JANICE'S BLUES ALLEY PRESENTS
SAM COOKE
 Sam Cooke, Mississippi MusicianRock and Roll Hall of Fame: Sam CookeHistory of Rock: Sam Cooke |
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Sam Cooke, Mississippi MusicianRock and Roll Hall of Fame: Sam CookeHistory of Rock: Sam Cooke |
b. Sam Cook, 22 January 1931, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, d. 11 December 1964, Los Angeles, California, USA. Cooke first performed publicly with his brother and two sisters in their Baptist quartet, the Soul Children. As a teenager he joined the Highway QCs, before replacing Robert 'R.*.' Harris in the Soul Stirrers. Between 1951 and 1956 Cooke sang lead with this innovative gospel group. His distinctive florid vocal style was soon obvious on 'Touch The Hem Of His Garment' and 'Nearer To Thee'. The Soul Stirrers recorded for the Specialty label, where the singer's popularity encouraged producer 'Bumps' Blackwell to provide Sam with pop material. 'Loveable'/'Forever' was issued as a single, disguised under the pseudonym 'Dale Cook' to avoid offending the gospel audience. Initially content, the label's owner, Art Rupe, then objected to the sweetening choir on a follow-up recording, 'You Send Me', and offered Cooke a release from his contract in return for outstanding royalties. The song was then passed to the Keen label, where it sold in excess of two million copies. Further hits, including 'Only Sixteen' and 'Wonderful World', followed. The latter was used extensively in a television jeans commercial and in 1986 the reissue reached number 2 in the UK charts. Cooke left the label for RCA Records where 'Chain Gang' (1960), 'Cupid' (1961) and 'Twistin' The Night Away' (1962), displayed a pop craft later offset by such grittier offerings as 'Bring It On Home To Me' and 'Little Red Rooster'. Cooke also founded the Sar and Derby labels on which the Simms Twins' 'Soothe Me' and the Valentinos' 'It's All Over Now' were issued. Cooke's own career remained in the ascendant with '(Ain't That) Good News' and 'Good Times', but the purity of such music made his tawdry fate all the more perplexing. On 11 December 1964, following an altercation with a girl he had picked up, the singer was fatally shot by the manageress of a Los Angeles motel. The ebullient 'Shake' became a posthumous hit, but its serene coupling, 'A Change Is Gonna Come', was a more melancholic epitaph. Arguably his finest composition, its title suggested a metaphor for the concurrent Civil Rights movement. Cooke's legacy continued through his various disciples - Johnnie Taylor, who had replaced Cooke in the Soul Stirrers, bore an obvious debt, as did Bobby Womack of the Valentinos. Cooke's songs were interpreted by acts as diverse as Rod Stewart, the Animals and Cat Stevens, while the Rolling Stones' version of 'Little Red Rooster' echoed Cooke's reading rather than that of Howlin' Wolf. Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson - the list of those acknowledging Cooke's skill is a testimony in itself. A seminal influence on soul music and R&B, his effortless and smooth delivery has rarely been surpassed. Sam Cooke: A Man And His Music provides an excellent overview of the singer's career.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Copyright Muze UK Ltd. 1989 - 1998
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01. You Send Me 02. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons 03. You Were Made For Me 04. Win Your Love For Me 05. Love You Most Of All 06. Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha 07. Only Sixteen 08. Wonderful World 09. Chain Gang 10. Sad Mood 11. That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On |
12. Cupid 13. Twistin' The Night Away 14. Having A Party 15. Bring It On Home To Me 16. Sugar Dumpling (Origional Version) 17. Nothing Can Change This Love 18. Somebody Have Mercy 19. Send Me Some Lovin' 20. Frankie And Johnny 21. Little Red Rooster |
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01. Get Yourself Another Fool 02. Driftin' Blues 03. Fool's Paradise 04. Smoke Rings 05. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 06. Please Don't Drive Me Away 07. Nothing Can Change This Love 08. But Not For Me 09. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 10. Trouble In Mind |
11. Little Girl Blue 12. I Lost Everything 13. Chains Of Love 14. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 15. Since I Met You Baby 16. Cry Me A River 17. Trouble Blues 18. Little Red Rooster 19. Out In The Cold Again 20. One More Time |
