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| quote = Upon my first motel night in Los Angeles I was hoaxed into believing that I had been assigned the very room where Sam Cooke had been murdered. I didn't sleep much until I found out in the morning that it had occurred in an entirely different location. Such innocence was short-lived, but the infamous Tropicana became the site of many less serious crimes, indiscretions and comedies. | | quote = Upon my first motel night in Los Angeles I was hoaxed into believing that I had been assigned the very room where Sam Cooke had been murdered. I didn't sleep much until I found out in the morning that it had occurred in an entirely different location. Such innocence was short-lived, but the infamous Tropicana became the site of many less serious crimes, indiscretions and comedies. |
Revision as of 05:18, 8 May 2022
Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" Alternate lyricsLive at the Palomino, North Hollywood, CA, February 16, 1979:
Somewhere in the distance I can hear "Who Shot Sam?" |
First known performance:
“Upon my first motel night in Los Angeles I was hoaxed into believing that I had been assigned the very room where Sam Cooke had been murdered. I didn't sleep much until I found out in the morning that it had occurred in an entirely different location. Such innocence was short-lived, but the infamous Tropicana became the site of many less serious crimes, indiscretions and comedies.” — Girls Girls Girls liner notes, 1989.
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Covers
Dan Bordeaux | performed live, 2016-12-01, The Music Cafe, Damascus, MD | 2016 | YouTube |
Radio Costello | performed live, 2023-10-01, The Rhodehouse, Sutton Coldfield, England | 2023 |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2014 | YouTube |