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Samuel Cooke<ref name="britannica">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> (Template:Ne; January 22, 1931<ref>Cooke's death certificate gives 1932 as his year of birth while his gravestone gives 1930 as his year of birth. Copy of death certificate available midway through scrolling down. However, the Social Security Death Master File (number 329-26-4823) indicates 1931.</ref>  – December 11, 1964)<ref name=britannica /> was an American singer and songwriter. Considered one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the "King of Soul" for his distinctive vocals, pioneering contributions to the genre, and significance in popular music.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During his eight-year career, Cooke released 29 singles that charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as 20 singles in the Top 10 of BillboardTemplate:'s Black Singles chart. In 1964, he was shot and killed by the manager of a motel in Los Angeles.<ref name="mofmotl">Template:Cite news</ref> After an inquest and investigation, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be a justifiable homicide.<ref name="bookofhits">Template:Cite book</ref> His family has since questioned the circumstances of his death. In 2015, Cooke was ranked number 28 in Billboard magazine's list of the "35 Greatest R&B Artists of All Time".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Early lifeEdit

Sam Cooke was born Samuel Cook in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1931 (he added the "e" to his last name in 1957 to signify a new start to his life).<ref name="Guralnick">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Note: His headstone gives his birth year as 1930.</ref> He was the fifth of eight children of Rev. Charles Cook, a Baptist minister in the Church of Christ (Holiness), and the former Annie Mae Carroll. One of his younger brothers, L.C. (1932–2017),<ref name="L.C. Cooke obi">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> later became a member of the doo-wop band Johnny Keyes and the Magnificents.Template:Sfn Cooke was raised Baptist.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cooke's family moved to Chicago in 1933.Template:Sfn There, he attended Doolittle Elementary and Wendell Phillips Academy High School,Template:Sfn the same school that Nat King Cole had attended a few years earlier. Cooke sang in the choir of his father's church and began his career with his siblings in a group called the Singing Children when he was six years old.Template:Sfn Cooke first became known as lead singer with the Highway Q.C.'s when he was a teenager, having joined the group at the age of 14.Template:Sfn During this time, Cooke befriended fellow gospel singer and neighbor Lou Rawls, who sang in a rival gospel group.Template:Sfn

CareerEdit

The Soul StirrersEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In 1950, Cooke replaced gospel tenor R. H. Harris as lead singer of his gospel group The Soul Stirrers, who had signed with Specialty Records on behalf of the group.Template:Sfn Their first recording under Cooke's leadership was the song "Jesus Gave Me Water" in 1950. They also recorded the gospel songs "Peace in the Valley", "How Far Am I from Canaan?", "Jesus Paid the Debt" and "One More River", among many others, some of which he wrote.<ref name="songsofsamcooke.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Cooke was often credited for bringing gospel music to the attention of a younger crowd of listeners, mainly girls who would rush to the stage when the Soul Stirrers hit the stage just to get a glimpse of him.Template:Sfn

Crossover pop successEdit

Cooke had 30 U.S. top 40 hits between 1957 and 1964, plus three more posthumously. Major hits like "You Send Me", "A Change Is Gonna Come", "Cupid", "Chain Gang", "Wonderful World", "Another Saturday Night", and "Twistin' the Night Away" are some of his most popular songs. Twistin' the Night Away was one of Cooke's biggest selling albums.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He was also among the first modern Black performers and composers to attend to the business side of his musical career. Cooke founded both a record label and a publishing company as an extension of his careers as a singer and composer. Cooke also took an active part in the civil rights movement.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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Cooke in Billboard, 1965, released posthumously

Sam Cooke's first pop/soul single was "Lovable" (1956), a remake of the gospel song "Wonderful". It was released under the alias "Dale Cook"<ref name="pc17">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in order not to alienate his gospel fan base; there was a considerable stigma against gospel singers performing secular music. However, it fooled no one<ref name=bookofhits /> — his unique and distinctive vocals were easily recognized. Art Rupe, head of Specialty Records, the label of the Soul Stirrers, gave his blessing for Cooke to record secular music under his real name, but he was unhappy about the type of music Cooke and producer Bumps Blackwell were making. Rupe expected Cooke's secular music to be similar to that of another Specialty Records artist, Little Richard. When Rupe walked in on a recording session and heard Cooke singing Gershwin, he was quite upset. After an argument between Rupe and Blackwell, Cooke and Blackwell left the label.Template:Sfn

"Lovable" was neither a hit nor a flop, but it indicated Cooke's future potential. While gospel was popular, Cooke saw that its fans were mostly limited to low-income, rural parts of the country, and he sought to branch out. Cooke later admitted that he got an endorsement for a career in pop music from the least likely man, his pastor father. Cooke stated: "My father told me it was not what I sang that was important, but that God gave me a voice and musical talent and the true use of His gift was to share it and make people happy." Taking the name "Sam Cooke", he sought a fresh start in pop.Template:Citation needed

