Nicole Cooke-Johnson admitted that running grandfather Sam Cooke's estate “can be difficult,” as she knows just how important it is to properly convey all that Cooke stood for to a new generation.

The granddaughter of Sam Cooke, the influential 1960's soul singer, is opening up about her role as the manager of her late relative's estate.

Sam Cooke's “A Change Is Gonna Come” earns the late singer his first hit on two charts this week, doubling the number of rankings it's reached in the U.K. Soul singer Sam Cooke in his office at SAR ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - KTBS is celebrating 70 years by remembering the stories shared through the years, including the arrest of singer Sam Cooke in Shreveport on Oct. 8, 1963. Sam Cooke was a hit the ...

When it comes to singing voices, there are many reasons to listen closer to a certain one. Perhaps it's smooth and luxurious, perhaps its gravely and hard or, as in the case of the great soul singer ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Rarely has the manner of a man’s demise been so unbefitting of their life. On the evening of 10 December 1964, soul sensation ...

The granddaughter of soul legend Sam Cooke is opening up about the responsibility she feels as head of his estate, and the lengths to which she will go to keep his legacy alive 61 years after his ...