Friday, August 22, 2008

Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers

Album: Peace in the Valley
Format: LP
Label/Info: Get Back 180 Gram Reissue (8063).

Sam Cooke joined the Soul Stirrers in 1951, replacing lead singer R. H. Harris after the Stirrers signed with Specialty records. Guided by the former teen wonder who would go on to be the superstar of early R&B, the Soul Stirrers are captured here at their best with 14 tunes of pure a cappella gospel feeling.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

It was the little complexities made the Soul Stirrers great, and at their best they were as smooth as any group that ever existed.

Excerpt from “Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family's Perspective”
by Erik Greene
www.OurUncleSam.com

Great post!