Sam Cooke

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1. With what name was Sam Cooke born? Samuel Cooke Samuel Cook Dale Cooke Sam Cooke

2. Where was Sam born? Tennesee Ohio Kansas Mississippi

3. To which big city did the Cooke family move in 1933? St Louis Cincinatti New York Chicago

4. Sam Cooke sang with his sisters in a group called The Singing Children? True False

5. Sam's first professional singing job was with a vocal quartet called The Teenage Highway QCs. They toured the midwest and the southern states. But Sam's big break came when he was asked to replace the lead singer of which well-established gospel group? The Spirit Stirrers The Soul Shakers The Soul Stirrers The Spirit Shakers

6. Sam launched his pop career with record label Keen. His first hit was released in 1957. What was it called? Wonderful World You Send Me Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha Chain Gang

7. Sam's most famous song was probably "Wonderful World". Which of these lines is not part of the song? Don't know much about algebra, don't know what a slide rule is for Don't know much biology, don't know much trigonometry They are all lines from the song Don't know much about a science book, don't know much about the French I took

8. What is Sam's complaint in his hit "Another Saturday Night"? I ain't got no money I ain't got no home I ain't got no place to go I ain't got nobody

9. Sam Cooke died on December 11th, 1964. How did he die? drug overdose shot by his father shot by a hotel manageress killed in a car crash

10. Which of these Sam Cooke hits was not one of his own compositions? Twistin' the Night Away They are all his compositions Sad Mood Bring It On Home To Me