Sam Cooke- The Story Behind A Change Is Gonna Come-CBS News

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[@jayceecruz1124]

This song hits harder now than ever with all the evil things happening in this world

[@charlotteclark6061]

..Amen

[@sybiljohnson1859]

Amen and amen

[@dwaynesanders6107]

Yes indeed and yes it does…👍👍

[@BigMamaDaveX]

I'll never stop praying for that change. 🙏🏻☮️

[@21john52]

Thats song Makes me shiver. I cant think of a better song ever being written

[@jadefo2433]

You are so right..

[@itistime467]

That's good point

[@nirajathawalefybab7311]

that is soo right I feel mate

[@patricef3654]

Agree, gives me the chills every time I hear it

[@tracyskins7854]

Brings tears to my eyes & touches my soul. 😊😊😊

[@marcusanderson216]

A song that can never be touched

[@buttman208]

Amen

[@ricthornton2958]

This is one of those "goosebump" songs and Sam Cooke's incredible voice made it absolutely perfect.

[@createone100]

God, that's one beautiful song.

[@lrein077]

This beloved song elevated Mr. Sam Cooke into a group of amazing humanitarians . We are privileged.

[@danozod4203]

God I love me some Sam Cooke!!!

[@tracyskins7854]

Y e s!!!! Bring it on home!!!

[@ronjeremy65]

What an incredible song

[@danielhodges1557]

Sam Cooke!! In my opinion is the greatest singer that has ever breathed into a microphone. You will never see another talent like that again.....I encourage you to listen to his gospel recordings.....they are truly something.

[@barrettbrown8705]

Agreed. There's Sam, then everybody else.

[@robertchatman8449]

Sam cooke was gifted with the best sounding voice ever. I've been a fan of sam cooke for 70 years. Love that voice.

[@elissaschornstein9399]

to see how successful it was and how meaningful it has become. To be connected to the Civil Rights Movement is a great honour and it is a tragedy that Sam was taken so young and in such senseless awful way. Mysterious circumstances for sure. No trial for his killers and no justice for Sam Cooke. Love you always Sam and thank you for your beautiful music. xoxo

[@nata6835]

I can’t stop listening to this song..love it soooo much..So powerful especially during these painful times. RIP Sam Cooke a young beautiful talented man taken so soon.

[@timothyfitzgerald5459]

Here because of one night in Miami

[@elissaschornstein9399]

This song gives me goose pimples. Sam Cooke was in his prime when he wrote it. It is so very sad he did not live tob

[@alalal123421]

im sorry but goose pimples 😭 yes song is incredible

[@AdrianMartinez-qr3lo]

@@alalal123421 😂😂

[@chickasawstarrmountain9747]

He was truly annointed

[@weotalks2810]

The DEFINITION OF A MASTERPIECE...THE PERFORMANCE OF THE GREAT SAM COOKE IS BREATH TAKING...REST IN HEAVEN

[@evelynwright4936]

This song always brings me to tears...Sam Cook will never die. Thank you💜💜💜‼️

[@tracyskins7854]

Me too

[@mind_money_morphology]

no one else in tears? it's coo, it's coo

[@LOLO-jj2by]

Music is power of words, not spoken but vibrated though sound. Sam's music had the power to lead our people back to the greatness we have lost.

[@LOLO-jj2by]

This song was a statement for the evolving changes that will occur for all melanated people.

[@3713msg]

You are so correct. This song has always made an positive impression on me since the very first time I heard it. I was only ten years old at the time. (and I am white) It brings tears to my eyes, now that I am 63 years old. We still need MUCH change.

[@annechester770]

When? Is the change gona come? Still waiting.

[@deviusfeilds]

Melenated and white alike we have to grow up in a mutual unification for illumination. In this act dispersing both: the blinding light of supremacy; and enveloping shades of terror.

[@jamessparks5966]

@@annechester770, open your eyes and look around.

[@yourearenotalone]

@@annechester770 this year

[@robertday5656]

This song is very strong and deep, brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it

[@richardlynch1094]

I listen to this every night before bed, to inspire me to make change tomorrow. Rest in Power King.

[@edthesecond]

He sang gospel before he sang pop and the Black Church was always a major force in Black liberation. Sam Cooke went back to his roots here.

[@royshuler7046]

If the footage of him performing this song back in February 1964 on The Tonight Show ever surfaces...🎶 what a wonderful world that would be 🎶

[@Sammy-mp9xn]

Yes!! I'd love to see that!

