Dream boogie

By Peter Guralnick

Subjects: Soul music, Biography, Biography & Autobiography, Soul musicians, African americans, biography, African american musicians, Nonfiction, African American sound recording executives and producers, Singers, biography

Description: Acclaimed Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick returns with a revealing portrait of Sam Cooke--a black performer who appealed to white audiences, wrote his own songs, and controlled his own business destiny. Fully capturing Cooke's accomplishments, "Dream Boogie" also conveys the astonishing richness of the black America of this era. 55 b/w photos.