Hit Parade: Don’t Know Much About History, Part 1

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🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The Oscar-nominated film One Night in Miami… imagines the conversation between Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Cassius Clay and Jim Brown the night in 1964 they gathered to celebrate the soon-to-be Muhammad Ali’s heavyweight victory. Malcolm X challenges Sam Cooke to use his amazing voice to help “the struggle.” Little did he know Cooke had already recorded his civil‑rights masterpiece, “A Change Is Gonna Come.” In this episode, Chris Molanphy sets the record straight on the man now called the King of Soul. In his too-brief career—seven years as a gospel star, then seven more as a chart-conquering superstar—Sam Cooke took a remarkable journey: from the pathbreaking pop of “You Send Me,” to the wistful R&B of “(What a) Wonderful World,” to the yearning romance of “Bring It on Home to Me,” to—of course—the now-legendary “Change Is Gonna Come.” Meet the man who defined what soul music was and could be. Hit Parade episodes are now split into two parts, released two weeks apart. For the full episode right now, sign up for Slate Plus and you'll also get The Bridge, our Trivia show and bonus deep dive. Click here for more info. Podcast production by Asha Saluja. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Looking for ways to use less fuel?
0:02.0	At SO, we can help.
0:03.6	Small changes we can make today can start to help win the energy challenges we all face.
0:08.4	Like your choice of fuel, making the fuel you buy go further,
0:11.8	and even finding alternatives to using it in the first place.
0:15.0	We call this Thoughtful Driving.
0:17.4	The journey won't be easy, but we want to start it with you.
0:20.8	Not what you're expecting to hear from a fuel company.
0:23.6	Well, at SO, we think it's time that changed.
0:26.4	Search SO Thoughtful Driving for changes we can all start to make today.
0:30.2	Hey there, hip parade listeners.
0:32.2	What you're about to hear is part one of this episode.
0:36.2	Part two will arrive in your podcast feed at the end of the month.
0:40.6	Would you like to hear this episode all at once?
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0:46.1	It supports not only this show, but all of Slate's journalism and podcasts.
0:51.6	Just go to slate.com slash hip parade plus.
0:55.6	You'll get to hear every hip parade episode in full the day it arrives.
1:00.4	Plus, hit parade the bridge, our bonus episodes with guest interviews,
1:05.7	deeper dives on our episode topics and pop chart trivia.
1:10.4	Once again, to join that's slate.com slash hit parade plus.
1:15.8	Thanks.
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