The Man Who Invented Soul - Sam Cooke

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Manufacturer : RCA
Release date : 26 September 2000
Number of discs : 4
EAN : 0078636791128
UPC : 078636791128

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Product Description\NAmazon.com essential recordingSam Cooke had a voice like clover honey, and he was as ingenious a businessman as he was an artist--carefully treading the line between smooth pop and deep R&B to bring both audiences to him, as well as together. Disc 1 of this set compiles his 1957-1959 recordings Product Description
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Sam Cooke had a voice like clover honey, and he was as ingenious a businessman as he was an artist--carefully treading the line between smooth pop and deep R&B to bring both audiences to him, as well as together. Disc 1 of this set compiles his 1957-1959 recordings for the Keen label, which had tamed the former gospel tiger into a sweet, wry songwriter with a taste for crooning standards and a signature yodel that marked every song as his property. The second and third discs do the same for his RCA career's singles and album tracks, which, for all their orchestrated slickness, left an indelible mark on soul and even rock (compare "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" to Elvis Costello's "Blame It On Cain"!). Lastly, there's a disc with two complete albums from Cooke's stylistic poles: Night Beat (after-hours cool soul) and Live at the Harlem Square Club (Cooke as hard-hollering crowd mover). As a survey of the middle period of Cooke's career, this set is totally solid; be advised, though, that it skips over both his early years shouting gospel with the Soul Stirrers and the classic recordings from the last year or so of his life--which include hits such as "Shake" and "A Change Is Gonna Come" that are still, flabbergastingly, out of print. --Douglas Wolk

Sam Cooke had a voice like clover honey, and he was as ingenious a businessman as he was an artist--carefully treading the line between smooth pop and deep R&B to bring both audiences to him, as well as together. Disc 1 of this set compiles his 1957-1959 recordings for the Keen label, which had tamed the former gospel tiger into a sweet, wry songwriter with a taste for crooning standards and a signature yodel that marked every song as his property. The second and third discs do the same for his RCA career's singles and album tracks, which, for all their orchestrated slickness, left an indelible mark on soul and even rock (compare "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" to Elvis Costello's "Blame It On Cain"!). Lastly, there's a disc with two complete albums from Cooke's stylistic poles: Night Beat (after-hours cool soul) and Live at the Harlem Square Club (Cooke as hard-hollering crowd mover). As a survey of the middle period of Cooke's career, this set is totally solid; be advised, though, that it skips over both his early years shouting gospel with the Soul Stirrers and the classic recordings from the last year or so of his life--which include hits such as "Shake" and "A Change Is Gonna Come" that are still, flabbergastingly, out of print. --Douglas Wolk

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Sam Cooke

Track listing

1. You Send Me
2. Summertime
3. For Sentimental Reasons
4. Desire Me
5. Lonely Island
6. You Were Made For Me
7. Win Your Love For Me
8. Love You Most Of All
9. Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
10. No One Can Take Your Place
11. Only Sixteen
12. With You
13. Crazy She Calls Me
14. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues
15. Comes Love
16. Ain't Nobody's Business
17. Little Things You Do
18. There I've Said It Again
19. When I Fall In Love
20. Let's Go Steady Again
21. What A Wonderful World
22. Chain Gang
23. I Belong To Your Heart
24. Teenage Sonata
25. Love Me
26. Sad Mood
27. If I Had You (I'd Be Happy)
28. You Belong To Me
29. Sad Mood
30. Tenderness
31. That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On
32. Hold On
33. Cupid
34. Tenderness
35. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
36. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
37. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
38. Trouble In Mind
39. Out In The Cold Again
40. Exactly Like You
41. Since I Met You Baby
42. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
43. But Not For Me
44. You're Always On My Mind
45. Don't Fight It (Feel It)
46. It's Alright
47. Twistin' The Night Away
48. One More Time
49. Don't Cry On My Shoulder
50. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
51. Somebody Have Mercy
52. Sugar Dumpling
53. Nothin' Can Change This Love
54. Talkin' Trash
55. Movin' And Groovin'
56. Soothe Me
57. Having A Party
58. Bring It On Home To Me
59. Whole Lotta Woman
60. I'm Gonna Forget About You
61. Nothin' Can Change This Love
62. Baby Baby Baby
63. Send Me Some Lovin'
64. All The Way
65. Smoke Rings
66. I Wish You Love
67. Driftin' Blues
68. Little Girl
69. Cry Me A River
70. These Foolish Things
71. Frankie And Johnny
72. I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More
73. Another Saturday Night
74. Love Will Find A Way
75. Cool Train
76. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
77. Lost And Lookin'
78. Mean Old World
79. Please Don't Drive Me Away
80. I Lost Everything
81. Get Yourself Another Fool
82. Little Red Rooster
83. Laughin' And Clownin'
84. Trouble Blues
85. You Gotta Move
86. Fool's Paradise
87. Shake Rattle And Roll
88. Intro/Don't Fight It (Feel It)
89. Chain Gang
90. Cupid
91. It's Alright/For Sentimental Reasons
92. Twistin' The Night Away
93. Somebody Have Mercy
94. Bring It On Home To Me
95. Nothin' Can Change This Love
96. Having A Party

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