Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

Season 1 Episode 2: The Gospel Highway: Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke was gospel music's crown prince, the man who inspired a generation of singers when he took on the pop world and won. In the process he became soul music's first superstar. This episode follows Sam Cooke's career as he made the transition from gospel to pop, and profiles some of the artists who followed him: The Staple Singers, Ben E King, Solomon Burke and Johnnie Taylor.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

6

Cast:

Colin Salmon, James Brown, Bootsy Collins

Quality:

HD

Duration:

60 min

First Air:

2005

Rating:

8.0