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Sam Cooke — A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke's 1964 protest anthem still played at moments of civil-rights reckoning.

Recorded in 1963 in Los Angeles. The single was released in December 1964 — two weeks after Cooke's death. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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