found: Golden gassers [SR] 1961:label (Sam Cooke)
found: Wolff, D. A change is gonna come, c1995:CIP t.p. (Sam Cooke) galley (b. Samuel Cook (Sam Cook), Jan. 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Miss.)
found: New Grove dict. Amer. music(Cooke [Cook], Sam(uel); b. Chicago, IL, 22 Jan. 1931; d. Los Angeles, CA, 10 Dec. 1964)
found: LC database, 06-14-94(hdg.: Cooke, Sam, d. 1964)
found: African American National Biography, accessed January 04, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Cooke, Sam; Samuel Cook; songwriter, gospel musician, popular singer; born 22 January 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States; graduated from Wendell Phillips High School (1948); lead singer of the Soul Stirrers recording series of famous songs (1950's); continued rising to fame with hits such as I Love You for Sentimental Reasons, Only Sixteen, Win Your Love for Me, and Everybody Loves to Cha-Cha-Cha; arranged and produced his own songs such as Wonderful World, Chain Gang, Sad Mood, Having a Party, Bring It on Home to Me, Another Saturday Night, and Twisting the Night Away(1960's); produced records for his own label, Sar Records, and ran KAGs Music, a publishing company; died 11 December 1964 in Hollywood, California, United States)
found: LAC internal file, March 1, 2019(heading: Cooke, Sam)