Acclaimed vocalist Carla Cooke Hampton has devoted her entire career to keeping alive the music of her late father, Sam Cooke, and his contemporaries. Cooke Hampton's tribute is next up in the Monroe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In honor of Juneteenth, Kelly Clarkson and My Band Y'all perform a cover of "Trouble Blues" by Sam Cooke.

Were you to query a Sam Cooke aficionado as to what the man lauded as the inventor of soul did best, an answer of “singles, naturally” would likely follow. Cooke’s voice belongs on the shortlist of ...

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dion is happy to have the blues and even more happy to share them. He does exactly that on his new album, “Blues With Friends,” which teams him with such longtime Dion fans — ...

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 ...

He has been called the greatest male soul singer ever. While fans of Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Marvin Gaye might have something to say about that, there is no question that Sam Cooke is easily in ...

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 ...

Charles R. Cross is the author of "Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix." ON Dec. 11, 1964, Sam Cooke suffered one of the more bizarre deaths in show business history. At 3 that morning, ...