Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Class of 1986 - Sam Cooke Honors

Inductee Honors

Sam Cooke

"King of Soul"

Point of interest - Sam Cooke's career only lasted 8 years

29 singles that charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Pop chart

20 singles in the Top 10 of Billboard's Black Singles

Posthumous Honors -

No. 16 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time (2004)

No. 4 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Singer of All Time (2008)

No. 3 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Singer of All Time (2023)

Songwriters Hall of Fame (1987)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Soul Stirrers (1989)

National Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame (2013)

Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame 

Grammy Lifetime Achievement (1999)

Hollywood Walk of Fame (1994)

11 albums

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