Sam Gooden

SAM GOODEN
 
 
Sam Gooden  (born September 2, 1939) is an African-American soul singer.  He is best known for being an original member of the successful group The Impressions from its beginnings as The Roosters in the 1950s.  Though often uncredited, his smooth voice can often be heard trading lines with lead singer Curtis Mayfield (most notably on “It’s All Right”) or his replacement, LeRoy Hutson, on quite a number of songs.  Gooden also sang lead vocals on a handful of Impressions tunes, such as “Aware Of Love” and the group’s cover of “I Wanna Be Around”.  Gooden and the group are still recording and performing.  He was inducted with the group in 1991 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

The highest profile time for Mikki Farrow in the music business was probably on several recordings that she worked on with Jerry Butler.  Butler was in the same Chicago church choir with Curtis Mayfield; the two joined three members of another band, brothers Arthur Brooks and Richard Brooks plus Sam Gooden.  They modified the other band’s name slightly and called themselves the Roosters

 

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