The greatest single-disc Sam Cooke collection ever! 30 Incredible tracks including You Send Me; Chain Gang; Twistin’ the Night Away; Shake; Little Red Rooster; Good Times; (What a) Wonderful World; Another Saturday Night; Cupid; Only Sixteen; A Change Is Gonna Come; Having a Party , and more career highlights. Indispensable!
Sam Cooke is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music.
For 14 years Sam sanctified and glorified his gospel heritage and forged new paths by being the first black artist to establish his own record company (SAR) where he helped such gospel oriented artists as the Womack Brothers (Bobby, Cecil, Friendly Jr., Curtis and Harry) who later became the Valentinos, R.H. Harris & His Gospel Paraders, The Simms Twins, Johnnie Morisette, Johnnie Taylor and Billy Preston, as well as giving continued expression to the Soul Stirrers.
Today, many years after he began his writing and recording
career, Sam’s music endures with cover recordings by artists
from all genres of the recording industry such as Aretha, Bryan
Adams, Gerald Alston, The Animals, Arcade Fire, The Band,
Billy Bragg, Solomon Burke, Jimmy Buffet, Eric Clapton,
Shemekia Copeland, Jim Croce, Terrence Trent D’Arby, Gavin
DeGraw, Bob Dylan, The Fugees, Art Garfunkel, Al Green,
Leela James, Jon Bon Jovi, R. Kelly, John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, Nas, The Neville Brothers, Otis Redding, The
Righteous Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Seal, Dan Seals, Nina
Simone, The Spinners, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, The
Supremes, James Taylor, Tina Turner, Luther Vandross, Jackie
Wilson, Bobby Womack and Ray Charles, among many others.
Tracklisting
Side A
1. Touch The Hem Of His Garment
2. Lovable
3. You Send Me
4. Only Sixteen
5. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
6. Just For You
7. Win Your Love For Me
8. Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
Side B
1. I’ll Come Running Back To You
2. Nothing Can Change This Love
3. Sugar Dumpling
4. (Ain’t That) Good News
5. Meet Me At Mary’s Place
6. Twistin’ The Night Away
7. Shake
8. Tennessee Waltz
Side C
1. I’ll Come Running Back To You
2. Nothing Can Change This Love
3. Sugar Dumpling
4. (Ain’t That) Good News
5. Meet Me At Mary’s Place
6. Twistin’ The Night Away
7. Shake
8. Tennessee Waltz
Side D
1. Another Saturday Night
2. Good Times
3. Having A Party
4. That’s Where It’s At
5. A Change Is Gonna Come
6. Jesus Gave Me Water
7. Soul (Hidden Track)