Track Listing
1. You Send Me
2. Summertime (part 1)
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 (previously unreleased version)
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 (previously unreleased version)
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 (original version)
53. Nothin' Can Change This Love (previously unreleased version)
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 (previously unissued version)
74. Love Will Find A Way
75. Cool Train (stereo version)
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
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 4 | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Mixed |
Album Notes
Includes a 30-page hard-bound color booklet.Personnel includes: Sam Cooke (vocals); Al Chernet, Everett Barksdale, Clitton White, Don Armone (guitar); Charles Libove, Fred Fradkin, Max Cahn, Hinda Barnet (violin); Armand Kaproff, Frederick Sevkors, Jesse Ehrlich (cello); John Kelsom, Plas Johnson, William Green, King Curtis, Tate Houston (saxophone); Joseph Wilder, Ray Copeland, Steve Lipkins, Lou Oles, John T. Grimes (trumpet); Frank Saracco, Laurence Allpeter, Albert Godis, Eddie Bert (trombone); Hank Jones, Ernie Hayes, Morris Wechsler, Ernest Freeman, Raymond Johnson (piano); Billy Preston, Hugo Peretti, Nathan Griffen (organ); Lloyd Trotman, Milton Hinton, George Catlender, James Bond, Ray Pohlman (bass); Bunny Shawker, Jimmie Crawford, David Francis, Bobby Donaldson, Earl Palmer (drums, percussion).Compilation producer: Paul Williams.Engineers include: Al Schmitt, Dave Hassinger, Bob Simpson.Principally recorded at RCA Studios, Hollywood, California and live at the Harlem Square Club, Harlem, New York. Includes liner notes by Michael Hill.Digitally remastered by Bill Lacey.Although this collection's title makes a weighty claim, a tour through this rich box set makes it clear hear how Sam Cooke's fusion of gospel and pop laid the groundwork for such seminal soul artists as Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and more recently Prince and D'Angelo. This four-disc collection is divided by era and kicks off with Cooke's initial leap from gospel sensation to secular star. Alongside hits like "You Send Me" and "Only Sixteen" are more obscure cuts like "Desire Me" and "You Were Made for Me" that find Cooke managing to make staid, Mitch Miller-like vocal arrangements swing. Singles and album cuts from the RCA years (1960 to 1963) make up Discs Two and Three. Highlights include well-known classics ("Chain Gang," "Cupid"), Nat "King" Cole influenced saloon songs ("Out in the Cold Again"), and the occasional chestnut with religious roots ("Bring It on Home to Me"). Disc Four showcases the albums NIGHT BEAT and LIVE AT THE HARLEM SQUARE CLUB. Throughout these discs, Sam Cooke effortlessly tackles various musical genres including blues ("Little Red Rooster"), rock & roll ("Shake, Rattle & Roll"), folk ("Frankie and Johnny"), and standards ("Summertime").
Editorial Reviews
...Superb...
Living Blues (05/01/2001)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Such hits as 'Only Sixteen', 'Cupid' and 'Wonderful World' kept on coming...Living Blues (1-2/01, p.82) - ...Superb...Mojo (7/02, p.123) - ...A joy, seamlessly mixing hit singles, 2 full-length albums and a handful of unreleased versions...
Q (06/01/2002)
...A joy, seamlessly mixing hit singles, 2 full-length albums and a handful of unreleased versions...
Mojo (07/01/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...Such hits as 'Only Sixteen', 'Cupid' and 'Wonderful World' kept on coming...
Q (06/01/2002)
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