| 01. Wade In The Water-Chatter 02. Wade In The Water 03. I'm A Pilgrim 04. Praying Ground 05. Somebody-Chatter 06. Somebody 07. Sometimes 08. Amazing Grace 09. Pass Me Not 10. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep-Chatter 11. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep 12. Since I Met The Savior 13. God Is Standing By 14. Lead Me To Calvary-Rehearsal 15. Listen To The Angels Sing 16. Don't Leave Me Alone |
17. Stand By Me Father 18. Jesus Be A Fence Around Me 19. Lead Me Jesus 20. Free At Last 21. Looking Back-Chatter 22. Looking Back 23. Born Again 24. Wait On Jesus 25. Time Brings About A Change 26. Must Jesus Bear The Cross Alone 27. Yield Not To Temptation-Chatter 28. Yield Not To Temptation 29. Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray 30. Somewhere There's A God 31. That's Heaven To Me |
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01. You Send Me-Demo 02. Just For You 03. Somewhere There's A Girl 04. You Were Made For Me 05. When A Boy Falls In Love 06. Soothe Me 07. That's Where It's At-Chatter 08. That's Where It's At 09. Everybody Wants To Fall In Love With You 10. Keep On Loving You 11. I'll Always Be In Love With You 12. Baby, We've Got Love-Chatter 13. Baby, We've Got Love 14. Baby, Lots Of Luck 15. Put Me Down Easy 16. Rome (Wasn't Bulit In A Day) 17. Greazee Part I & II 18. I Gopher You |
19. I Gopher You-Chatter 20. You're Always On My Mind 21. I Need Lots Of Love 22. Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong 23. Black Night 24. Damper 25. You Can Run (But You Can't Hide) 26. Meet Me At The Twisting Place-Chatter 27. Meet At The Twisting Place 28. Good Good Loving 29. The Wobble 30. Lookin' For A Love-Chatter 31. Lookin' For A Love 32. I've Got Love For You 33. I've Got A Girl-Chatter 34. I've Got A Girl 35. Tired Of Loving In The Country 36. It's All Over Now |
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01. Peace in the Valley 02. How Far Am I from Canaan? 03. Just Another Day 04. Come and Go to That Land 05. Any Day Now 06. Nearer to Thee 07. Be with Me Jesus 08. One More River 09. I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always 10. Wonderful 11. Touch the Hem of His Garment 12. Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone? 13. Mean Old World |
14. Lovable 15. I'll Come Running Back to You 16. That's All I Need to Know 17. It Won't Be Very Long 18. He'll Make a Way 19. Farther Along 20. Jesus Wash Away My Troubles 21. That's Heaven to Me 22. Were You There? 23. Lord Remember Me 24. Forever 25. I Don't Want to Cry |
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1. Feel It 2. Chain Gang 3. Cupid 4. Medley: It's All Right/For... 5. Twistin' the Night Away |
6. Somebody Have Mercy 7. Bring It on Home to Me 8. Nothing Can Change This Love 9. Having a Party |
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01. There! I've Said It Again 02. Let's Go Steady Again 03. When I Fall in Love 04. Little Things You Do 05. You Send Me 06. Ol' Man River 07. Moonlight in Vermont 08. Around the World |
09. Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha 10. Along the Navajo Trail 11. Someday 12. I Cover the Waterfront 13. Mary Mary-Lou 14. Love You Most of All 15. Only Sixteen 16. Win Your Love for Me |
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01. You Send Me 02. Cousin Of Mine 03. Little Red Rooster 04. Sugar Dumplin' 05. Sad Mood 06. Good News 07. Try A Little Tenderness 08. Feel It 09. Teenage Sonata 10. Having A Party 11. Another Saturday Night 12. Summertime 13. Win Your Love For Me 14. A Change Is Gonna Come 15. Twisting The Night Away |
16. Cupid 17. Good Times 18. That's It, I Quit, I'm movin' On 19. When A Boy Falls In Love 20. Everybody Loves to Cha-Cha-Cha 21. Chain Gang 22. Nothing Can Change This Love 23. Frankie And Johnny 24. For Sentimental Reasons 25. Shake 26. Wonderful World 27. Send Me Some Lovin' 28. Tennessee Waltz 29. Only Sixteen 30. Bring It On Home To Me |
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01. That's Heaven to Me 02. I Gave up Everything to Follow Him 03. My Lord Done Just What He Said 04. I'm So Happy 05. Come, Let Us Go Back to God 06. I Have a Friend Above All Others |
07. Mean Old World 08. Joy, Joy to My Soul 09. All Right Now 10. Wait on Jesus 11. Jesus Will Lead Me to That Promised Land 12. Lord, Remember Me |
