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                          Sam Cooke was the biggest star in gospel music before hecrossed over into pop. His first single under his own name, "You Send Me,"went to #1 on the charts and sold two million copies. At a time when recordcompanies treated black artists like hired help, Sam Cooke demanded respectequal to that of top white artists. And he connected, in songs like"Wonderful World," "Chain Gang," and "Another Saturday Night"--seeminglyeffortless compositions that still sound fresh today. This resoundingly praised book captures a human essence so vital, soappealing, that it is impossible not to fall under its spell. At the sametime, DREAM BOOGIE re-creates in rich detail the African American worldfrom which Sam Cooke emerged, allowing us to feel both his trials and histriumphs.

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                          4 out of 5 stars A Triumph of Peter Guralnick.......2007-08-19

                          Peter Guralnick knows how to tell the history of a life, and Dream Boogie is a well written account not just of Sam Cooke but of the history of popular music at perhaps its most significant stage. The author details the coming together--forced to varying degrees from the circumstance of segregation--of gospel and blues, art and commerce, glamour and shabbiness. Guralnick brings this last combination to vivid perspective in particular: while on tour and 'Wonderful World' is high in the charts, for instance, segregation still limits Sam's choice of accommodation to run-down hotels. As Guralnick shows, however, the religious and the secular were two things that were already well entwined: Dream Boogie emphasizes how the church was rooted in material success--how preoccupied its gospel stars were with sexual and financial, as well as spiritual, concerns.

                          I'd like to clear up a confusion that other reviews suffer from: when Guralnick, say, talks about Sam Cooke's 'naked avariciousness', he's talking from a business opponent's point of view. This is why statements seemingly flatly contradict. We get impressions of greed and generosity, but just because words aren't in inverted commas, it doesn't mean they represent the author's beliefs. It's a literary conceit (you could call it 'shifting third person subjective' or some such if you liked), and Sam Cooke appears through this composite approach. Guralnick has said in interview that his professional intention is to 'disappear', and mostly he does--by the device of presenting a series of opinions.

                          Too much of Sam's life seems little more than a series of tour itineraries. It's a fault that overruns the middle section of the book, although it's tempting to accept as a by-product of honesty and thoroughness. The end, though, is filled with revelation, and it becomes clear the author has consciously chosen to concentrate even on Sam's trivial triumphs above examples of tawdriness: the death of our hero is met with such a conspicuous absence of sorrow from those closest to him that it creates an absence of sorrow in us, too--all we can feel primarily is surprise.

                          If you've ever wondered about the myriad personal ramifications of instantly recognizable genius, and if you want to know how things were, how things happened, at the birth of rhythm & blues--and rock & roll--this book provides answers. Dream Boogie reminds us that things only spring out of nowhere at the quantum level. Sam Cooke, after all, had contemporaries: the primary difference was *that* voice.

                          5 out of 5 stars Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke.......2007-04-10

                          Everyone should read this book. It is not only about Sam Cooke, it is about the music industry and many others involved in the industry. An excellent book, artfully written with unusual details.

                          1 out of 5 stars Steer clear of this one........2007-03-04

                          When I had first heard of Dream Boogie, a 700-page biography of the late Sam Cooke, I was ecstatic. Up until that point, I had only known of one other biography of Sam Cooke - You Send Me, which I haven't gotten around to reading. I eagerly bought a copy of the book from my local Barnes & Noble, expecting an enormous gem of truth about Sam, that would prove to be both through and entertaining. For readers of this review, there is now a third Sam Cooke biography, written by Erik Greene entitled: "Our Uncle Sam". Who is Erik Greene, you may ask? He's Sam's great nephew.

                          But let us return to Dream Boogie. Peter Guralnick is known as the definitive biographer of Sam Cooke, having written liner notes for digitally-remastered CDs and much more. Peter Guralnick worked on writing and gathering the materials for Dream Boogie for more than fifteen years. Therefore, one might well assume that he would write an enormous gem of truth that proved to be both through and entertaining.

                          Let us begin with the good points of this 700-page biography. Peter Guralnick chose to interview a large portion of the Sam Cooke family, something Daniel Wolff did not do. Naturally, Erik Greene did. Guralnick includes commentary from his father, his brothers, his sisters, his business associates, his close friends, and most importantly, his widow. Barbara Cooke, ever since the death of her husband, has never conducted any interviews regarding Sam for the past forty years. Naturally, she provides a unique but also a brutally honest commentary regarding her life and Sam's. However, Guralnick does not deviate from his course - he is still extremely through (to say the least) in the actual history of Sam's life. He doesn't miss a single thing.

