PORTSMOUTH - Carla Cooke, daughter of legendary R&B crooner, Sam Cooke will present the songs of her father at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club on Friday, July 1. Seacoastonline had the opportunity to sit ...

Singer Sam Cooke wrote one of the most profound songs of the 1960s, but it wasn’t an easy decision for him, NPR’s Arun Rath reports. Suggested Reading Have You Heard the Story of James Brown, The Most ...

Sam Cooke: Legend is a documentary film that centers around the life of Sam Cooke. For the unversed, Sam Cooke is a legendary musical artist and civil rights activist who became a musical sensation by ...

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 ...

When it comes to singing voices, there are many reasons to listen closer to a certain one. Perhaps it’s smooth and luxurious, perhaps its gravelly and hard or, as in the case of the great soul singer ...

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 ...

Bradd Marquis bears more than a resemblance to the late Sam Cooke. Before he walked on to the Baum Walker stage at the Walton Arts Center last night, a video introduced the audience to Mr. Marquis, a ...

One of the pioneering businessmen behind rock 'n' roll has died. Art Rupe founded Specialty Records, the label that launched the careers of Little Richard and Sam Cooke and helped make R&B popular ...