Perhaps “The View” should change its theme song to Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World.” It may seem rather appropriate with the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sam Cooke is more than a name in music history ... While classics like A Change is Gonna Come, Cupid, and ...

“Don’t know much about history…” begins the old Sam Cooke earworm, “Wonderful World.” As it turns out, Sam was ahead of his time. Today, history is as passé as great, great grandma ...

The Motown vocal legend and 1987 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee turned 85 in February and releases his new album in April.

I worried that my after-dinner talk was too grim, but my speech – especially the death content – went down well ...

The work that they did together was so monumental it almost feels selfish to want more out of the musical partnership of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel than they delivered. Still, fans longed to see ...

While headlines scream about America’s $35.5 trillion national debt and President Donald Trump’s drive to “drain the swamp” in ...

As he nears his 90th birthday, trumpet-playing music legend Herb Alpert has launched a new incarnation of the Tijuana Brass, the band that made him a star during the '60s. The troupe, including Alpert ...

In addition to the Burt Bacharach/Hal David-penned title track, it features Robinson’s versions of such classics as Sam Cooke’s ... staple “What a Wonderful World.” ...