Sam Cooke in 1964, performing on the ABC variety show Shindig! just a few months before his death that December. Fifty years ago this week, Sam Cooke strolled into a recording studio, put on a pair of ...
There are many reasons why Sam Cooke is considered today to be one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Perhaps the one that stands out the most is just how effortless the man’s sound was. It ...
CHICAGO – Sam Cooke was here. Here, in Chicago, on the South Side’s Bronzeville, Sam and his younger brother L.C. – the middle children of eight – sold the Chicago Defender door-to-door. It was here ...
Though only a modest hit by his standards, Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem of the 1960s civil rights movement, and would come to be heralded as his magnum opus. Released as a ...
Cooke recorded "A Change is Gonna Come" 50 years ago this week. The story of the song is as amazing, and unsettling, as the song itself. Sam Cooke And The Song That 'Almost Scared Him' Fifty years ago ...
Fifty years ago this week, Sam Cooke strolled into a recording studio, put on a pair of headphones, and laid down the tracks for one of the most important songs of the civil rights era. Rolling Stone ...
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