[@jamiesivad6443]

I saw what you did! You don't know much about his sto ry😏

[@keepingitreal7336]

This song will live within me until......And anyone who can comprehend!!

[@sybiljohnson1859]

Sam Cooke oh god I love love is songs cant stop crying beautiful beautiful beautiful songs love it

[@greablood1072]

Such an important song, with a great melody, great harmony, and great lyrics- it’s kind of a miracle they they all swirled together SO well! Literally one of the best songs ever.

[@kokohottie1669]

Sam's voice caught my attention 7 years ago. I was listening to a radio station that played his song Another Saturday Night. I researched the singer and realized I love every song this man sang. I wasn't born til 1972 but it feels as though I was there in his day and time. Now he is on my daily song playlist.

[@weotalks2810]

GOOGLE SOULSTIRRERS NEARER MY GOD TO THEE " LIVE VERSION

[@Shootafam02124]

The most perfect song ever written.

[@cj10109]

This song was a blessing. Thanks for uploading ❤️

[@comeagyn]

Now i know why i can't find him performing it. Cuz he never did. Only recorded it. Damn shame. Its almost like he came here just to do that masterpiece and his work here was finished thereafter.

[@emerybayblues]

He did perform it on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. However it was recorded over because back then, NBC recorded over shows so it was lost. When Carson found out NBC was doing this, he put a stop to it. Also Cooke apparently didn't sing the song live much after because the orchestrations were complex.

[@Sammy-mp9xn]

@@emerybayblues NBC probably lied..

[@johnnywilliams7237]

That song by Sam a change gonna Come is the National anthem of the brown people.A Change Gonna Come .still makes one Soul.yers.for better days. Thank you Mr.Sam Cooke.

[@alexisbad22]

Such a true beauty and talent such a gem 😍😍

[@sonofyah-qx8fm]

America : The Land of Missed Opportunity 😳 The Leaders will Face Harsh Judgement !!!

[@kevincook5274]

I was 4 years old when this song came out and I remember my mother and I'm used to play it a lot it was a sad song but As I Grew Older I began to realize what the song was all about Sam Cooke like Malcolm X they knew they was going to die once they realize that they were standing alone in the room with nothing but a bunch of f****** Cutthroats and snakes that look just like them and believe me that's hard living to just know that you're the only one that really cares if you going to talk about Sam Cooke talk about how his body was badly beaten up in that casket

[@waynelegendre3960]

Kevin Cook I was a baby

[@finalscorce]

😢😢😭😭😭😭😥😓

[@maijaliepa119]

🦅🦉🦅 Man-O-Man ... Song brings tears 2 my eyes today as it did when it was sung the first time I heard it, way back in the day. Hope it puts some healing into the hearts of all the mommas who have lost their sons in senseless violence here in the usa. 🦅🦉🦅 Peace🦅🙏🦅🙏🦅andBlessingsBlessedBe🦅4-15-21 towards the end of Covid and another round of shootings of all kinds emerges🤷‍♀️

[@haldenbennett5979]

Truly, this song, 'A change is gonna come' will be around forever..long lives the music of Sam Cooke ❤❤

[@tman5634]

This song really gets to me. Been to hell & back (it's been too hard livin) these past few years & these lyrics resonate with me in the changes i'm going to make in life, for the better.

[@chamberlainachilihu4141]

U see what he said, that's the kind of song gona be around forever. Folks nowadays suppose to focus on song that will last forever

[@GATCHAMANforever]

I broke down crying when I first heard this song

[@27seaglass]

Such a great song and sung so beautifully. He was killed the year I was born. I know his murder will most likely never be solved, but I pray he is in a better place and that change is going to come.

[@ronaldscott2126]

god bless you Sam Cooke in heaven a change gonna come

[@darrollbarton5826]

My Father sang this song as he took his last breath. Rest Easy Hogg Daddy Dum Spiro Dum Spero

[@charlotteclark6061]

..😥 Sorry for your loss! 💪💙

[@RONJAE212003]

Oh man I wish he could’ve performed this song just once on TV

[@Julien-DM]

It was performed by Cooke only once on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, regrettably the tape of Cooke’s Tonight Show performance did not survive. How could this happened ? I'm mad.

[@emerybayblues]

@@Julien-DM It was taped over. In the old days on the Tonight Show shows were taped over, so a lot of classic moments were lost. When Carson found out NBC was doing this, he put a stop to it, although it was too late for Cooke's performance.

[@Julien-DM]

@@emerybayblues thank you for let us know, so sad

[@charlotteclark6061]

..he did,he just was murdered n beaten before it was released!

