(ThyBlackMan.com) When you think of Sam Cooke, you probably think of that satin-smooth voice gliding through classics like “A Change Is Gonna Come” or “Cupid.” But if you dig deeper — really listen ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Before Sam Cooke became a household name with hits like You Send Me and A Change Is Gonna Come, he was simply a young man with a velvet voice, raised on gospel, rooted in faith, and ...

Cooke recorded "A Change is Gonna Come" 50 years ago this week. The story of the song is as amazing, and unsettling, as the song itself. Sam Cooke And The Song That 'Almost Scared Him' Fifty years ago ...

Sam Cooke began his career as a gospel singer, becoming the lead vocalist for the Soul Stirrers, one of the nation's top gospel acts, at age 19. But six years later, Cooke left gospel for the world of ...

More than 40 years after his violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned “A Change Is Gonna Come,” which found a new audience with the election of ...

Fifty years ago this week, Sam Cooke strolled into a recording studio, put on a pair of headphones, and laid down the tracks for one of the most important songs of the civil rights era. Rolling Stone ...