Entertainment & Arts
It’s been too hard living, but I’m afraid to die. I don’t know what’s up there beyond the sky.
Feb. 16, 1986
Pop & Hiss
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Sept. 16, 2011
Music
His body was found slumped in the doorway of a sleazy tryst stop, his back resting against a desk--no pants, one shoe--a bullet through his heart.
Dec. 23, 1994
Movies
Leslie Odom Jr.’s turn as Sam Cooke in “One Night in Miami...” earned him an Oscar nomination and the approval of Cooke’s family, says granddaughter Nicole Cooke-Johnson.
April 15, 2021
The latest Soul Stirrers retrospective CD from Specialty Records begins with the first single the gospel group released after future pop star Sam Cooke joined it in 1951.
Feb. 12, 1993
After two brilliant albums failed to live up to the commercial level of his 1987 smash debut, D’Arby sounds here as if he’s trying too hard, pushing both his pan-pop palette and amazing Sam Cooke/Otis Redding voice to their limits with each note.
May 7, 1995
Afterword
Oct. 27, 2010
Archives
‘American Masters: Sam Cooke: Crossing Over’
Jan. 11, 2010
More than 40 years after his violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned “A Change Is Gonna Come,” which found a new audience with the election of America’s first black president.
Aug. 6, 2009
When bandleader Johnny Otis broke the news to me that veteran record producer Bumps Blackwell had died, my first reaction was a selfish one.
March 31, 1985