Sam Cook

Person · Open Library

Works

20

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1931-01-22

Active to

1964-12-11

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,904,750

Total plays

32,708,685

Samuel Cooke (born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; died December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop, songwriter and singer, recognized as one of the true founders of soul music. Often referred to as The King of Soul, Cooke had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964 including major hits You Send Me, A Change Is Gonna Come, Chain Gang and Wonderful World. Cooke <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sam+Cooke">

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 34,734x

2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,519x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,411x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,391x

5. Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks

   · 2001 · cited 13,442x

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Sports profile

Sport

Cricket

Team

Essex

Position

Bowler

Nationality

United Kingdom

via TheSportsDB

Wikidata facts

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