Why Hollywood LEFT Sam Cooke’s Murder UNSOLVED!

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

HOWEVER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, IT WAS A HELL OF A WASTE OF A BEAUTIFUL TALENT ❤

[@karriemburton9024]

Murdered because he wanted to and have owned his own music and own his own record company and had the ability and intelligence to do it

[@DoeJames-vt1pb]

Yep just like Michael Jackson and Prince , were taken out , for ownership of their material !!!

[@georgeforlong5143]

@@karriemburton9024 here's a little bit of black history for you did you know red foxxx was the first black man to own his Masters that was the main reason that IRS was giving him a hard time

[@carvellidavis4672]

I didn't know that ​@@georgeforlong5143

[@Muskogee]

He had it. He was swindled by Klien and signed his rights over not knowing what he signed. His secretary told him that she didn't trust him. He didn't listen to her. It has been documented. He was giving game to other Entertainers.

[@Muskogee]

​@@georgeforlong5143Redd wasn't paying his taxes. They gave him opportunity to pay it and he didn't. Damond Wilson told what happened. (Lamont Sanford)

[@makeit-takeit6707]

His wife didn't want this delved into at the time of the tragedy. But there were a lot of unanswered questions, even to this very day. But Sam was one of the greatest voices of all time. Soul, R&B, Pop, Jazz, Sam could sing it all. Check out a great biography of him titled, "Dream Boogie, the Triumph of Sam Cooke", by Peter Guralnick. It's virtually an encyclopedia on the man, his music and his short life. A great read for all the Sam Cooke fans out there. 👍

[@rev.jeromecitysmith6652]

My musical guiding light! Why was it that nobody ‘raised some cane’ about the condition of Bro.Cookes body if it was just 1 gun shot wound! Only Etta James raised a fuss???? That alone tells it all! I pray to keep representing.🙏🏾✝️💪🏾🎤

[@terrelledavis-marks6859]

YOU NAILED IT!👍

[@claydogmadman6295]

They left Rodney King's death unsolved as well, and for obvious reasons...

[@patriciaharris2566]

I grew up listening to my mom and her sisters playing Sam Cooke music,I loved his singing he was a handsome man,Rip Sam Cooke

[@evonza4858]

He's one of My favorites 🥰👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 bless his soul and God punish whoever did that to him😘🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Fisheart2000]

He was murdered for singing “ A change is gonna come “ Truly he died at age of 30’s but his legacy lives forever ❤

[@sherettepayne5624]

@@Fisheart2000 Yes his legacy lives on they set him bk then a Blk man to have his own record label come on they didn't like that shit one bit and had that lady lying and the fat ass heffa killed him BS all the way

[@ervina02]

Are you serious?

[@rcthomas6925]

He was murdered because he discovered that his catalog of music was stolen.

[@seblackwellart]

Sam Cooke

[@georgeforlong5143]

@@Fisheart2000 He was murdered because he was about to get his master's back

[@tamrarobinson8600]

He was one of a kind. Best music ever😊

[@eddiethorne6461]

He was one of the singers of Soul,the Blues,Jazz and Rock and Roll whose life was cut to short.May he rest in peace.

[@Foxiethepiratefox]

He did not say he was born in a shack...he said in a tent!!! Those words are important because it implies that he was indigenous and he knew is background....

[@theprofessor8589]

He was not literally born in a tent!!! It was a metaphor for being form Mississippi!

[@Foxiethepiratefox]

@@theprofessor8589 I know that....read my comment again

[@rooseveltgreen1276]

did anyone check on the bank account of the shooter over the next 1 to 7 years after Sam's death

[@sheronamsterdam5124]

it was a she madam berta franklyn

[@theafayson17]

You know what's a black man got power and money he become a threat anyway but they think they got away with it but everybody that covered up I had something to do with that murder they have to be accounted for in the eyes of God and I bet their lives have been miserable ever since they use black people two hurt black people may God have mercy on their souls they probably already suffered out of this world

[@siepip]

Guess who's getting all of Sam's publishing money now, The same man that managed the Beatles and took from them. Sam was warned not to fool with that man;

[@goldenlady1213]

FACTS !!!!!!!!!!!

[@karriemburton9024]

Alan klien is involved in the dirty dealings of the record business

[@rcthomas6925]

Now there you go

[@mrsoul930]

And the sad part about it Allen is in hell now hey that may be a good thing suffer on

[@sherettepayne5624]

And that justified homicide was straight BS them mf was jealous of Sam Cooke

[@deloriserodriguez6005]

😮😮😮 Amen to that !