                          In my opinion, there is a flaw to this. In the art of writing, if you're too through with a subject, you will bog the reader down immensely. Guralnick gets an A+ on this one. Throughout the 700-page biography, Guralnick succeeds in providing the reader with so very much information that is indeed interesting, but not important to the overall history of Sam. He also succeeds in doing the exact opposite over the more important and memorable aspects of Sam's life. In the 1950s, he stood up against the police in Memphis after the police told him to push the car to the side of the road. Specifically, he told him: "Sir, my name is Sam Cooke. If you haven't heard of me, your wife knows me. When you get home tonight, you ask your wife if she knows Sam Cooke. I don't push no car. This is my car, my brother ran out of gas. I'm not pushing it. You want to put a ticket on it, put a ticket on it. But I don't push no car. Not mine, not yours, not nobody's elses. I'm not a pusher. I'm a singer." Sam then proceeded to sit back in his car, his brother came with the gas, and they left. The police left them alone.

                          Depending upon your interpretation, this could be seen as one of the first steps for Sam regarding the Civil Rights Movement, which led to his greatest composition, "A Change Is Gonna Come", an African-American response to Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind". This also leads to another flaw in Guralnick's work, a complete lie over an important television appearance of Sam. Daniel Wolff also makes the same mistake. In February of 1964, Sam appeared on The Tonight Show and it's known that he sang "Basin Street Blues" as the performance still survives. However, according to both Guralnick and Wolff, Sam also sang "A Change Is Gonna Come" on the same show. I'm not sure what Wolff does in an attempt to prove this, but Guralnick uses a cue sheet with a similar title to "A Change Is Gonna Come" to prove that Sam did indeed sing the song.

                          I recently contacted a Carson archivist, and Sam never sung the song. It took me a day to figure it out. Guralnick worked on this book for more than fifteen years. If he went through such work to that the song was planned, why wouldn't he check the log book of the episode to see if Sam sung the song to be completely sure? During the days of The Tonight Show, some guests would exceed the length of time they occupied and therefore, some guests would never make it onto the show.

                          Perhaps that's not a very big flaw in the biography of Sam; it's only a single event. Consider this. On the eighth page of the biography, there is a picture with the caption "A very young Sam Cooke". The eighth page and Guralnick makes a major mistake. It's not Sam. It's his brother, L.C. Three months after the book was released, the mistake was corrected. If Guralnick cannot properly identify a photo of the person he's writing about, what other mistakes is he prone to make in the book?

                          Perhaps the biggest mistake Guralnick makes is stating that the official version of events concerning Sam's death was how it went down. As I read the chapter regarding Sam's death, I seriously considered whether or not Guralnick was employed by Allen Klein, whom Sam was planning to fire. Who was Allen Klein? I don't know too much about him myself, but I do know that he swindled the Cooke family out of the royalties of Sam's catalog with help from one of Sam's daughters and his widow. I do know that he also conned The Beatles as well as The Rolling Stones. That's about it. Yet, he uses Allen Klein's and Barbara Cooke's commentary exclusively. If you do a Google search about the death of Sam, you'll find an analysis of the "official" version of events that pokes five large gaping holes into the official version of events. In addition, the coroner's inquest was a complete joke and contradicted itself numerous times. Daniel Wolff didn't believe the official version of events, Sam's fans don't believe the official version of events, and Sam's family doesn't believe the official version of events. Pretty much no one believes the official version of events other than Guralnick.

                          I'm not sure what Wolff does to debate what really happened that night, but Erik Greene includes a report in his book that is extremely different from the official version of events. Well, you may say that he would naturally do that, considering Sam was a member of his family. Instead of using the "facts" from the coroner's inquest and related events, Greene chooses to tackle the mystery of Sam's death via a pathology report. Scientifically speaking, I believe that it's quite accurate.

                          Here's the rather discerning part. Peter Guralnick is known as the definitive biographer of Sam Cooke. But of course, no biography doesn't have its flaws. However, keep in mind that I do not cite all the mistakes made in Dream Boogie. I can probably cite four or five more off the top of my head. But I think I've trashed the book enough. What's the worst part? The flaws in Dream Boogie, known as the Sam Cooke Bible, could be perhaps passed off as truth by a less-than-familiar (historically speaking) Sam Cooke fan, and are blatantly obvious to the die-hard fans of Sam Cooke.

                          If you want a good biography of Sam that is entertaining, through, and truthful, either check out Wolff's biography or Greene's biography, which I highly recommend, which was by a member of the family of Sam Cooke.

                          4 out of 5 stars Sweet Voice and Good Looks.......2007-02-28

                          I enjoyed this book. This is one of several books I have read on Sam Cooke. Sam was very much into African American history. He gets brownie points for that.

