COOKE, SAM (née COOK). Gospel/Rhythm n
blues singer ( in Chicago, Illinois; in Los Angeles, California). As a child he sang in his father's Baptist church choir and in a family quartet, the Singing Children, composed of his two sisters and a brother. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois, where he sang in the glee club of Wendell Phillips High School. During his school years he also sang...