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    • Feb 24, 1998
    Ben E. King's "Stand By Me," The Miracles' "You've Really Got A Hold On Me," The Five Satins' "In The Still Of The Nite," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and Johnnie Ray's "Cry" join the Grammy Hall of Fame with records by Carole King, The Drifters, James Taylor, Sam Cooke, Henry Mancini, Woody Guthrie, B.B. King and The Weavers
    Feb 23, 1999
    Johnny Cash receives a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in Los Angeles, along with Smokey Robinson, songwriters Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Mel Torme, Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, and Broadway composers Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
    Apr 1, 2000
    Elvis Presley, Jimmie Rodgers and Tammy Wynette are among the first 27 inductees in the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Also added: Jimmy Buffett, B.B. King, Sam Cooke, James Blackwood and songwriters Ben Peters and Elsie McWilliams
    Mar 6, 2007
    The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower," Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" and Red Foley's "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" are added to the National Recording Registry along with music by Cole Porter, The Ronettes, Sam Cooke, Pete Seeger and Paul Simon
    Nov 27, 2008
    Ray Charles ranks #2 among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers Of All-Time. Among other deceased stars listed: Sam Cooke, #4; Otis Redding, #8; James Brown, #10; Roy Orbison, #13; Jackie Wilson, #26; Janis Joplin, #28; Buddy Holly, #48; Wilson Pickett, #68; and Karen Carpenter, #94
    Aug 7, 2009
    A Mississippi Blues Trail marker is unveiled for "Bring It On Home To Me" songwriter Sam Cooke at New Roxy Theater in Clarksdale
    Dec 6, 2010
    Johnny Cash ranks #43 on Gibson.com's list of the 50 Most Revolutionary Artists. Also in the 40s: Eric Clapton, #42; Louis Armstrong, #45; and Sam Cooke, #49
    Jun 22, 2019
    The mayor of Shreveport extends a formal apology to singer Carla Cooke for the city's treatment of her father, Sam Cooke, who was jailed in 1963 when he protested a motel refusing to accommodate him because he was black. Cooke wrote the country hits "Good Times" and "Bring It On Home To Me"
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