Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
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Can you imagine what would happen if Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown were all in one room back in 1964 after…
Pioneering soul singer Sam Cooke (pictured), also dubbed the “King Of Soul,” left an unmistakable mark on the music industry, and his contributions led to…
You gotta love Fantasia man!! She showed out at the Beacon theatre recently as she sang “Trust Him” then went into a rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come”…. FANTASIA’S “SIDE EFFECTS OF YOU” DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FANTASIA PERFORMS ON AMERICAN IDOL *** CHECK OUT THE LATE SHOW W/DJ ANGELBABY MON – FRI 2A-6A […]
R. Kelly channeled 1950s soul singer Sam Cooke at a charity event in Chicago benefiting Clara’s House by performing a set featuring songs from Cooke’s classic catalog.
soul (Middle English, from Old English sawol) – 1. the animating and vital principle in human beings, credited with the faculties of thought, actions and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity. 2. a sense of ethnic pride among African-Americans, expressed in areas such as language, social customs, religion and music.
