More contemporary renditions include samples from such popular artists as Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers ( 1963 ), The Byrds ( 1970 ), Elvis Presley ( 1971 ), Skeeter Davis ( 1972 ), Mighty Clouds of Joy ( 1972 ), Amazing Rhythm Aces ( 1975 ), Willie Nelson ( 1976 ), and The Lemonheads ( 1992 ).

* 1931 – Sam Cooke, American singer ( The Soul Stirrers ) ( d. 1964 )

Although a small number of Rickenbacker acoustics were sold in the 1950s and were seen in the hands of stars like Ricky Nelson and Sam Cooke, the company concentrated on their electric guitar and western steel guitar business from the early 1960s onward.

It was updated in early 1991 to mourn the passing of Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, Jackie Wilson, Dennis Wilson, John Lennon, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Cass Elliot, who died a few months after the original version of the song was released.

Bono began his music career working at Specialty Records where his song " Things You Do to Me " was recorded by Sam Cooke, and went on to work for the record producer Phil Spector in the early 1960s as a promotion man, percussionist and " gofer ".

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** Sam Cooke, African-American singer and songwriter ( shot ) ( b. 1931 )

Rock-n-Roll emerged in the mid-50s as the teen music of choice with Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, James Brown, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly, Bobby Darin, Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy, Eddie Cochran, Brenda Lee, Bobby Vee, Connie Frances, Johnny Mathis, Neil Sedaka, Pat Boone and Ricky Nelson being notable exponents.

* January 22 – Sam Cooke, American singer ( d. 1964 )

* October 8 – Sam Cooke and his band are arrested after trying to register at a " whites only " motel in Louisiana.

Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke are also often acknowledged as soul forefathers.

Among the notables who died either without a valid will or no will at all are Ross Alexander, Fatty Arbuckle, Anura Bandaranaike, Madhav Prasad Birla, Sonny Bono, George Brent, Lenny Bruce, Jacob A. Cantor, Kurt Cobain, Russ Columbo, Sam Cooke, James Dean, Sandy Dennis, John Denver, Divine, Duke Ellington, Cass Elliot, Chris Farley, Bobby Fischer, Redd Foxx, Mary Frann, James A. Garfield, Marvin Gaye, Ulysses S. Grant, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Shemp Howard, Howard Hughes, Andrew Johnson, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ernie Kovacs, Harry Langdon, Bruce Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Peter Lorre, Jayne Mansfield, Rocky Marciano, Karl Marx, Steve McNair, Sal Mineo, Carmen Miranda, Keith Moon, Rosa Parks, Pablo Picasso, Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin, Tupac Shakur, Don Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, William Desmond Taylor, Sharon Tate, Tiny Tim, Ritchie Valens, Hervé Villechaize, Barry White, and Jimmy Witherspoon.

A year later the same thing happened to Sam Cooke, cutting him off in the middle of " You Send Me ".

Evolution features their first top 20 hit, " Lovin ', Touchin ', Squeezin '", which was inspired by the classic Sam Cooke tune " Nothin ' Can Change This Love ".

Samuel Cook ( January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964 ), better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R & B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur.

* In June 2011, the City of Chicago renamed a portion of East 36th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue as the honorary " Sam Cooke Way " to remember the singer near a corner where he hung out and sang as a teenager.

* Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke by Peter Guralnick ( 2005 ) ISBN 0-316-37794-5

* Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story from His Family's Perspective by Erik Greene ( 2005 ) ISBN 1-4120-6498-8

* You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke by Daniel Wolff, S. R. Crain, Clifton White, and G. David Tenenbaum ( 1995 ) ISBN 0-688-12403-8

* Sam Cooke ( ABKCO Homepage )

* History of Rock and Roll: Sam Cooke

* Sam Cooke in the Encyclopedia of Gratitude

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According to this episode, Dr. Sam Beckett ( Scott Bakula ) influences Buddy Holly to change the lyrics from " piggy, suey " to " Peggy Sue ", thus setting up Holly's future hit song.

* Though its usage here is not a parody, in an episode of Cheers, Cliff aborts his plans to emigrate to Canada with his love interest when Sam, Woody, and Frasier appeal to his patriotic side by singing this song.

*" Cadilac " ( T. Rex song ), a B-side from " Telegram Sam " later released on The Slider

* " Lions of the Kalahari ", song by Sam Roberts

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She also recorded a cover version of the Beatles ' song " Mother Nature's Son " for the film I Am Sam.

* In the 1993 Denis Leary song " Asshole ", Leary states he is " going to get the Duke ( John Wayne ), John Cassavetes, Lee Marvin, Sam Peckinpah and a case of whiskey then drive down to Texas " before being cut off by a bandmate and getting called an asshole.

The album produced two singles, including " I Thank You ," a cover of a song recorded by Sam & Dave, and " Cheap Sunglasses.

Recorded at Great Linford Manor the single peaked at number five in the UK charts, but was the last song produced by Sam Williams.

The song was written as the group drove down to Memphis to record at Sam Phillips ' Sun Studios.

* In Fireman Sam ( series 1987-1994 ), Firefighter Elvis Cridlington is always parodying Rock around the Clock whenver he's in the fire station kitchen, i. e. singing in tune to the song about whatever he's making in the kitchen at the time.

Other cartoons included Lariat Sam, which was developed by veteran game show announcer Gene Wood, then a show staffer ( who also sang the cartoon's theme song ).

* In the Season 3 episode 11 Mystery Spot of the TV series Supernatural, Sam Winchester relives the same day over and over again ; the time loop always begins with the song Heat of the Moment playing on the motel alarm clock.

* The song " SayHo " by Scott Miller is about Sam Houston

The song " Uncle Sam Blues " did not appear but was later released on the eponymous Hot Tuna album.

The song playing at the beginning of the movie is by Sam Hui.

Sam Lovullo, the producer of the television series Hee Haw, said his show presented " what were, in reality, the first musical videos ," while JMI Records made the same claim with Don Williams ' 1973 song, " The Shelter of Your Eyes.

In the video game Dead Island, a character Sam B, sings a song entitled " Who Do You Voodoo " and makes a reference to Baron Samedi.

Bluegrass musician Sam Wilson song “ Wild, Wild Rose .”

At age fourteen years, using the I IV V chord progression common to country songs of the day, he wrote what came to be known around Jackson as " Let Me Take You To the Movie, Magg " ( the song would convince Sam Phillips to sign Perkins to his Sun Records label ).

Bluegrass musician Sam Wilson song “ Wild, Wild Rose .”

Lyte recorded her first song, " I Cram to Understand U ( Sam )", in 1986.