Sam Cooke News & Updates

Marquis to pay soul tribute to music of Sam Cooke June 14

Without the late Sam Cooke, there really is no modern R&B. Without his multi-faceted talents as a pe...

Jun 12, 2025 • Charleston City Paper

Sam Cooke's Granddaughter Explains Why She 'Very Rarely' Says Yes to Projects as Estate CEO: No 'Room for Error'

The granddaughter of soul legend Sam Cooke is opening up about the responsibility she feels as head ...

Jan 08, 2026 • Yahoo

Sam Cooke’s Granddaughter On Reimagining ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ As A Book For A New Generation

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1964, Sam Cooke‘s iconic ...

Sep 13, 2025 • Yahoo

Sam Cooke Reaches Several Charts For The First Time, 60 Years After His Death

Sam Cooke's “A Change Is Gonna Come” earns the late singer his first hit on two charts this week...

Dec 12, 2024 • Forbes

Sam Cooke wrote “A Change Is Gonna Come” because of an incident in Shreveport

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)— Sam Cooke has been called the most famous soul singer in history. Dur...

Apr 18, 2024 • WKRG

Sam Cooke was shot in a motel. The money vanished with him

Sam Cooke, soul music legend, was shot dead in a Los Angeles motel. His final hours were marked by t...

May 30, 2026 • Espresso on MSN

A 1963 event at a segregated motel in Shreveport inspired this iconic Sam Cooke song

Sam Cooke's iconic song 'A Change is Gonna Come' became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement, spe...

Nov 26, 2024 • AOL

3 More Songs You Didn’t Know Sam Cooke Wrote for Other Artists

There are many reasons why Sam Cooke is considered today to be one of the greatest singers of the 20...

Nov 14, 2023 • American Songwriter

There’s a Sam Cooke Biopic Coming, but It May Not Be Authorized by His Estate

There’s a biopic coming that’s focusing on Sam Cooke’s violent death. According to producer Ro...

May 28, 2021 • The Root

Sam Cooke: Legend

With a running time of seventy minutes, the documentary on singer/composer/producer Sam Cooke is far...

Sep 23, 2021 • Jazz

3 Eternal Songs by Sam Cooke that Have Stood the Test of Time

And along the way during his short though illustrious career, Cooke wrote, recorded, and released so...

Jun 25, 2024 • American Songwriter

WATCH: Regina King on the power of Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’

Regina King says a special moment in her directorial debut was seeing one of Sam Cooke’s most endu...

Jan 22, 2021 • PBS

Sam Cooke And The Song That 'Almost Scared Him'

Cooke recorded "A Change is Gonna Come" 50 years ago this week. The story of the song is as amazing,...

Jan 31, 2014 • Northcountrypublicradio.org

Sam Cooke’s Classic ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’ Inspires New Picture Book — See Inside! (Exclusive)

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Illustrator Nikkolas Smith tells PEOP...

Feb 20, 2025 • People

Sam Cooke: Legend Streaming: Watch and Stream Online via Amazon Prime Video

Sam Cooke: Legend is a documentary film that centers around the life of Sam Cooke. For the unversed,...

Mar 06, 2024 • Yahoo

Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' Becomes No. 3 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Songs List

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A song released in 1964 has go...

Apr 07, 2026 • Yahoo

‘A Change Is Gonna Come’: Why Sam Cooke Worried About Singing It

Singer Sam Cooke wrote one of the most profound songs of the 1960s, but it wasn’t an easy decision...

Feb 01, 2014 • The Root

Sam Cooke Net Worth

Sam Cooke had an estimated net worth of $2 million at the time of his death in 1964, equivalent to r...

Apr 23, 2026 • KahawaTungu