(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 ...

The Music of Sam Cooke starring Bradd Marquis: A fantastic new show depicting the life and music of one of America’s most iconic and talented performers, the Legendary Sam Cooke. A rip-roaring soulful ...

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This Grammy-winning film documents the rise of soul music legend Sam Cooke. This Grammy-winning film documents the rise of soul music legend Sam Cooke, from his beginnings as a gospel singer to his ...

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 ...

Cooke was born in Clarksdale, Miss., and grew up in Chicago, the birthplace of modern gospel music. His main musical influences, aside from the raucous and percussive sacred music of his Pentecostal ...

On June 14, he’ll pay tribute to Cooke with a show called The Music of Sam Cooke: King of Soul at the Charleston Music Hall. Marquis and his band, who dress in period-appropriate 1950s and early ’60s ...

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 ...

Bradd Marquis bears more than a resemblance to the late Sam Cooke. Before he walked on to the Baum Walker stage at the Walton Arts Center last night, a video introduced the audience to Mr. Marquis, a ...