Sam Cooke | 60 Essential Recordings | CD

Sam Cooke was an American singer and songwriter whose work helped shape soul music. His recordings connect gospel-rooted vocal phrasing with memorable popular melodies and arrangements that keep the expressive voice at the centre.

60 Essential Recordings gathers Sam Cooke performances around his expressive vocal phrasing and melodic songwriting.

Track List

Disc 1

1. You Send Me
2. Only Sixteen
3. I'll Come Running Back to You
4. (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons
5. Win Your Love for Me
6. Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
7. Touch the Hem of His Garment
8. I Need You Now
9. Forever
10. Lovable
11. That's All I Need to Know
12. That's Heaven to Me
13. I Don't Want to Cry
14. Mean Old World
15. Summertime
16. That Lucky Old Sun
17. Mary Mary Lou
18. Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles
19. Today I Sing the Blues
20. Little Things You Do

Disc 2

1. Chain Gang
2. Wonderful World
3. You Were Made for Me
4. Lonely Island
5. Desire Me
6. Were You There?
7. Love You Most of All
8. Let's Go Steady Again
9. There, I've Said It Again
10. No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)
11. I Belong to Your Heart
12. Teenage Sonata
13. The Great Pretender
14. Love Me
15. Sad Mood
16. If I Had You (I'd Be Happy)
17. You Belong to Me
18. Goin' Home
19. That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' on
20. Nobody Knows You when You're Down & out

Disc 3

1. Cupid
2. Twistin' the Night Away
3. Bring It on Home to Me
4. Nothing Can Change This Love
5. Having a Party
6. Somebody Have Mercy
7. Trouble in Mind
8. Out in the Cold Again
9. Since I Met You, Baby
10. You're Always on My Mind
11. It's All Right
12. (Don't Fight It) Feel It
13. Sugar Dumpling
14. Twistin' in the Kitchen with Dinah
15. A Whole Lotta Woman
16. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
17. The Twist
18. Movin' & A-groovin'
19. Soothe Me
20. Twistin' in the Old Town Tonight