In 1957, Sam Cooke appeared on ABC's The Guy Mitchell Show. That same year, he signed with Keen Records. Cooke's first hit, "You Send Me", released as the B-side of "Summertime",<ref name=pc17 />Template:Sfn spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song also had mainstream success, spending three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It elevated him from earning $200 a week to over $5,000 a week (Template:Inflation).<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Inflation/fn

In 1958, Cooke performed for the famed Cavalcade of Jazz concert produced by Leon Hefflin held at the Shrine Auditorium on August 3. The other headliners were Little Willie John, Ray Charles, Ernie Freeman, and Bo Rhambo. Sammy Davis Jr. was there to crown the winner of the Miss Cavalcade of Jazz beauty contest. The event featured the top four prominent disc jockeys of Los Angeles.<ref name="Guralnick" />

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Billboard advertisement, May 29, 1961

Cooke signed with the RCA Victor record label in January 1960, having been offered an advance of $100,000 (equivalent toTemplate:Nbsp$Template:InflationTemplate:Nbspmillion in Template:Inflation/year)Template:Inflation/fn by the label's producers Hugo & Luigi.<ref name="BbJan60">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="CBJan60">Template:Cite magazine</ref> One of his first RCA Victor singles was "Chain Gang", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard pop chart.Template:Sfn It was followed by more hits, including "Sad Mood",Template:Sfn "Cupid",Template:Sfn "Bring It On Home to Me" (with Lou Rawls on backing vocals),Template:Sfn "Another Saturday Night",Template:Sfn and "Twistin' the Night Away".Template:Sfn

In 1961, Cooke started his own record label, SAR Records, with J. W. Alexander and his manager, Roy Crain.<ref name="musichistory">Template:Cite book</ref> The label soon included the Simms Twins, the Valentinos (who were Bobby Womack and his brothers), Mel Carter and Johnnie Taylor. Cooke then created a publishing imprint and management firm named Kags.<ref name="Goodman">Template:Cite book</ref>

Like most R&B artists of his time, Cooke focused on singles; in all, he had 29 top 40 hits on the pop charts and more on the R&B charts. Cooke was a prolific songwriter and wrote most of the songs he recorded. Cooke also had a hand in overseeing some of the song arrangements. In spite of releasing mostly singles, he released a well-received blues-inflected LP in 1963, Night Beat, and his most critically acclaimed studio album, Ain't That Good News, which featured five singles, in 1964.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1963, Cooke signed a five-year contract for Allen Klein to manage Kags Music and SAR Records, and made him his manager. Klein negotiated a five-year deal (three years plus two option years) with RCA Victor in which a holding company, Tracey, Ltd, named after Cooke's daughter, owned by Klein and managed by J. W. Alexander, would produce and own Cooke's recordings. RCA Victor would get exclusive distribution rights in exchange for six percent royalty payments and payments for the recording sessions. For tax reasons, Cooke would receive preferred stock in Tracey instead of an initial cash advance of $100,000. He would receive cash advances of $100,000 for the next two years, followed by an additional $75,000 for each of the two option years if the deal went to term.Template:Sfn

Vocal abilityEdit

Cooke is widely considered one of the greatest singers and most accomplished vocalists of all time. His incredibly pure tenor voice was big, velvety and expansive, with an instantly recognizable tone. Cooke's pitch was remarkable, and his manner of singing was effortlessly soulful. Cooke could go as high as high C without losing purity or volume, and his upper mid-range was coated in a unique rasp. Cooke's vocal style was very adaptable, adopting a rather classical sound on jazz and pop songs while maintaining his trademark stylistic soulful hold on R&B, gospel and soul music.

Cooke's delivery encompassed a wide range of emotions including playful expressiveness to interact with listeners, mellow somberness as a form of reflection, and (in "A Change Is Gonna Come") profound soulfulness. When performing live, he would often play with notes and scales and experiment with melodies and his enunciation, while improvising entire songs. Cooke also began to perform highly charged versions of his songs later in his career.

Cooke's vocal exploits would go on to influence many acts like Otis Redding, James Brown, Rod Stewart, Johnny Nash, Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, Mick Jagger, Al Green, Paul McCartney, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, Steve Perry, and Stevie Wonder among many others.

