Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — Nicole Cooke-Johnson loaded her car full of children’s books and traveled to her grandfather’s hometown, ...

The powerful track became one of the defining songs of the civil rights movement and remains one of the most celebrated ...

Twist the night away with the stories and music of the King of Soul, Sam Cooke! Singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and civil rights activist, Cooke fused soul and pop, pioneering the sound for future ...

Sam should be credited for not only bringing sexuality to gospel music, but charging his rock 'n' roll with gospel sensibilities, Guralnick contends. "The Lord gave you a voice to sing to make people ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1964, Sam Cooke‘s iconic anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” became a song of revolution and protest for generations to come. More ...

Soul fans woke up Friday to find four Sam Cooke titles had been converted to the Dolby Atmos audio format for the first time ever. Developed by Dolby Laboratories in 2012, the technology represents a ...

On June 14, he’ll pay tribute to Cooke with a show called The Music of Sam Cooke: King of Soul at the Charleston Music Hall. Marquis and his band, who dress in period-appropriate 1950s and early ’60s ...

The granddaughter of Sam Cooke, the influential 1960’s soul singer, is opening up about her role as the manager of her late relative’s estate. Nicole Cooke-Johnson, the granddaughter of the late soul ...

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 ...