he was anything but. With appearances by
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, James Brown, Harry
Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Fidel Castro, The Beatles, Sonny
and Cher, Bob Dylan, and other central figures of this
explosive era, DREAM BOOGIE is a compelling depiction of one
man striving to achieve his vision despite all obstaclesand
an epic portrait of America during the turbulent and hopeful
1950s and 1960s. The triumph of the book is the vividness
with which Peter Guralnick conveys the astonishing richness
of the black America of this erathe drama, force, and
feeling of the story.
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