One shoe toppled a pop star's empire: how Sam Cooke fell
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One shoe toppled a pop star's empire: how Sam Cooke fell
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One shoe toppled a pop star's empire: how Sam Cooke fell
In this episode, we follow the evening that began with a hotel room on South Figueroa Street and ended with Sam Cooke arriving at a manager’s office wearing a sports jacket and one shoe. The episode traces the moments, decisions, and unresolved gaps between a woman fleeing, a manager firing a pistol, and the questions left by a swift official verdict.
Person: Sam Cooke
Date: December 11, 1964
Location: Hacienda Motel, South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Event: Cooke arrived at manager’s office wearing one shoe and a sports jacket and was shot
Topic: ownership of masters, SAR Records, "A Change Is Gonna Come"
- Cooke grew up in Chicago as the son of a Baptist minister and rose with the Soul Stirrers before crossing over with "You Send Me."
- He built SAR Records, negotiated to own his masters, and sat on a politically charged song recorded in January 1964.
- Lisa Boyer checked into the Hacienda with Cooke and later told police she fled a room where he became aggressive and hid in a phone booth to call police.
- Bertha Franklin said Cooke burst into her office after eleven p.m. wearing one shoe and a sports jacket, grabbed her, and they struggled on the floor.
- Franklin reported she fired a single shot into Cooke’s chest, heard him say, "Lady, you shot me," and then struck him with a broom before he collapsed.
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