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Samuel Cooke (born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; died December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul and pop singer-songwriter recognized as one of the true founders of soul music. Often referred to as The King of Soul, Cooke had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964 including major hits You Send Me, A Change Is Gonna Come, Chain Gang and Wonderful World. Cooke was also among the first modern black performers and composers to attend to the business side of his musical career, he founded both...

Tadhg Cooke is an emerging recording artist from Ireland. In October 2010, he released a new album "Fingertips of the Silversmith" under the name Tiger Cooke. www.tigercooke.com. A seasoned performer, Cooke has shared the stage with the cream of the Irish crew : Damien Rice, Glen Hansard, Mundy, Mark Geary, Damien Dempsey, Gerry Fish and The Walls. He has also completed a nationwide tour with BellX1. Cooke's debut, Wax & Seal, was well recieved in Ireland and led to a host of TV appearances, national and local radio sessions and press coverage throughout 2005. The twelve-track debut features buoyant lyrics,...

Pressure Cooker is an original roots reggae, rocksteady and ska band. The nine-piece group was founded in 1997. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Pressure Cooker has performed for a decade, independently releasing five full length albums. Fronted by lead singer Craig Akira Fujita and backed by a rhythm section including Zack Brines (keyboards), Dan Hawkins (upright bass), Adam Dobkowski (guitar) and Jeffrey Eckman (drums), and with tenor sax player Michael O'Connor. In 2003, Pressure Cooker added its current horn section, Brian Thomas (trombone), Robin Teague (tenor sax) and Louisa Gelfuso (trumpet) to the lineup. The band has shared the stage with...

THE RICECOOKERS is a Japanese rock band formed in 2004 in Boston by Tomomi Hiroishi(Vocalist) and Kota Fujii (Lead Guitar), and later joined by Daisuke Wakabayashi (Bass) and Sohei Oyama (Drums). They met at the prestigious Berklee College of Music where they were classically trained. .

Arnold Atkinson Cooke (1906–2005) was an English composer and music educator. Cooke was born on 4th November 1906 at Gomersal, Yorkshire. After attending Repton School, he went up to Cambridge, where he gained his B.A. in music in 1929; he studied under Paul Hindemith in Berlin from 1929 to 1932. He was then appointed Director of Music at the Festival Theatre, Cambridge, shortly afterwards becoming Professor of Harmony and Composition at the Royal Manchester College (now the Royal Northern College) of Music from 1933 to 1938. He spent World War II in the Royal Navy; after the war, in 1947...