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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