For 50 years, fans have thrilled to the sound of Aretha Franklin's voice ... "Sam Cooke," she laughed. "Any time, Sam!" The young gospel singer Sam Cooke was 11 years older than Aretha.

Singer Rita Coolidge hears different protest messages in versions of “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin.

Aretha Franklin’s version of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” in which she accompanies herself on piano, begins with a short prelude: “There’s an old friend that I once heard say ...

Hear several versions of Sam Cooke's masterpiece, including covers by Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. Though only a modest hit by his standards, Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" became an ...

When Aretha Franklin postponed her January concerts at Radio City, folks were concerned. ... Your late friend Sam Cooke also made the jump to secular music. Do you remember meeting him?

Sam Cooke was 10 years older than Aretha Franklin, but their careers had very similar arcs. Each grew up as the child of a Baptist preacher, singing gospel music in church.

You Send Me: Well, if Aretha should stay out of the Ray Charles bag, she should do more in Sam Cooke’s. She does wonders with Sam’s biggest selling record, and this has to be the best cut on ...

Sam Cooke, who wrote and recorded some of the best-known songs of the late 1950s and early '60s, including "(What a) Wonderful World," died in 1964, shot by the manager of a Los Angeles motel ...

Yes, I started working on Sam Cooke songs in 2023 and originally it was going to be a five-song EP. I finished those songs with the producer Fred Mollin, then Kirk Pasich of Blue Élan Records reached ...

ARETHA FRANKLIN - YOU SEND ME (Aretha Now, 1968) No debate about the greatest voice of all time would be legitimate without Cooke’s inclusion, and the same goes for Aretha Franklin.

The movie expertly utilizes iconic tunes from artists like Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin to recreate the feeling of 1969. In ...