[@williamwebster7325]

Hoover and the mafia killed him and that older black women took the money out of his pocket 😢

[@elvamfranklin1231]

All so bobby wormack was involved as well helll he married his x and was with the daughter low down dirty shame

[@clementjohnson2666]

The photo you showed at 7:30 was that of singer : Etta James .

[@rev.jeromecitysmith6652]

Yes

[@nicolebutler2860]

The downfall and demise of most men is their dealing with the wrong woman.

[@keithfleming6019]

Yep

[@siepip]

He was set up. he found out what that his crooked manager was doing behind his back and was going to NY to fire him. and was taken out before he go there. How did his manager get all of Sam's publishing of all his music. when he didn't write a tune. The Managers family is getting all of the money now.

[@MonteBlue-di2eo]

👍🏿

[@michaelhubbard4023]

True, I have seen this happen time and time again.

[@lindasmith6510]

GOD KNOW WHAT HAPPEN YES A CHALLENGING ENVIROMENT IN A CHALLENGING TIME SAM VOICE STILL BEAUTIFUL YESTERDAY & TODAY.

[@NathanThePrezPretlow]

The only thing I know it should've never happen.Sam Cooke was on top of the world at time of his death.By the way why do your got News Man Don Lemon on the post ?

[@williamsmith8689]

My favorite Singer of all time. This short story is not that impressive. Other bios go into a lot of details about Sam Cooke. His professional and personal life was fast paced. Bobby Womack betrayed him. Sang under the name Dale Cooke on speciality records. His SAR label. would take hours talking about his life. Close friends with Ali. In the ring when Ali won the title. Sam was too Big for the times. He's the best.

[@donaldperrotta8514]

He was also advising the young artists coming up and the current ones to make sure they get ownership and publishing to their music … and to not just sign anything without getting music royalties.

[@murrayrobinson1498]

JEALOUSY

[@josephshulman6666]

A hit right to the heart , sounds like a professional hit ????

[@johnfort290]

ONCE SAM TOLD HIS PLAN ON GETTING A ALL BLACK RECORD COMPANY,,SO NO BLACKS HAVE TO SING FOR WHITE MAN COMPANIES....THEY PUT THE HIT OUT ON HIM, THE LADY WHO SHOT HIM DIDN'T KILL HIM, MEN WENT TO HIS ROOM AND MURDERED HIM, IT WON'T BE LEFT UNDONE,...RAW IN POWER SAM...YUR NEVER TO BE REPLACED OR FORGOTTEN 💯👊🏿🤴🏿👑

[@nicolebutler2860]

He risked his life dealing with a ho.

[@rcthomas6925]

No once he found out his catalog had been stolen then he was killed..

[@johnfort290]

@@rcthomas6925 IS THAT HOW IT WAS TOO ....???

[@rcthomas6925]

@johnfort290 yes. He had his business incorporated thinking that he was the president when in reality he found out that he was not. The incorporation removed him as creator of his songs and then he was set up.

[@mariohannon4665]

Indeed ​@@johnfort290

[@joannlamark1336]

Was such an awesome amazing talented good looking guy ❤️😍

[@deloriserodriguez6005]

❤❤❤❤ My most favorite songs by Sam Cooke are: You're nobody til somebody loves you and Moving on. I wish he didn't leave the clubhouse / bar to get set up with this woman ( if forced, whoring, or volunteer ) to go a cheap LA skiprow motel and this motel woman that shot him dead. Fighting over mess. Sam should have let both women go their ways and Sam live and learn. He was posion either but still alive. Also, evil people always about m🤑ney ect. Gangss, KKK, Mobs, Mafia, Musicians, Politians, Unloving Families & Spouses, Fake Friends & Church goers. Hollywood Celebries are 1. One enemies with Satan 👿. Word up. Wise up. Fight for what's right by all means . Don't trust no one. Many others victims of murder hate crimes had died too over many years. Rich , famous or poor people of all races to this day. Judgement day is coming very soon. Satan devils must go ! In God we trust only.

