When Sam Cooke topped the US R&B and pop charts on July 11, 1964 with 'Good Times,' he was only 33. Within five months, his life was over.

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In honor of the Bambino, the Babe Ruth League was founded in 1951. Now, more than 100 years after Ruth made his Major League ...