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Soul Singer Sam Cooke at the RCA Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California circa 1959. (Photo by Jess Rand/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Soul Singer Sam Cooke at the RCA Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California circa 1959. (Photo by Jess Rand/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
