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Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke.(Book review)
Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. By Peter Guralnick. New York: Little Brown, 2005. [xv, 750 p. ISBN 0-316-37794-5. $27.95.] Illustrations, notes, bibliography, discography, index.
Peter Guralnick has been one of the most deservedly praised chroniclers of American vernacular music for over thirty years. His first three non-fiction books, Feel Like Going Home (New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971), Lost Highway (Boston: D. R. Godine, 1979), and Sweet Soul Music (New York: Harper & Row, 1986), are often described as a blues, country, and soul music trilogy. However, the first two books are compilations of individual portraits of musicians loosely ...
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- Magazine article from: The Bookwatch December 1, 2005 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Biography Alexis, Andre Leland, John January 1, 2006 700+ words
Cooke, Sam Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. Peter Guralnick. Boston: Little, Brown...and dull.... The first half (roughly) of Dream Boogie is required reading for any fan of Sam Cooke, of gospel music or of American popular...
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- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine Guralnick, Peter November 1, 2005 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Elder, Robert K. December 2, 2005 700+ words
...It's this sense of Sam, this force of will...Guralnick to write "Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke" (Little, Brown...writing and researching "Dream Boogie." Though many of the Bronzeville landmarks Sam grew up with have since...
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- Newspaper article from: Newsday (Melville, NY) April 27, 2007 700+ words
...headline on the liner notes of Sam Cooke's "Greatest Hits" album...s pledge-drive offering, "Sam Cooke: Legend" will school you...well-crafted 2005 biography "Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke") and offers a comprehensive...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Rodman, Sarah October 23, 2005 700+ words
...Guralnick set his sights on Sam Cooke. "Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke" (Little Brown...that.' " Perhaps with "Dream Boogie" they'll get to know the man himself. "To me, Sam Cooke is a shining star...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times November 4, 2005 700+ words
...the Brill Building Era" and Peter Guralnick's "Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke." Although the books center around different...lasted throughout the 20th century. In soul legend Sam Cooke's crossover from gospel to pop, with classics...