[@AtonalMeasureRecords]

The best song ever committed to magnetic tape ! hands down

[@floydgreen3900]

When we change, things will change.

[@elderhardaway5674]

**A Change Gonna Come** An **Incredible Song** From An **Incredible Man** "**Sam Cooke**

[@bellestarr4040]

I love Mavis Staple

[@chesterlane3032]

RIP Sam Cooke 1931-1964

[@wonderboytroy7484]

Written about an experience he had in my home town Shreveport Louisiana

[@chamberlainachilihu4141]

That song was made underneath the ocean. U just can hear that kind of around the universe

[@kiara198923]

I loved the way they spoke with such eloquence back then.

[@africanempressqueenestyosra.b]

💔 RIP

[@paulbuxton1326]

Yes perfect 🎶🙏

[@diontaedaughtry974]

A that shakes you down to the bone

[@chenabee1]

This song reminds me where the fight for justice began, where it’s at now and if i’ll see real change in my live time I’m 63 now.

[@toriestewart5299]

WATCH A NIGHT IN MIAMI AND FOLLOW HIS LIFE STORY YOU KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT HE WROTE THIS SONG! IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY GOD ABOVE!!! SAM KNEW BY TAKING A STAND THAT HIS LIFE WOULD BE TAKEN!!! MAY HE ALWAYS REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER THE LATE GREAT SAM COOKE!!!!!😇❤🙏✊👏🔥

[@johndube1381]

"A Change" is the anthemm of oppression. The way he died is traffic. I discovered that song in 1988, after I graduated high school & entered college. Thank you, Mr. Cooke. I get it.

[@robertglasper4845]

That song it’s so true that song is so real that song is For ever Black person in America and around the world thank you Sam Cooke rest in peace my brother because change is gonna come yes it will😎

[@msladybirddream3451]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤......🙏🏾

[@elderhardaway5674]

"A Change Is Gonna Come " "The Voice Of All Humanity!!!!!!!" Thank You, Sam Cooke, For This "Immortal Song."

[@followingfist6]

yeah.."change gone come" is part warrior, part down at the bottom. Aint no way but up.

[@jeancristina8129]

One of tupac's fav song

[@patriciadavis3458]

IT ain’t never gonna go away BUT NO ONE CAN DO THAT WHAT THEY USE TO DO TO US. O YEA U GOT THE ONES THAT SNEAK YOU THAT TRY YOU THEM YOU GOT THE REST OF US. ITS TIME TO STOP 🛑

[@jordanrioscreations]

It should be clarified that the single version of the song wasn’t released until two weeks after his death. He had actually performed it on the Johnny Carson Show many months before he died and the song was included on his album Ain’t That Good News which was released months before his death.

[@annies6631]

This song hits hard. One of the most powerful pieces of music I have ever heard. Currently has me thinking of Palestine.

[@jordanrioscreations]

This video doesn’t really tell the story behind it but still nice to hear people talk about it’s significance

[@jeversonalvonzo3812]

Change gonna come.. Ua

[@aroebuck2661]

He was letting black people know who they really are ethnic wise. Hence I was born by the river in a little tent 🏕️ very powerful message went over a lot of peoples heads I'm just saying

[@mugepurvis2955]

❤

[@mom2adragon677]

I was one years old when he was murdered. I was thirty years old when I starting buying his records. I’m almost sixty years old and I still shed “White tears” for him.

[@laylaali5977]

Rest In Peace

[@RONJAE212003]

Its been tooooo hard living

[@cshonaiya6189]

'But I'm afraid to die'...that hits hard

[@ConservativeAnthem]

Sam was a JFK styled Republican, inside his mind.

[@Ramon_92]

This song was to pure for white people to hear it will a shame for america for all eternity that this song even had to come out in the first place !

[@rgs6236]

Every time I hear that song it gets me : ( Al Green looks bloated

[@soulman0072]

to much pork crops but Al can sing his ass off

[@charlotteclark6061]

Al is older n he earned all that fat ! 🤣 He's still THE BEST! 💜🎼🥂👑🎉🌹💎🙏🏾🤘🏿😘😘😘

[@tracyskins7854]

Y e s!!!

[@mauriceortiz8817]

God! He was taken much too soon.

[@williamsahirhouse-topic9200]

Sam Cooke the best in the 60s, Marvin Gaye the best in the 70s, Luther Vandross the best in the 80s and R Kelly the best in the 90s.

[@dubymc3045]

I just wonder whose getting the Royalties off this song?

[@Sammy-mp9xn]

Hopefully his children.