[@ahnraemenkhera7451]

Faaar from helping to solve the mystery, it just rubbed salt into old wounds, albeit inadvertently, so I don’t intend any malicious feeling against the channel. I’ve never seen it before, & wish the channel success. It cannot be chided for dishonesty & disrespect-& that says a lot for a Hollywood content page!! 🌷🌼 However, why was Ms. James’ photo used in correlation to a discussion about Sam Cooke’s infidelity? Why do reporters STILL treat him as a suspect for checking into a motel overnight?? HE didn’t shoot anyone & was unarmed, his clothes & his wallet STOLEN by that “witness” Boyer, who was with him in his room, by her own admission!! The fans & music-lovers community of Sam Cooke all know who he had been in life. They know how brilliant a composer, producer, performer/singer, director, & music business impresario he should always have been recognized for being, but wasn’t. That $30K sounds like a “payoff” more than a settlement for damages. ALL of the damages & losses were Mr. Cooke’s & his family’s-not his killer(s)’ losses. Franklin chose to shoot him after Alyssa Boyer robbed him, & he appealed to Ms. Bertha Franklin for help-by her admission. Performers cheat on their spouses & cheat themselves out of better living routinely. But only one ethnic group of performers is routinely reported about as if they deserved to be killed-which is what that lawsuit settlement implied. What was “justifiable” about anyone shooting a man angry about his stolen belongings?? What was the real response level when he demanded that something be done that might have been helpful? Why wouldn’t a “manager” know how to manage a de-escalation of a personal crisis until the police or another employee could arrive? It’s nice to enlist Sam Cooke’s many accomplishments. It’s a nice article to share his history & bio with “a wider audience.” But considering how many of them don’t believe that 100 years after legal enslavement Nonwhite people were still being treated as if they were slaves, or that they still are being mis-treated systematically, whether consciously or subconsciously, in most instances of ordinary people, to some degree or another; And considering how many still “think” the same way people “thought” then, I don’t particularly believe in GIVING them any Nonwhite history they don’t look up themselves. They’ve fought for the past nine (9) years to “conserve” themselves from learning any of it anyway. Even during President Obama’s terms ‘ President Bush’s terms, book-bannings & other forms of omission & silencing were being publicly demanded. Since much is being made of Sam Cooke’s legacy, what’s been done in the meantime to restore it, his masters, and his production rights to their rightful owners-his own family? How did they benefit materially from a biopic-after decades-about his life, using his own music, re-recorded? Is there a conservatorship seeing to it that his children & grandchildren get their rightful royalties and first-choices on who can use his images, his recordings, his tracks, published or unpublished?? Because if there’s NO Sam Cooke current story about how that’s being managed now, then he is STILL someone else’s “property” in Systemic Injustice/Racism. Still being brutally (if no longer violently) abused & exploited, & so are his descendants, his legal heirs. Who is representing them, protecting them, & seeing to it that the Cooke Family cannot be cheated and taken advantage-of anymore? I sincerely hope that someone is doing so. If not, the title of this vlog shouldn’t be “Hollywood doesn’t want this Info out” or “Sam the Man, he “knew too much.” “Knew too much” has a double-entendre with Nonwhite people, ALWAYS has. It SHOULD be “How Hollywood still profits off Nonwhite people’s effective subjugation,” & is proud of doing so 160 years after legalized trafficking & enslavement of people “ended,” uncorrected, unchecked-& richer than ever. Not even any type of atonement/remittance has ever been required by ANYBODY. It was a decent vlog, overall. Just exceptionally short-sighted & didn’t solve any mysteries except for people with no idea who Sam Cooke was in life. He deserved a lot better then and deserves even more now-because of AI, if because of nothing else. He died Unjustly and mich too young. It’s a national & a global loss that anyone caused him to. It’s an insult & a dishonor to his legacy if his family haven’t been greatly compensated by that industry, & by the motel owners of record. ⚖️🕯⚖️🕯⚖️💙⚖️🕯⚖️🕯⚖️ ♥️🕯⚖️🕯⚖️

[@jessejohnson6799]

All J Edgar Hoover all yall on KZbin figure out the rest it's just common sense besides all that may the Lord rest your soul brother sam

[@haynehifanny8006]

Generations will forever wait for the answers to the questions about the death of this man that has no equal to another in the world of music. Though dead , Viva!! Sam Cooke in our 💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@tamrarobinson8600]

In a little tent, not shack

[@TroysPop]

Just one of the many inaccuracies in this video.

[@ThomasBryant-sg6sn]

This man was one in the million gone to soon

[@GlenP-hu6ex]

But it was not unsolved. We all know who shot him. The female admitted it. She claimed self defence. What it was is untried, not unsolved.

