Sam Cooke was a singer and songwriter known for his smooth voice and heartfelt songs. He was born in 1931 in Mississippi. He became famous in the 1950s and 1960s with hits like “You Send Me” and “A ...

Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Sam Cooke, the greatest soul singer of all time. It also marks roughly 50 years since the release of his greatest song, the civil rights anthem "A ...

Sam Cooke wrote “A Change is Gonna Come” shortly before his death in 1964. It is considered an anthem of the civil rights movement. Sam Cooke, a soul music icon who died 60 years ago this week, wrote ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)— Sam Cooke has been called the most famous soul singer in history. During the Civil Rights Movement, he was loved by both Black and Caucasian communities. But did you know ...

Regina King says a special moment in her directorial debut was seeing one of Sam Cooke’s most enduring songs in the script. Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” is an anthem of the civil rights movement.

In 1964, Sam Cooke‘s iconic anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” became a song of revolution and protest for generations to come. More than three decades later, the powerful ballad is being reimagined as a ...

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 ...

Dion has unveiled his new collaboration with Paul Simon, “Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America).” “At first, I just had the melody and the refrain ‘Here in America,’” Dion explained in a conversation ...

Lyrics & Lyricists will return to the stage of the 92nd Street Y’s historic Kaufmann Concert Hall for the 50th anniversary season of the American Songbook series. This year, the program will celebrate ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Sam Cooke has ...

Sam Cooke, a soul music icon who died 60 years ago this week, wrote the first draft of one of his most famous songs, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” while sitting on a bus in Durham. That’s according to ...