Saturday, June 18 at 2:00 p.m., the late Sam Cooke, famed lead singer of the Highway QCs and the Soul Stirrers, soul pioneer and record label executive, will get his own street in Chicago.“Sam Cooke Way” will be unveiled at a special ceremony at 36th and Cottage Grove, where Rev. Cook and his family, including son Sam, lived when they first moved to Chicago.
The event is being organized by the Chicago Blues Museum.
For more information, read the article in Goldmine Magazine:
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Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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