1986
Search results
Samuel Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Considered one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the "King of Soul" for his distinctive vocals, pioneering contributions to the genre, and significance in popular music ...
Apr 23, 2022 · On December 11, 1964, singer Sam Cooke burst into the main office of the Hacienda Motel in El Segundo outside Los Angeles. He was in nothing but a jacket and one shoe. Cooke demanded that the motel manager tell him where the young woman he arrived at the motel with had gone.
Apr 2, 2014 · Sam Cooke was a trailblazing recording artist who helped shape the soul and pop scene with hits like “You Send Me,” “Chain Gang,” and “Sad Mood.”
May 28, 2024 · Sam Cooke, American singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur, was a major figure in the history of popular music and one of the most influential Black vocalists of the post-World War II period. His songs ranged from the ethereal ‘You Send Me’ to the anthemic ‘A Change Is Gonna Come.’
Sep 22, 2021 · Sam Cooke was 18 and Barbara Campbell was only 13 when they met on the South Side of Chicago. Fifteen years later, Mr. Cooke, by then a pop superstar, was dead, killed in a motel tryst...
Jan 21, 2021 · The body belonged to 33-year-old Sam Cooke, the soul pioneer who brought gospel grandeur to American popular music with songs like "You Send Me," "Wonderful World" and "Another Saturday Night ...
Sam Cooke. Soundtrack: Innerspace. Sam Cooke was born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was one of eight children of Charles Cook Sr., a Baptist minister. When Sam sang as a little boy in church, everyone made note that his voice had "something special".
Feb 1, 2014 · 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.
Jan 19, 2006 · Cooke's magical voice animated a long string of hits that came to a sudden end, when he was shot and killed in a motel manager's office in 1964, at the age of 33.
Oct 14, 2020 · Sam Cooke never got to bear witness to his song A Change Is Gonna Come becoming the unofficial anthem of the civil rights movement.
