Singer Sam Cooke visited this Mt. Airy, Philly, home.
On a night in 1957, singer Sam Cooke, then 22, rang the doorbell here to wake up legendary DJ Douglas Jocko Henderson. Cooke was with his manager, Bumps Blackwell, pushing his new single, You Send Me. This information is from a Philadelphia Daily News article that is online, by Mark de la Vina, 9/18/92.
Publication date
Jun 24, 2018
Property ID: 2141
Updated on: Dec 20, 2018
On a night in 1957, singer Sam Cooke, then 22, rang the doorbell here to wake up legendary DJ Douglas Jocko Henderson. Cooke was with his manager, Bumps Blackwell, pushing his new single, You Send Me. This information is from a Philadelphia Daily News article that is online, by Mark de la Vina, 9/18/92.
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Former Jock Henderson Residence , 7003 Emlen St , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19119, United States
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Name : plaquemaster Email : sjkc0072@aol.com Comments : //www.newspapers.com/image/184924099/?terms=Jocko%2Bhenderson%2B%22sam%2Bcooke%22, but looking around on Google Street View, I cant place it. Date : 2017-07-14
Name : plaquemaster Email : sjkc0072@aol.com Comments : //www.newspapers.com/image/39968798/?terms=jocko+henderson+%22Lincoln+drive%22. Date : 2017-11-30
Name : plaquemaster Email : sjkc0072@aol.com Comments : //www.smithsonianmag.com/history/around-the-mall-amp-beyond-10-112965819/. [Sorry, I had to break up the URL to fit the page format. - Editor] Date : 2017-12-01
Name : plaquemaster Email : sjkc0072@aol.com Comments : //www.bizapedia.com/pa/jocko-inc.html. But I drove bu the place today and still dont see the bay window pictured in the Philadelphia Inquirer article mentioned above. Date : 2017-12-09
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Comments : //www.newspapers.com/image/184924099/?terms=Jocko%2Bhenderson%2B%22sam%2Bcooke%22, but looking around on Google Street View, I cant place it.
Date : 2017-07-14