Sam Cooke News & Updates

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

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Sep 13, 2025 • Yahoo

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 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: Legend

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

Sep 24, 2021 • Jazz

Sam Cooke’s Anthem “A Change Is Gonna Come” Finds New Life As A Children’s Book

When Sam Cooke recorded “A Change Is Gonna Come” in 1964, he gave the world more than a song, he...

Sep 23, 2025 • Essence

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...

Sep 15, 2023 • American Songwriter

The Night Sam Cooke Made ‘Chain Gang’ a Hymn to Freedom

The studio single version of “Chain Gang” was released July 26, 1960. It becomes Cooke’s bigge...

Oct 17, 2021 • The Daily Beast

Sam Cooke's devastating murder revisited after he was shot by $3-a-night motel manager

Sam Cooke, whose full name was Samuel Cooke, left his legions of fans shocked following his sudden d...

Jan 31, 2026 • MSN

Sam Cooke: Blues Master and Conceptual Pioneer

Were you to query a Sam Cooke aficionado as to what the man lauded as the inventor of soul did best,...

Dec 29, 2021 • Wall Street Journal

Exclusive: Sam Cooke Biopic Moving Forward — Screenwriters Complete Script

ABKCO's Jody Klein hadn't named the screenwriters who are adapting Peter Guralnick’s definitive bi...

Sep 02, 2019 • Billboard

Sam Cooke's 1964 Cover of 'Blowin' in the Wind' Ranked 7th Best Bob Dylan Cover

The artist put a soulful spin on the folk classic....

Aug 31, 2026 • Parade on MSN

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

The Womack Sisters, granddaughters of Sam Cooke, release soul album

The Womack Sisters will finally release a self-titled, tour-de-force debut album that carries their ...

Aug 11, 2026 • Rolling Stone on MSN

Sam Cooke's granddaughters bring their debut album to Berkeley

The Womack Sisters grew up in one of soul music's most famous families. Now Sam Cooke's granddaughte...

Aug 12, 2026 • San Francisco Chronicle on MSN

The Womack Sisters Share New Single, Tease Daptone Debut Album

The Womack Sisters will release their eponymous debut album later this summer ......

Jul 08, 2026 • Rolling Stone on MSN

Sam Cooke's Granddaughters Bring Debut Album to Sold-Out Berkeley Greek Theatre

Daptone Records, founded in Brooklyn in 2001 by Roth and Neal Sugarman, built its reputation as an i...

Aug 12, 2026 • Hoodline

What really happened to Sam Cooke?

Sam Cooke, one of the most important soul artists of all time, was murdered in suspicious circumstan...

Jul 02, 2026 • Stars Insider on MSN

Legendary Rolling Stones Manager Remembers Sam Cooke on His 90th Birthday

The late Sam Cooke would be 90 years old today. Cooke’s relevance and artistry has never been clea...

Jan 22, 2021 • Variety

Sam Cooke’s granddaughter explains why she always says 'no' to requests of his estate

Nicole Cooke-Johnson, the granddaughter of the late soul music icon Sam Cooke, is speaking out and s...

Jan 09, 2026 • MSN

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

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

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

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

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

The Music of Sam Cooke at Bass Performance Hall

The Music of Sam Cooke starring Bradd Marquis: A fantastic new show depicting the life and music of ...

Jan 19, 2025 • BroadwayWorld

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’s Widow Barbara Campbell Cooke Dead at 85

As reported by the New York Times, after Sam’s death in 1964, his widow went on to marry Sam’s p...

Sep 26, 2021 • EURweb

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

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