#basinstreetblues

Man, when he sings, "Dear to me!" Whew! Dude, could sing his face off! Dude, was just cool. #samcooke #happybirthdaysamcooke #theepitomeofcool #basinstreetblues

"Basin Street, my basin street; where the young and the old folk meet, down in New Orleans, in that land of dreams.You don't know how nice it really seems. But it's dear to me, yes-sirree. And that's the place I'm so longing to be.Where maybe I can lose, these old Basin Street blues.' Sam Performed this song on the Mike Douglas Show in February of 1964. I like the clip of the later performance of Sam singing Basin Street Blues but I couldn't upload it. If you haven't already, go check it out on YouTube! #SamCooke #SamCookeOfficial #TheGreatest #Pioneer #OneOfAKind #BasinStreetBlues #SamCook #1964 #MikeDouglasShow" #BlackHistory