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Sam Cooke’s shocking death left a lot of questions – but nothing can overshadow his music and message
On the evening of 10 December 1964, soul sensation Sam Cooke dined with friends at Martoni’s restaurant, the Los Angeles hangout of Hollywood A-listers and those that fed off them, flagrantly ...
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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 ...
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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 ...