- SAR Records
SAR Records was a
record company founded bysoul music legendSam Cooke in 1959. The meaning of "SAR" has been disputed; it has been listed as "Sam & Alex Records" (J.W. Alexander was Cooke's business, song-writing associate, and friend) and also as "Sam, Alex, & Roy Records" (Roy beingS.R. Crain , Cooke's mentor from hisSoul Stirrers days, as well as his poproad manager ).The label did not feature Cooke, but rather featured all of Cooke's artists such as the latter-day Soul Stirrers with
Jimmie Outler andJohnnie Taylor singing lead,The Valentinos (Cecil &Bobby Womack ),Billy Preston ,Mel Carter ,The Simms Twins ,Johnnie Morisette ,L.C. Cooke (Cooke's younger brother), as well as Johnnie Taylor as a pop soloist.The label was intended to be a place where Sam Cooke could expand his artistic abilities as a writer/producer and to give other struggling
African-American artists a venue to record during the racially charged 1960's. Cooke did record two songs on the label, however, that have only been released since 2001: the solo side of his gospel song "That's Heaven to Me", and "Somewhere There's a Girl" (a secular version of The Valentino's "Somewhere There's a God").The label folded after Sam Cooke's death on December 11th, 1964.
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List of record labels
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