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    • Oct 8, 1963
    R&B singer Sam Cooke is arrested for disturbing the peace in Shreveport when he's enraged at a Holiday Inn that refuses to rent him a room because he's black. Cooke's songs "Good Times" and "Bring It On Home To Me" will become country hits for Dan Seals and Mickey Gilley
    Dec 20, 1963
    Sam Cooke records "Good Times" at RCA Studio A in Los Angeles. The song becomes a country hit in 1990 after it's remade by Dan Seals
    Sep 16, 1964
    ABC-TV's "Shindig!" makes its prime-time debut. The weekly music show features guitarist James Burton, Glen Campbell and Leon Russell in the house band. The night's highlights include The Everly Brothers teaming with Sam Cooke on "Lucille"
    Dec 10, 1964
    Soul singer Sam Cooke is shot and killed at Los Angeles' Hacienda Motel. Two of his songs are later remade as country hits: "Bring It On Home To Me," by Mickey Gilley; and "Good Times," by Dan Seals
    Dec 18, 1964
    "Bring It On Home To Me" songwriter Sam Cooke is buried in Chicago. Ray Charles sings "Angels Keep Watching Over Me" at his funeral
    May 11, 1976
    Five weeks after he first attempted it, Mickey Gilley records Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me" in an afternoon at RCA Studio B in Nashville
    Aug 21, 1976
    Mickey Gilley reaches the top of the Billboard country singles chart with his remake of Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home To Me"
    Jan 23, 1986
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds The Everly Brothers, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmie Rodgers, Buddy Holly, Alan Freed, Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Sam Phillips in its inaugural ceremony
    Mar 9, 1987
    The Songwriters Hall Of Fame inducts Carole King, Sam Cooke, Gerry Goffin, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Carole Bayer Sager and Bob Merrill in a New York ceremony
    Aug 4, 1990
    Dan Seals takes "Good Times," written by the late Sam Cooke, to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart
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