While traveling near Marion, Arkansas, soul singer Sam Cooke, gospel great Lou Rawls, and a young Bobby Womack were involved in a serious automobile accident. The crash claimed the life of their driver, Edward Cunningham, and left Rawls in a coma for several days. Despite the tragedy, all three musicians would go on to become legends in soul and R&B music, helping to define the sound of a generation.
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