Sam Cooke: Legend is a documentary film that centers around the life of Sam Cooke. For the unversed, Sam Cooke is a legendary musical artist and civil rights activist who became a musical sensation by ...

This Grammy-winning film documents the rise of soul music legend Sam Cooke. This Grammy-winning film documents the rise of soul music legend Sam Cooke, from his beginnings as a gospel singer to his ...

From the 1950s to the early '60s, one of the most successful singing artist was Sam Cooke. He started out as a gospel singer and scored hit after hit on the pop music charts. It's been more than 40 ...

Earlier this week, I wrote an essay for The Wall Street Journal (go here) on the life and legacy of Sam Cooke 50 years after his shooting death in Los Angeles on December 11, 1964. Though remembered ...

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 ...

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 ...

And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: January 22nd, 1931, 86 years ago today … the day singer-songwriter Sam Cooke was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. A minister’s son, Cooke was raised ...

Growing up in Brooklyn, Prentiss McNeil heard plenty of Sam Cooke music around his house. His father was a huge fan of the soul and R&B singer of hits like “You Send Me” and “Cupid.” Listening to ...

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He has been called the greatest male soul singer ever. While fans of Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye might have something to say about that, there is no question that Sam Cooke is easily in ...