[@ervina02]

All we have are theories. No one will ever know what really happened. Sooooo sad!!!! He was definitely before his time as far as his business sense and being a black man in that era. He accomplished so much in his short lifetime. I do believe someone may have beaten him. Even in pictures in his casket you can see his fingers look like they were broken. Even Etta James says it looked like he was beaten. Just imagine how much more successful he would have been if this hadn't happened. They didn't investigate enough. I do believe what Mohammed Ali said was true. If it had been someone like Frank Sinatra they would have been more thorough.

[@josephshulman6666]

My late dad was fan of his !!!!

[@Larry-wc2zr]

Bobby Womack, I believe was involved. Look into their history.

[@rcthomas6925]

Boolbby was Sam's guitar player. That was his only involvement.

[@Larry-wc2zr]

@@rcthomas6925 Do a little research. He married Sam's widow one month after Sam's funeral. There are other tings. Look it up.

[@williamsmith8689]

I'm convinced Klein had a major part in Sam Cooke's death. Klein was a total crook. Racism was a given.

[@arleneliberti2949]

REST IN HEAVENLY PARADISE MR. COOKE . YOU ARE A ICON AND A GREAT SINGER. WE LOVE 😍 YOU AND WE WILL NEVER EVER FORGET YOU AMEN. THANK YOU FOR THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC 🎶.

[@maureencora1]

I Heard He was Set Up. May He R.I.P.

[@Patricia-h4o]

WHY DONT THEY JUST DO A MOVIE ABOUT HIS LIFE THE REAL STORY

[@Patricia-h4o]

THIS SHOULD BE A COLD CASE

[@Patricia-h4o]

THIS IS HOLLYWERD AND ITS STILL GOING ON TODAY MYSTERIES DEATHS OF FAMOUS CELEBRITIES

[@keithfleming6019]

​@@Patricia-h4o,Yep

[@black12212]

This would have been a great watch if it wasn't for this Annoying AI narration. AI, just urks my Soul 😩

[@sheronamsterdam5124]

i was thinking about this for years im happy to see this today why it was never solved and berta franklyn never charged

[@jeanheard4615]

Sorry with Martin

[@smoye1775]

Nothing new or uncovered in this video 24:02

[@prp3231]

Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Elvis ❤

[@andreaclarke161]

Michael Jackson, Prince and more

[@theprofessor8589]

Please don't put Elvis in this!!

[@prp3231]

@@theprofessor8589 Elvis is the main cat in this picture

[@theprofessor8589]

@@prp3231 Elvis was full of shit. He stole from almost every black singer! Main THIEF!! Please!!!

[@Heather-x4d]

Marilyn Monroe Natalie wood and soooo many others

[@grandmasteranthonyrayslaug3014]

In the society that we live in , when your life reaches a level of change , you must make wiser decisions with your life this is the only way we can help you when your gone .

[@grandmasteranthonyrayslaug3014]

As Black people unite , as any other race we will see greater success and longevity , but we must unite !

[@charleswhite7151]

He knew too too much

[@orlandomorales479]

He died for independence from the plantation.MOB wasnt ready to let go

[@mariaramos-ri8me]

He sang that he was 'born in a little tent...' I remember the word

[@jeanheard4615]

When he made the song a change is gonna come that was for the march of Martin Luther king march and fighting for equal rights a lot of people did not like that James brown song say it loud I’m black and I’m proud they thought James brown was with mattin

[@darylfields]

The circumstances surrounding Sam's murder never made since to me we know good and well no none black woman is gonna get in the car with a black man in 1964 America

[@scottworley1479]

Sam cooke the son of a preacher was 33 when he died. The same age Jesus was when He was crucified on the cross. Jesus Christ was ressurected 3 days later. Praise God!

[@Charles-f6g]

He had to die because he was getting ready to mess the powers that be money up and that's why he had to go.

[@OluwoleLasebikan]

Brother Sam rip

[@TroysPop]

An interesting presentation with a few facts included that you don't hear about very often, but the timeline is all over the place and not chronological so it makes things confusing. There are quite a few inaccuracies as well. Example: You discuss Bertha Franklin in several places but you show a photo of Elisa Boyer. Also, the title of the video is pure click bait. Hollywood (I assume meaning the entertainment industry) did not leave Sam's murder "unsolved" and you never attempt to present an answer to your own question. But it's impossible to have a discussion about this with an AI voice so I'll leave it at that.

[@georgeforlong5143]

Whoever created this channel why use a picture of Don lemon to try to associate Sam Cooke as a homosexual that died lol

[@rosettawilliams7959]

Sam Cook hooked up with this Eurasian woman in this motel. He started to abuse her in their room. The manager of motel was a middle aged black woman. The woman who Sam was ruffing up escaped room and ran to lobby with Sam chasing her. That’s when manager took her hand gun and shot him. Never mentioned if woman was charged. This was published in Jet magazine when it occurred.

