Samuel Cook, known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, civil-rights activist and entrepreneur. Influential as a singer, composer, and producer, he is commonly known as the ...
The movie 'One Night in Miami,' directed by Regina King, imagines the conversations between four Black icons in 1964: Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Malcolm X, on the night of Clay's surprise ...
Legendary soul artist Sam Cooke got his start performing with the Soul Stirrers in Pine Bluff. Samuel Cook, known professionally as Sam Cooke, was born on Jan. 22, 1931, in Clarksdale, Miss., to ...
The "Commitments" screenwriters have penned the script on the late soul singer, the search begins for a director. By Phil Gallo, Billboard Start singing “Ain’t That Good News”: A Sam Cooke biopic has ...
Regina King’s new film One Night in Miami raises questions about the soul legend’s 1964 murder in a Los Angeles motel Guests at the three-dollar-a-night Hacienda Motel didn't notice the shots that ...
Charles R. Cross is the author of "Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix." ON Dec. 11, 1964, Sam Cooke suffered one of the more bizarre deaths in show business history. At 3 that morning, ...
A Louisiana mayor is apologizing more than 50 years later for Shreveport's mistreatment of the late singer Sam Cooke. Cooke traveled to Shreveport, Louisiana, for a performance in 1963. According to ...
Producer Romeo Antonio hopes to shine a new light on the hows and whys of the singer-songwriter's death. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer The story of Sam Cooke, the soulful singer-songwriter behind ...
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 ...