Fort Worth panel recalls Sam Cooke’s impact as prelude to Bass Hall concert
According to one of his most popular songs, Sam Cooke didn’t know much about history. However, history proves the legend to be quite impactful in the entertainment industry, the focus of a five-person ...
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Fort Worth concert, panel will explore Sam Cooke’s musical and historical impact
Performing Arts Fort Worth will host a five-person panel at 2 p.m. Jan. 18 at New Fellowship Church of Fort Worth to discuss ...
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A 1963 event at a segregated motel in Shreveport inspired this iconic Sam Cooke song
Peter Guralnick's biography "Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke," recounts that on October 8, 1963, Cooke attempted to reserve rooms at Shreveport's Holiday Inn North for himself and his wife ...
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How an NC civil rights protest inspired Sam Cooke to write 3rd greatest song of all time
Sam Cooke, a soul music icon who died 60 years ... whose family moved to Chicago when he was a baby, according to his biography in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Mance’s letter this fall to ...