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Essay heading: Sam Cooke
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This was not welcomed at the time, as the mere act of recording a popular song could alienate the gospel audience in an instant; singing for God was regarded in those days as a gift and a responsibility, and popular music, rock & roll, and R&B were to be frowned upon, at least coming from the mouth of a gospel singer; the gap was so great that when a blues singer such as Blind Gary Davis became "sanctified" (that is, found religion) as the Rev...
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Gary Davis, he could still sing and play his old blues melodies, but had to devise new words, and he never sang the blues words again.
Cooke tested the waters of popular music in 1956 with the single "Lovable," produced by Bumps Blackwell and credited under the name Dale Cooke so as not to attract too much attention from his existing audience...
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