Personal lifeEdit

Cooke was married twice.<ref name="Ebony" /> His first marriage was to singer-dancer Dolores Elizabeth Milligan Cooke, who took the stage name "Dee Dee Mohawk" in 1953; they divorced in 1958.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Sfn She was killed in an auto collision in Fresno, California, in 1959.Template:Sfn Although Cooke and Milligan were divorced,Template:Sfn he paid for his ex-wife's funeral expenses.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Ebony" /><ref name="Guralnick" />

In 1958 Cooke married his second wife, Barbara Campbell (1935–2021), in Chicago.<ref name=":0" />Template:Sfn His father performed the ceremony.<ref name=":0" /> They had three children: Linda (b. 1953),Template:Sfn Tracy (b. 1960), and Vincent (1961–1963), who drowned in the family swimming pool.<ref name="Ebony">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Sfn<ref name=":0" /> Cooke also fathered at least three other children out of wedlock.Template:Sfn In 1958, a woman in Philadelphia, Connie Bolling,<ref name="Guralnick" /> said Cooke was the father of her son. Cooke paid her an estimated $5,000 settlement out of court.<ref name=":0" />

In November 1958, Cooke was involved in a car crash en route from St. Louis to Greenville, Mississippi. His chauffeur Edward Cunningham was killed, while Cooke, guitarist Cliff White, and singer Lou Rawls were hospitalized.<ref name=":0" />

Cooke was a central part of the civil rights movement, using his influence and popularity with the White and Black populations to fight for the cause. Cooke was friends with boxer Muhammad Ali, activist Malcolm X and football player Jim Brown, who together campaigned for racial equality.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

DeathEdit

Template:Redirect Cooke was shot and killed on December 11, 1964, at the Hacienda Motel at 91st and South Figueroa streets in South Central Los Angeles. Answering separate reports of a shooting and a kidnapping at the motel, police found Cooke's body. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest, which was later determined to have pierced his heart.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The motel's manager, Bertha Franklin, said she shot Cooke in self-defense. Her account was immediately disputed by Cooke's friends, who were not there at the time of the incident.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Sfn The motel's owner, Evelyn Carr,<ref group="note">Some sources identify the motel owner's last name as "Card", according to Guralnick</ref> said that she had been on the telephone with Franklin at the time of the incident. Carr said she overheard Cooke's intrusion and the ensuing conflict and gunshot, and called the police.Template:Sfn

The police record states that Franklin fatally shot Cooke, who had checked in earlier that evening.<ref name="Wolff">Template:Cite book</ref> Franklin said Cooke had banged on the door of her office, shouting "Where's the girl?!", in reference to Elisa Boyer, a woman who had accompanied Cooke to the motel, and who had called the police that night from a telephone booth near the motel minutes before Carr had.Template:Sfn

Franklin shouted back that there was no one in her office except herself, but an enraged Cooke did not believe her and forced his way into the office, naked except for one shoe and a sport jacket. He grabbed her, demanding again to know the woman's whereabouts. According to Franklin, she grappled with Cooke, the two of them fell to the floor, and she then got up and ran to retrieve a gun. Franklin said that she then fired at Cooke in self-defense because she feared for her life. He was struck once in the torso. According to Franklin, Cooke exclaimed, "Lady, you shot me", in a tone that expressed perplexity rather than anger, before advancing on her again. Franklin said she hit him on the head with a broomstick before Cooke finally fell to the floor and died. A coroner's inquest was convened to investigate the incident.Template:Sfn

Boyer told the police that she had first met Cooke earlier that night and had spent the evening in his company. Boyer said that after they left a local nightclub together, she had repeatedly requested that he take her home, but it appeared Cooke was intoxicated and drove her against her will to a place to have sex. As they sped down Harbor Freeway, Boyer noted they had passed a number of hotels and motor courts.

Cooke ended up at the Hacienda Motel, a black-owned business in south central Los Angeles. Boyer noted Cooke's familiarity with the layout as if he had been a repeat customer. She said that once in one of the motel's rooms, Cooke physically forced her onto the bed, and then stripped Boyer to her panties. She said she was sure he was going to rape her. Cooke allowed her to use the bathroom, from which she attempted an escape but found that the window was firmly shut. According to Boyer, she returned to the main room, where Cooke continued to molest her. When he went to use the bathroom, Boyer quickly grabbed her clothes and ran from the room. She said that in her haste, she had also scooped up most of Cooke's clothing by mistake.

