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By STEWART SMITH Entertainment Writer Edwin Holt wants to give East Texans a one-of-a-kind show, one that harks back to the days of Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, the kind that musicians simply don't do anymore.

"Do What You Want Be Who You Art: The Music of Daryl Hall and John Oates" , Daryl Hall and John Oates - 4 stars - With a catalogue spanning 40 years, Rod Stewart catalogue has shown he has no problem baring his soul, or wearing his heart on his sleeve, as in the ballads "Have I Told You Lately" and "You're In My Heart." The spiky-haired Englishman ...

Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding.

Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding.

The British long ago made themselves curators of American R&B and soul as record collectors, disc jockeys and remake performers.

Rod Stewart, "Soulbook" Since 2002, Stewart has been releasing albums of tried-and-true songs -- four "American Songbook" albums of Tin Pan Alley standards, a collection of rock oldies and now "Soulbook": 1960s and '70s hits from Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Motown and Philadelphia International Records.

Rod Stewart reinvented himself in the new millennium by exercising his distinctly soulful pipes on classic standards with his "Great American Songbook" collection.

Rod Stewart's saved his soul for now Rod Stewart on tour in Texas this summer: The veteran pop star is releasing an album of classic soul covers.

In this CD cover image released by J Records, "Soulbook" by Rod Stewart is shown.

OWLS HEAD : Rod Stewart: Soul book . After five albums of a oeThe Great American Songbook,a Stewart turns to Sixties/Seventies-era soul favorites, or as he tells it, a oeThis is the album I have waited my whole lifetime to record.a And Stewarta s blue-eyed soul voice is, for the most part, perfect for these 13 songs.

Stevie Wonder is one of the greats Rod Stewart performs with on "Soulbook." /album/rod-stewart/soulbook/1296479 Soulbook Rod Stewart Rod Stewart brings a splash of color to the staid surroundings of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Rod Stewart brings a splash of colour to the staid surroundings of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Bob Patton knew the Godfather of Soul up close and personal. They were like family.

Christopher Hawthorne, 14, brought down the house Thursday night with his winning rendition of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come." Dressed in a black beret, dress shirt and slacks, Hawthorne sang directly to the audience, kneeling down at one point and eliciting bursts of applause from the audience.

Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart will be releasing SOULBOOK on November 9th , a collection of classic Sixties/Seventies-era soul favourites all newly recorded by the quintessential 'blue eyed soul' singer of our generation.

Sam Cooke 's recording label is developing a script for a biopic of the singer's life based on the 2005 Peter Guralnick biography, Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke .

North Carolina native Calvin Richardson is a gritty, gospel-minded urban contemporary/neo-soul vocalist and songwriter whose influences have ranged from Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, Donny Hathaway, and Marvin Gaye to Jodeci, K-Ci & JoJo, and R. Kelly.

He doesn't dance, but James Hunter will sure move you, writes Jo Roberts. JAMES Hunter isn't a mover.

As lead singer/guitarist in the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies, Peaceful Knievel and the late Stevie Ray Vaughan's surviving Double Trouble rhythm section, Mike Farris proved a dazzling, mic-busting purveyor of splintering, rump-thumping blues rock, albeit one whose very existence constantly was threatened by drugs and alcohol.

Rod Stewart will follow-up his last album of rock covers with a new album of soul covers.