Sure, the Soul Stirrers are great; maybe there is some version still around singing but Sam really caught the more modern sound, a father of soul music.
Just for quiz purposes, Sam Cooke was born in Clarksville, MS., home or a home of Delta Blues but migrated to Chicago at a very young age. He grew up in the area called Bronzetown and many Chicagoans know where you are talking about if you say that. The Soul Stirrers hailed originally from Texas but they toured all the time, they picked up Sam in Chicago. I think Chicago became the Soul Stirrers home-base as well.