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01. Last Mile of the Way 02. Touch the Hem of His Garment 03. Jesus Gave Me Water 04. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord 05. Pilgrim of Sorrow 06. He's My Guide |
07. I'll Come Running Back to You 08. I Don't Want to Cry 09. Loveable 10. That's All I Need to Know 11. Forever 12. Happy in Love |
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01. Frankie and Johnny 02. You Send Me 03. Sad Mood 04. Summertime 05. Chain Gang 06. Feel It 07. For Sentimental Reasons 08. Another Saturday Night 09. Wonderful World 10. Having a Party |
11. Baby, Baby, Baby 12. Only Sixteen 13. Love Will Find a Way 14. Bring It on Home to Me 15. Twistin' the Night Away 16. Little Red Rooster 17. Cupid 18. Sugar Dumpling 19. Send Me Some Lovin' 20. Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha |
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01. Wonderful World 02. Summertime 03. Almost In Your Arms 04. Tammy 05. Talk Of The Town |
06. You Were Made For Me 07. Along The Navajo Trail 08. No One 09. I Cover The Waterfront 10. Around The World In 80 Days |
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01. Send Me Some Lovin' 02. Good Times 03. That's Where It's At 04. Sugar Dumpling 05. Yeah Man 06. Drifting Blues |
07. Tennessee Waltz 08. Bring It on Home to Me 09. Somebody Have Mercy 10. Shake, Rattle & Roll 11. Having a Party 12. Soothe Me |
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01. Ease My Troublin' Mind 02. Try a Little Love 03. Blowin' in the Wind 04. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) 05. Falling in Love 06. I Ain't Gonna Cheat on You |
07. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 08. Willow Weep for Me 09. Send Me Some Lovin' 10. T'ain't Nobody's Business 11. Great Pretender 12. Danny Boy |
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1. I'm Gonna Forget About You 2. Wonderful World 3. I Ain't Gonna Cheat on You No More 4. Soothe Me 5. Feel It |
6. One More Time 7. Sugar Dumpling 8. It's All Right 9. With You |
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01. Opening Introduction 02. Best Things in Life Are Free 03. Bill Bailey 04. Nobody Knows You (When You're Down and Out) 05. Frankie and Johnny 06. Medley: Try a Little Tenderness |
07. If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) 08. When I Fall in Love 09. Twistin' the Night Away 10. This Little Light of Mine 11. Blowin' in the Wind 12. Tennessee Waltz |
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01. You Send Me 02. Only Sixteen 03. Everybody Loves To Cha-Cha-Cha 04. For Sentimental Reasons 05. Wonderful World 06. Summertime |
07. Chain Gang 08. Cupid 09. Twistin' The Night Away 10. Sad Mood 11. Having a Party 12. Bring It On Home To Me |
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01. Lost and Lookin' 02. Mean Old World 03. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 04. Please Don't Drive Me Away 05. I Lost Everything 06. Get Yourself Another Fool |
07. Little Red Rooster 08. Laughing and Clowning 09. Trouble Blues 10. You Gotta Move 11. Fool's Paradise 12. Shake, Rattle & Roll |
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01. I Wish You Love 02. Willow Weep for Me 03. Chains of Love 04. Smoke Rings 05. All the Way 06. Send Me Some Lovin' |
07. Cry Me a River 08. Drifting Blues 09. (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons 10. Nothing Can Change This Love 11. Little Girl 12. These Foolish Things |
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01. Twistin' the Night Away 02. Sugar Dumpling 03. Twistin' in the Kitchen 04. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me 05. Whole Lotta Woman 06. The Twist |
07. Twistin' in the Old Town 08. Movin' and a Groovin' 09. Camptown Twist 10. Somebody Have Mercy 11. Soothe Me 12. That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On |
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01. Good Morning Heartache 02. Lover Man 03. Solitude 04. Crazy She Calls Me 05. Blue Moon |
06. Lover, Come Back to Me 07. They Can't Take That Away from Me 08. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 09. T'ain't Nobody's Business 10. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off |
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01. Only Sixteen 02. Let's Go Steady Again 03. When I Fall in Love 04. Crazy in Love with You 05. Desire Me 06. Little Things You Do |
07. You Send Me 08. Steal Away 09. Tammy 10. Darling, I Need You Now 11. You Were Made for Me 12. What a Wonderful World |
