VH1 Legends Sam Cooke
TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

VH1 Legends

Sam Cooke

TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

This film documents the rise of legendary singer Sam Cooke, from his beginnings as a gospel singer to his crossover to the pop and R&B charts. Includes interviews with Aretha Franklin, Lou Rawls and more.

Writer

Peter Guralnick

Producers

Mick Gochanour | Robin Klein | Mary Wharton

Editor

Alex Hall

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Updated Jan 21, 2004

Release date

Dec 16, 2001 (United States)

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Lou Adler Self Self See fewer	Up in Smoke (1978)
J.W. Alexander Self Self See fewer	Green Lantern (2011)
Dick Clark Self Self See fewer	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Charles Cooke Self Self See fewer	One Night in Miami... (2020)
L.C. Cooke Self Self See fewer	One Night in Miami... (2020)
Sam Cooke Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Innerspace (1987)
Leroy Crume Self Self See fewer	You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Aretha Franklin Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Agnes Hoskins Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Lloyd Price Self Self See fewer	Green Lantern (2011)
Lou Rawls Self Self See fewer	Payback (I) (1999)
Bobby Womack Self Self See fewer	Dredd (2012)
Linda M. Womack Self Self See fewer	Tag (I) (2018)
Jeffrey Wright Narrator Narrator See fewer	American Fiction (2023)