On this week's Nashville Babylon there's blues from Freddie King, ska courtesy of Laurel Aitken, a gospel classic from Sam Cooke and The Soul Stirrers, soul from Ann Peebles and ahead of their ...

Legendary soul man Sam Moore, whose distinctive tenor powered numerous R&B classics from the 1960s, has died. He was 89. According to a statement released by his representatives, Moore died Friday ...

For generations, Black musicians have shaped American culture and entertainment— yet many have struggled to profit from their talent alone. As a result, artists from gospel pioneers to hip-hop icons ...

Without the template he set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it’s possible we would never have enjoyed those artists. New Jersey’s Bradd Marquis is another artist who Cooke influenced. On June 14, ...

Before this, he had been in gospel outfits The Five Echoes – who he joined in 1951 or 1952 at age 17 – and, from 1957, The Highway QC’s, who Sam Cooke had passed through. In August 1960, he took on ...

Even if his name doesn’t ring a bell, you have probably heard Sam Cooke’s music before. He was an incredibly influential and talented soul artist. There’s a reason why he is often hailed as the King ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. The great soul singer Jerry Butler died last month at the age of 85. We're going to remember him by listening back to our interview from 2000. He first recorded ...

Music played a key role in the civil rights movement. People marched to freedom songs while artists from Sam Cooke to Bob Dylan took the message to the masses in recordings as enduring as "A Change is ...

The Civil Rights movement used music extensively, with songs like "People Get Ready" serving as anthems. Many protest songs from the 1960s remain relevant and are still sung at demonstrations today.