                          He was a very interesting character, and just loved women. For me, his greatest and most touching song is "A Change is Gonna Come." However, I really love his voice the most when he was with the Soul Stirrers. It is unfortunate, that most great black singers have to water down their vocals to appeal to the white masses. He even said himself, that when he performed for his people, he dare not give them that water down crap. They don't want any bologna. They want some steak and potatoes.

                          It was sort of funny that when some radio personality or industry person messed him over, he'd sex their wives. Sam that was not nice.

                          5 out of 5 stars A Very Good Cooke Book!.......2006-11-04

                          Although this book is a very thorough and comprehensive record of singing virtuoso Sam Cooke and his much-too-short life, the 700 or so pages seem to soar as effortlessly as Sam's voice over a lyric. Upon completing this read it was not exhaustion I felt from reviewing every minute detail (as recalled by nearly a hundred of first-hand witnesses) of Sam's 33 years, but a feeling of utter sadness and frustration that this monumental talent himself probably set about the chain of events that caused his demise. What thrilled me about the book the most are the details surrounding each of Sam's recording sessions, from the early gospel years, his own SAR/Derby joint venture with J.W. Alexander to produce gospel, R&B and pop artists, to his final recordings produced for his new Tracey company shortly before his untimely death. Many details of his personal appearances both in the U.S. and abroad, and his life on the road with other artists (well known, and lesser known) are provided in abundance. While Sam's previous biography, "You Send Me" (which may be currently out-of-print) was quite adequate in its content, "Dream Boogie" is the ultimate bio for Sam Cooke fans and fans of rock & roll/pop/gospel/r&b/soul music. Highly recommended!
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                                Raymond Keene
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                                Oracle PL/SQL 101
                                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                                • for the very beginner only
                                • OK, overall, But Very Incomplete Index
                                • Title Misleading - Very little PL/SQL
                                • Excellent intro to SQL and PL/SQL
                                • If looking for PL/SQL do not buy, if looking for SQL maybe.
                                Oracle PL/SQL 101
                                Christopher Allen
                                Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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                                ASIN: 007212606X

                                Book Description

                                This in-depth guide explains how to use SQL to work with data in a database, and how to automate complicated tasks using PL/SQL.

                                Customer Reviews:

                                5 out of 5 stars for the very beginner only.......2006-02-01

                                This is a great book for the very beginner person who has no experience at all in SQL. It is very in details and very easy to understand. Unfortunately, I have to return this book since it is not what I am looking for.

                                3 out of 5 stars OK, overall, But Very Incomplete Index.......2005-11-07

                                I was looking for more PL/SQL than this book offers (misleading title, I feel), but it contains good material. My biggest frustration, though (and unfortunately, this is shared by many technical books) is that the index is very incomplete. I would say that 80% of what I want to find in the book turns up empty when I use the index. Eventually I can find it by turning many pages, but I'd prefer not to waste so much time.

                                2 out of 5 stars Title Misleading - Very little PL/SQL.......2005-06-30

                                I bought this book to learn more PL/SQL, but 95% of it is about SQL. The title suggests PL/SQL. If you want to know more about PL/SQL, this is not the book to buy.

                                5 out of 5 stars Excellent intro to SQL and PL/SQL.......2004-03-12

                                This book covers it all - the SQL you need to be able to write PL/SQL, and then actual PL/SQL procedures, functions, triggers, and packages.

                                Look at the Table of Contents - covers everything you need. And easy to read too.

                                1 out of 5 stars If looking for PL/SQL do not buy, if looking for SQL maybe........2004-03-11

                                This book is incorrectly titled. It should read Oracle 101 SQL not PL/SQL. Simply put there are only 2 skimpy chapters on PL/SQL. If looking for PL/SQL purchase a different text and save yourself the aggravation and lost cost issues.
                                Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL 101
                                Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
                                • Wrong title and fails to focus on a target audience
                                • Good for beginner
                                • So far so good
                                • Don't waste your money.
                                • Excellent book, but title misleading
                                Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL 101
                                Christopher Allen
                                Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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                                ASIN: 0072255404

                                Book Description

                                Obtain the solid foundation you need to become an effective database programmer with this nuts-and-bolts PS/SQL book from Oracle Press. Step-by-step coverage includes storing, retrieving, and manipulating data, and a broad range of SQL and PL/SQL functions and tools. Real-life examples and hands-on projects help you see how to apply what you have learned.

                                Customer Reviews:

                                2 out of 5 stars Wrong title and fails to focus on a target audience.......2007-03-12

                                I don't know why they called it PL/SQL 101, given that only 2 out of 11 chapters actually are about or even mentions PL/SQL. What it actually is is a brief introduction to databases, Oracle 10g, and brief explanations of various parts of that.

