It almost makes sense that this concept would come to him in a dream-the song clearly is inspired (and inspiring). Not only did A Change is Gonna Come distinguish itself from other Sam Cooke songs in the way it was written, the subject matter of this song is distinct from the rest of his musical catalogue.
What did that do to players' wallets? In 1920, the average salary was $5,000 a year. It took 50 years for salaries to reach $30,000, but with the reserve clause out of the picture the average salary was $143,000 by 1980.Today's average baseball salary is $3.3 million.The business of baseball has also changed a lot over the years, allowing teams to spend big bucks their players.t took 50 years for salaries to reach $30,000, but with the reserve clause out of the picture the average salary was $143,000 by 1980. Today's average baseball salary is $3.3 million.
Similarly, the average annual unemployment rate peaked at 19.3% in 1933, dropped to 9.1% by 1937, and rose again to 11.4% in the next two years. The unemployment rate averaged 9.2% in 1940. The real average annual wage of men increased by 16% between 1930 and 1940 to $9,600.Women, however, suffered a drop of 6%, with an average annual wage of $4,700 in 1940. Because of this reduction for women, the overall average annual wage at $8,400 was larger by only 10% in 1940 than it was in 1930.This was the only decade when the real wages of women fell.he 1960s brought wage-earners gains in real wages similar to those in the previous decade. The average annual wage of men increased by 42%, from $18,500 in 1960 to $26,200 in 1970, and that of women increased by 36% from $10,000 to $13,700.