Boyer said she ran first to the manager's office and knocked on the door seeking help. However, she said that the manager took too long to respond, so, fearing Cooke would soon be coming after her, she fled from the motel before the manager opened the door. Boyer said she then put her clothes back on, hid Cooke's clothing, went to a telephone booth, and called the police.Template:Sfn

Boyer's account is the only one that exists of what happened between her and Cooke that night, and it has long been called into question due to reports by diners at Martoni's Restaurant, where Cooke dined and drank earlier in the evening. These reports claimed Boyer seemed to be enjoying herself. However, critics argue that just because a woman seems to have a good time during dinner, does not mean she is obligated to have sex later on.Template:Sfn<ref name=Wolff />

According to restaurant employees and friends, Cooke was carrying a large amount of money at Martoni's. A search of Boyer's purse by police revealed nothing except a $20 bill, and a search of Cooke's Ferrari found a money clip with $108 (Template:Inflation),Template:Inflation/fn as well as a few loose coins near the ashtray.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As Carr's testimony corroborated Franklin's version of events, and because both Boyer and Franklin later passed polygraph tests,<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the coroner's jury ultimately accepted Franklin's explanation and returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.<ref name=bookofhits /> With that verdict, authorities officially closed the case on Cooke's death.Template:Sfn

However, some of Cooke's family and supporters have rejected Boyer's version of events, as well as those given by Franklin and Carr. They believe that the killing took place in some manner entirely different from the three official accounts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>Template:Sfn<ref name="Gordon">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Hildebrand">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

On the perceived lack of an investigation, Cooke's close friend Muhammad Ali said: "If Cooke had been Frank Sinatra, the Beatles or Ricky Nelson, the FBI would be investigating."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Singer Etta James viewed Cooke's body before his funeral and questioned the accuracy of the official version of events. She wrote that the injuries she observed were well beyond the official account of Cooke having fought Franklin alone. James wrote that Cooke was so badly beaten that his head was nearly separated from his shoulders, his hands were broken and crushed, and his nose was mangled.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Some have speculated that Cooke's manager, Allen Klein, had a role in his death. Klein owned Tracey Ltd, which ultimately owned all rights to Cooke's recordings.Template:Sfn However, no concrete evidence supporting a criminal conspiracy has been presented.<ref name="Gordon"/><ref name="Hildebrand"/>

AftermathEdit

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Grave of Sam Cooke in the Garden of Honor at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California

The first funeral service for Cooke was held on December 18, 1964, at A. R. Leak Funeral Home in Chicago; 200,000 fans lined up for more than four city blocks to view his body.<ref name=Ebony /><ref name="About">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Afterward, Cooke's body was flown back to Los Angeles for a second service, at the Mount Sinai Baptist Church on December 19,<ref name="Corbis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which included a much-heralded performance of "The Angels Keep Watching Over Me" by Ray Charles, who stood in for a grief-stricken Bessie Griffin. Cooke was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.<ref name=Ebony /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Two singles and an album were released in the month after Cooke's death. One of the singles, "Shake", reached the top ten of both the pop and R&B charts. The B-side, "A Change Is Gonna Come", is considered a classic protest song from the era of the civil rights movement.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was a Top 40 pop hit and a top 10 R&B hit. The album, also titled Shake, reached the number one spot for R&B albums.

Bertha Franklin said that she received numerous death threats after shooting Cooke. She left her position at the Hacienda Motel and did not publicly disclose where she had moved.<ref name="washington">Template:Cite news</ref> After being cleared by the coroner's jury, she sued Cooke's estate, citing physical injuries and mental anguish suffered as a result of Cooke's attack. Franklin's lawsuit sought $200,000 (equivalent toTemplate:Nbsp$Template:InflationTemplate:Nbspmillion in Template:Inflation/year)Template:Inflation/fn of compensatory and punitive damages.<ref name=washington />

Barbara Womack countersued Franklin on behalf of the estate, seeking $7,000 (Template:Inflation) in damages to cover Cooke's funeral expenses. Elisa Boyer provided testimony in support of Franklin in the case. In 1967, the courts awarded Franklin $30,000 in damages (Template:Inflation).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Inflation/fn

LegacyEdit

Cooke's contribution to soul music contributed to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Billy Preston, and popularized the work of Otis Redding and James Brown.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="ROCK ON ALMANAC">Template:Cite book</ref> AllMusic biographer Bruce Eder wrote that Cooke was "the inventor of soul music", and possessed "an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth, effortless delivery that has never been surpassed."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

PortrayalsEdit

Cooke was portrayed by Paul Mooney in The Buddy Holly Story, a 1978 American biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician Buddy Holly.

In the stage play One Night in Miami, first performed in 2013, Cooke was portrayed by Arinzé Kene. In the 2020 film adaptation, he is played by Leslie Odom Jr., who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal.

Posthumous honorsEdit

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  • In June 2011, the city of Chicago renamed a portion of East 36th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue as the honorary "Sam Cooke Way" to remember the singer near a corner where he hung out and sang as a teenager. Many of his family were also in attendance, as many of them were living in the Chicago area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • In 2023, Cooke was named the third "Greatest Singer of All Time" by Rolling Stone.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • In 2025, Rolling Stone placed "A Change Is Gonna Come" at number 1 on its list of "The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

DiscographyEdit

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