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Sam Cooke: Who Remembers Him Now?

Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 19 August 1972

"NOT 'ALF Sam Cooke's been an influence on me," Rod Stewart was saying in his NME interview last week, adding that the inclusion of 'Twistin' The Night Away' on his Never A Dull Moment album represented a long standing intention of his to eventually get a Cooke number down on record.

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