Sam Cooke: Sam Ploughed Money Into Act
uncredited writer, NME, 5 October 1962
SAM COOKE is currently one of America's hottest disc properties. Since he scored his first hit with 'You Send Me', Sam has had a pretty consistent flow of chart successes and none of his records since that one has sold less than a quarter million copies.
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