Sam Cooke - Legend

Back in the late 1970s when The Buddy Holly Story came out, a lot of sharp-eyed viewers remarked that the actor who played Sam Cooke in that movie would have been perfect to star in "The Sam Cooke Story." Well, no fictional film of Cooke's life has surfaced, but at long last there is a definitive video documentary, and it is good enough that one wishes that it had been booked into a theater, as was done with The Compleat Beatles and The Beach Boys: An American Band. The producers are extremely lucky in that there are still plenty of people still around to talk to and interview, not just colleagues and collaborators but longtime friends and family members, who knew Cooke from just about every phase of his life and career. Read More