Editing Sam Cooke (section)

=== Posthumous honors ===
* In 1986, Cooke was inducted as a charter member of the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Cooke |url=http://www.rockhall.com/inductees/sam-cooke |access-date=August 8, 2008 |publisher=rockhall.com}}</ref>
* In 1987, Cooke was inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2015 |title=Sam Cooke Biography |url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/exhibits/bio/C117 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220031954/http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/exhibits/bio/C117 |archive-date=February 20, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2015 |website=Songwriters Hall of Fame}}</ref>
* In 1989, Cooke was inducted a second time to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when the Soul Stirrers were inducted.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Death of Sam Cooke – Crime Library on truTV.com |url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/sam_cooke/12.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207183551/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/celebrity/sam_cooke/12.html |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref>
* On February 1, 1994, Cooke received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to the music industry, located on 7051 [[Hollywood Boulevard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Cooke {{!}} Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/sam-cooke |access-date=June 12, 2016 |website=www.walkoffame.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Walk of Fame (1994) |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000693/1994 |access-date=June 12, 2016 |website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Sam Cooke |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/sam-cooke/ |access-date=June 12, 2016}}</ref>
* Although Cooke never won a [[Grammy Award]], he received the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2019 |title=Sam Cooke |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/sam-cooke |website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards}}</ref> presented by [[Larry Blackmon]] of funk super-group [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]].
* In 2004, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked Cooke 16th on its list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time|100 Greatest Artists of All Time]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 15, 2004 |title=The Immortals: The First Fifty |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316103016/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 16, 2006 |publisher=Rolling Stone (Issue 946)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Art Garfunkel |date=December 2, 2010 |title=100 Greatest Artists: 16. Sam Cooke |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/sam-cooke-20110420 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
* In 2008, Cooke was named the fourth "Greatest Singer of All Time" by ''Rolling Stone''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2008 |title=100 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/sam-cooke-20101202 |publisher=Rolling Stone (Issue 1066)}}</ref>
* In 2008, Cooke received the first plaque on the [[Clarksdale Walk of Fame]], located at the New Roxy Theater.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gage |first1=Justin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tPsG6vFFfUoC&q=Clarksdale+walk+of+fame+sam+cooke&pg=PA143 |title=Explorer's Guide Memphis & the Delta Blues Trail: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations) |last2=Gage |first2=Melissa |publisher=The Countryman Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-58157-923-9 |page=143 |language=en}}</ref>
* In 2009, Cooke was honored with a marker on the [[Mississippi Blues Trail]] in Clarksdale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Cooke |url=http://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/sam-cooke |website=Mississippi Blues Trail}}</ref>
* In June 2011, the city of Chicago renamed a portion of East 36th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue as the honorary "Sam Cooke Way" to remember the singer near a corner where he hung out and sang as a teenager. Many of his family were also in attendance, as many of them were living in the Chicago area.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 20, 2011 |title=Chicago Honors Sam Cooke With His Own Street |url=http://newsone.com/nation/good-news-nation/casey-gane-mccalla/chicago-honors-sam-cooke-with-his-own-street |access-date=February 10, 2012 |publisher=News One}}</ref>
* In 2013, Cooke was inducted into the [[National Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame]] in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, at [[Cleveland State University]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nash |first=JD |date=January 20, 2015 |title=This Week in Blues Past: Janis Joplin, sam Cooke, BB King's Record Collection – American Blues Scene |work=American Blues Scene |url=https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2015/01/week-blues-past-janis-joplin-sam-cooke-bb-kings-record-collection/ |access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref> The founder of the [[National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame]], LaMont Robinson, said he was the greatest singer ever to sing.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Clarksdale beats Memphis and Detroit for R&B Music Hall of Fame Museum |work=WREG.com |url=http://wreg.com/2014/11/04/clarksdale-beats-memphis-and-detroit-for-rb-music-hall-of-fame-museum/ |access-date=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
* The words "[[A Change Is Gonna Come|A change is gonna come]]" from the Sam Cooke song of the same name are on a wall of the Contemplative Court, a space for reflection in the [[Smithsonian]]'s [[National Museum of African American History and Culture]]; the museum opened in 2016.<ref name="smithsonianmag2017">{{Cite magazine |last=Keyes |first=Allison |year=2017 |title=In This Quiet Space for Contemplation, a Fountain Rains Down Calming Waters |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/quiet-space-contemplation-fountain-rains-down-calming-waters-180964981/ |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=March 10, 2018}}</ref>
* Cooke is inducted into the [[Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inductees: Rhythm and Blues (R & B) |url=http://www.msmusic.org/mississippi-rhythm-and-blues-musicians.html |website=Mississippi Musicians Music Hall of Fame |access-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727012901/http://www.msmusic.org/mississippi-rhythm-and-blues-musicians.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* In 2020, [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]] released a song and [[music video]] as a tribute to Cooke called "Song for Sam Cooke (Here in America)" (featuring [[Paul Simon]]) from his album ''[[Joe Bonamassa#Keeping the Blues Alive Records|Blues with Friends]]''. ''[[American Songwriter]]'' magazine honored "Song for Sam Cooke" as the "Greatest of the Great 2020 Songs".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zollo|first=Paul|date=November 22, 2020|title=Greatest of the Great 2020 Songs: Dion with Paul Simon, "Song for Sam Cooke (Here In America)".|url=https://americansongwriter.com/greatest-of-the-great-2020-songs-dion-with-paul-simon-song-for-sam-cooke-here-in-america/|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US}}</ref>
* In 2023, Cooke was named the third "Greatest Singer of All Time" by ''Rolling Stone''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/sam-cooke-5-1234643210/ |publisher=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
* In 2025, ''Rolling Stone'' placed "A Change Is Gonna Come" at number 1 on its list of "The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time".<ref>{{cite news |title=The 100 Best Protest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-protest-songs-1235154848/ |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=27 January 2025 |access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref>