With a running time of seventy minutes, the documentary on singer/composer/producer Sam Cooke is far shorter than the bonus material included on the DVD of Legend. But in its own way, that's fitting ...
Regina King’s new film One Night in Miami raises questions about the soul legend’s 1964 murder in a Los Angeles motel Guests at the three-dollar-a-night Hacienda Motel didn't notice the shots that ...
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 ...
Rarely has the manner of a man’s demise been so unbefitting of their life. On the evening of 10 December 1964, soul sensation ...
A few years ago, I was at a party for a friend’s kid. In the midst of a brief lull, my friend April dramatically waved me back into the kitchen to whisper a secret. The huge secret? She finds ...
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