                                It starts out with explaining what a database and a spreadsheet is, and then goes on to try to teach you a bit about everything in only a few pages. If I

                                would have to guess, the target audience for this book would have to be not too technical management, to establish a brief understanding of what Oracle is so that they can actually talk with the database administrators. Still it sometimes delves into technical details that is of no use to that
                                audience.

                                For people who actually know what Oracle is (and are likely buyers of a title like this), it is mostly a waste of time.

                                Still giving it 2 stars, since most people reading this book would probably at least pick up one or two things they didn't know...

                                5 out of 5 stars Good for beginner.......2006-08-14

                                This book is good for beginner. It introduces most of the basic pl/sql fundamentals.

                                4 out of 5 stars So far so good.......2006-03-23

                                I bought this book as a compliment to a current course I'm taking on DB systems. Knowing nothing about Oracle and very little about SQL, I've found this book to very informative thus far. Though I'm still reading this book, it is the perfect companion for someone new to Oracle PL/SQL and SQL.

                                1 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money........2005-09-30

                                Trys to review all of Oracle 10G and basic SQL commands in less than 360 pages. Too high level and contains very little PL/SQL included.

                                5 out of 5 stars Excellent book, but title misleading.......2004-10-04

                                With all the many Oracle Press books I have been able to review, I have not yet been disappointed by one of them. They have consistently been written clearly, been relevant, and valuable in real-world Oracle development. This book is of course no exception. It is written as a beginning guide to not only Oracle development but as an entry-level text to SQL syntax and concepts as well.

                                After a good introduction to what a database is, the author begins into a tutorial on basic SQL syntax. In this introductory section, the reader learns how to create tables, write INSERT statements, and then select the data back out via the SELECT statement. The author quickly moves to more advanced techniques, illustrating the use of the WHERE clause, and discusses use of the UPDATE statement.

                                Practical use of the techniques just discussed will likely be implemented in SQL*Plus, so the author begins a very thorough discussion of this tool. Many of the potential problems a user might experience with SQL*Plus are covered and solutions are provided. I was quite pleased with how extensive this chapter covers the topic of SQL*Plus. It is an excellent introduction to this tool.

                                The author then begins to discuss more advanced database techniques, including the use of indexes and constraints. Finally, the author begins a discussion of basic PL/SQL syntax. This is really my only problem with the book: the book is called PL/SQL 101, yet only the last chapter is dedicated to discussing the subject. Sure, the proceeding material is necessary to have the framework to discuss PL/SQL. I just think the title is a bit misleading.
                                101 Oracle PL/SQL. Kak napisat' moschnye i gibkie programmy na PL/SQL
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                                  101 Oracle PL/SQL. Kak napisat' moschnye i gibkie programmy na PL/SQL
                                  Kristofer Allen
                                  Manufacturer: Lori
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                                  V knige ob'yasnyaetsya, kak ispol'zovat' SQL dlya raboty s bazoj dannykh i kak avtomatizirovat' slozhnye zadachi s pomosch'yu PL/SQL. Vy budete uchit'sya na konkretnykh primerakh: kazhdaya glava soderzhit prakticheskie uprazhneniya, pomogayuschie osvoit' predstavlennyj material. Izlozhenie vedetsya po printsipu "ot prostogo k slozhnomu". Snachala rassmatrivayutsya osnovy baz dannykh, vklyuchaya takie fundamental'nye ponyatiya, kak "tablitsa", "stroka", "zapis'", "stolbets" i "pole", a zatem ob'yasnyaetsya, kak sokhranyat', izvlekat' i modifitsirovat' dannye, upravlyat' programmoj SQL*Plus, sozdavat' SQL-funktsii i, nakonets, pisat' programmy na PL/SQL. Vy nauchites': Sozdavat' tablitsy, indeksy i ogranicheniya bazy dannykh. Pisat' SQL-komandy dlya vstavki, vyborki, obnovleniya i udaleniya dannykh. Vypolnyat' slozhnye manipulyatsii s dannymi. Pisat' zakonchennye funktsii i protsedury PL/SQL. Ob'yavlyat' peremennye s ispol'zovaniem privyazannykh tipov. Sozdavat' pakety PL/SQL. Ispol'zovat' triggery dlya realizatsii slozhnykh biznes-pravil i podderzhaniya bezopasnosti. Kniga napisana sertifitsirovannym spetsialistom po Oracle i odobrena korporatsiej Oracle. Ona dast vse svedeniya, neobkhodimye dlya nachala raboty s SQL i PL/SQL.
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