[@angelaliggin8866]

No it was a set up, the black woman was used for the real set up, Sam was beat, had gotten a broken neck and gun shot by Police 🚓🚨🚨🚓

[@seancurran6727]

I can't confirm the part about Sam abusing this woman, but she was a floozie who took off with his pants and wallet, and Sam attacked the manager, saying "where is she?" and thinking the manager was hiding her. The manager had nothing to do with it, and was either attacked or threatened enough that she shot Sam. Sam's wife knew how Sam was, and not only did she "not want this delved into" as stated above, she also married Bobby Womack three months later. When you are cattin' around, you get a shorter grieving period.

[@rcthomas6925]

Heresay

[@RaymondHerd]

This is a lie Sam Cooke was sit-up and murdered by Allen Kline there is no doubt in my mind.

[@courtneyhenry4841]

SUCH A GREAT SINGER I BELIEVE HE WAS SET UP, AND IT STARTED WHEN HE WAS AT THE BAR WITH ALL THOSE BIG SHOT, ETTA JAMES , SAID HIS NECK WAS BROKED ,AND HIS HANDS WERE SMASH,

[@lee-fr8oo]

It was a number of things that got him killed one for sure cooke being connected to Malcolm x

[@Heather-x4d]

Its so easy to pass a lie decter

[@Delaneo328]

miss leading title

[@Fanny-ce7vm]

Franchement pourquoi est-il aller dans un hôtel a bordel il était marié enfants quelle misère !!!paix a t'on âme

[@worldoutreachchristiancent7464]

I was born by the river...In a little tent...Oh, and just like the river, I've been running...Ever since. NOT IN A SHACK. Why do you people do these documentaries and put up wrong pictures and misquotes lyrics. You had a wrong picture of Etta James early in the video. Shameful.

[@weotalks2810]

HAD HE NOT BN BLACK

[@jslocum2357]

Cooke. Was. At. Wrong. Place. At. Wrong. Time. I'm. Not. Judge. Him. He. Just. Mess. With. Wrong. Women

[@RaymondHerd]

Not true Sam was sit-up.

[@jashary15]

Personally, I don't believe Sam Cooke's was the result of some "conspiracy" as have been claimed. He wasn't killed because certain Whites were jealous or fearful of his fame and business savvy; there have and continues to be other Black performers who have been just as successful if not more so. For example, James Brown, who was a contemporary of Cooke, was also a successful Black artist and entrepreneur; at the height of his fame he owned his own jet and helicopter, owned several radio stations, owned several businesses and made money off of his music too. Yet no one to my knowledge ever conspired to kill him just because he was a successful Black entertainer. Sam Cooke's tragic and untimely demise was the result of an illicit encounter all gone wrong. By the admission of his closest associates, Sam had a thing for prostitutes and he would often go to nearby nightclubs where he knew there would be such women to pick them up for sexual purposes, often going to some nearby hotel. It didn't matter whether he lived in or knew the area or not, when a man picks up a prostitute for sex, he doesn't care where they go to do it, whether in a sleazy or classy hotel or car or wherever. He just ran into the wrong one, who ran off with his pants, which had five thousand dollars in them, or maybe a little less, considering his spendthrift habits and charming women, especially prostitutes, and in his drunken state he encountered the owner of the hotel whom he got into a scuffle with, in which to protect herself shot him and reportedly beat him with a broom, or at least that's how it was reported in the media at the time. Don't get me wrong, I love Sam Cooke's music, he was a music legend indeed, but he wasn't an angel, unlike many performers of his genre.

[@denzelpinkerton9665]

Question? Are you black or are you white 🤔??

[@GaryTartell]

The investigation was just. The girl claimed he was ba,ing on the door. Mistake.

[@nhorton]

That's what they want you to believe. The ladies were scapegoats goats.

[@rcthomas6925]

Heresay

[@t.l.robinson2162]

It was not left unsolved. It was ruled as a justified homicide.

[@rasempress9724]

Said resolution doesn’t mean the crime was ‘solved’….

[@karriemburton9024]

U couldn't be more wrong....he was murdered and the murder was covered up

[@percyvaughan]

And Lee Harvey Oswald "killed" Kennedy.

[@williecarrjr5344]

Because "they" ruled it justifiable not "justified" does not mean it was solved.

[@markbrooker3729]

Homeboy, this was a coverup. Plain and simple