Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A song released in 1964 has gone on to be recognized as one of the most important recordings in music history. Related: 1977 No. 1 ...

In July 2004, I went on a nine-day driving and reporting tour of Mississippi. On my itinerary was a pilgrimage to the house in Clarksdale where Sam Cooke was born. Cooke has been an obsession of mine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sam Cooke wrote “A Change is Gonna Come” shortly before his death in 1964. It is considered an anthem of the civil rights movement ...

A song released in 1964 has gone on to be recognized as one of the most important recordings in music history. Related: 1962 Classic Written For a Hit TV Show Was a No. 1 Song 64 Years Ago Today By ...

Sam Cooke, a soul music icon who died 60 years ago this week, wrote the first draft of one of his most famous songs, “A Change Is Gonna Come,” while sitting on a bus in Durham. That’s according to ...