Comments on: A Change Is Gonna Come

By: Ms. MH

Ms. MH — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:10:43 +0000

Every circumstance surrounding Sam Cooke is shady. That whole circus speaks so loudly of Plotted Cold Blood Murder instead of a Self-defense murder. Why would Sam Cooke go to such a sleazy Motel when I’m sure he probably passed several on the way to that location where he was murdered. He certainly could afford a much nicer one. Have anybody considered that the woman accusing him of rape might have held him at gun point and forced him to take her that location, and once there he was met by the people that broke both his hands, and rib before they shot him? One thing that puts my mind at rest is: Everyone will stand before the Judgment seat of God and be judged according to your works. SAM COOKE, GOD WILL GIVE YOU JUSTICE.

By: Mr.Oviedo

Mr.Oviedo — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:44:22 +0000

You have to wonder what was going through his head those last moments. Maybe a sense of regret, of weakness in his world-wide-expressed facaud, thinking of his family and loved one, with a touch of rage and confusion…but maybe he was not threatened directly, maybe he was shot unexpectedly in a preemptive attack. It really makes you think how a legend so great would ever end like this. His legacy, however, grows on, and “Sam Cooke’s hums will never grow old”

By: Erik Greene

Erik Greene — Mon, 28 May 2007 23:42:26 +0000

I just happen to be that “young man, identifying himself as Cooke’s nephew.” My book “Our Uncle Sam: The Sam Cooke Story From His Family’s Perspective” (www.ourunclesam.com), offers a perspective on my late uncle’s life, music, business dealings and death that is rather different from Mr. Guralnick’s. I interviewed Sam’s sister, brothers, nieces, nephews, children, and stepson to get a true sense of Sam, the man. There were many facts about what was going on with my uncle just before his death that have been convieniently swept under the rug. Why for instance, if he was killed in self-defense, was he badly beaten to the tune of large lumps on his head, two broken hands, and a broken rib? When reading the autopsy report, it’s obvious his injuries did not come at the hands of a middle-aged woman described in the police report as not having a scratch on her.

I beg to differ that Sam Cooke was an enigma to those closest to him. In fact, his saga is best told by those that were closest to him. –Erik Greene, Author, “Our Uncle Sam”

By: dominic

dominic — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:38:48 +0000

wow this guy was by far the best singer ever to live to date, his music is so easy to listen to and clear and it gets your feet tapping even today.

my question what songs were played at his funeral

thanks.