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Sam Cooke - “A Change Is Gonna Come” (Track of the Day)

Sam Cooke recorded " A Change Is Gonne Come " on Jan. 30, 1964 at RCA Studios in Los Angeles and released the track as the B side of "Shake" on Dec. 22, 1964.
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Sam Cooke recorded "A Change Is Gonne Come"  on Jan. 30, 1964 at RCA Studios in Los Angeles and released the track as the B side of "Shake" on Dec. 22, 1964. Peter Guralnick tells how Martin Luther King influenced the writing of the song in Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke.