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Cooke, under the name Dale Cook, had released “Lovable,” a pop version of his earlier gospel song, “Wonderful.” (The nom de disque had been an attempt to keep Cooke’s voice and identity from the sanctified music community.) Not long after, Cooke earned a pop hit with “You Send Me,” on the Keen label. By the end of December ’57, the record had sold close to two million copies. Record label owner Bob Keane (who died in 2009) initially heard Cooke singing in the Soul Stirrers gospel group in 1957. Over the past few decades I’ve spoken with several of Cooke’s close friends, musical associates, record producers and engineers who worked with him in the studio, plus others who encountered him. Sam Cooke: Legend, a documentary from ABKCO Films, was reissued on DVD in 2021. When soul giant Sam Cooke was gunned down at age 33 in downtown Los Angeles, on December 11, 1964, at the Hacienda Motel, it was front-page news all over the U.S. Sam Cooke (Photo by Wally Seawell used with permission)