Sam Cooke The son of Reverend Charles Cook, Sr, a Baptist minister and Annie May Cook, Sam was born on January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; two years later the family moved to Chicago, Illinois. He had four brothers and three sisters – Willie, Charles Jr, L.C., David, Mary, Hattie and Agnes.

Sam graduated from Wendell Phillips High School in 1948, where he distinguished himself as an “A” student and was also voted “most likely to succeed.” During his formative years, Sam, with his brothers Charles Jr, L.C. And sisters Mary and Hattie, performed as a gospel group, “The Singing Children.” At 15, he became lead singer of the famous “teenage” gospel group the “Highway QC’s”. Four years later, he was hand-picked by Roy (S.R.) Crain, manager of the “Soul Stirrers,” to replace the legendary R.H. Harris as their lead singer.

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