Sam Cooke (album)

Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
Studio album by Sam Cooke
Released	January or February 1958
Recorded	30:16
Genre	Rhythm and blues, traditional pop, swing
Label	Keen
Producer	Bumps Blackwell
Sam Cooke chronology
Singles from Sam Cooke
	"You Send Me"; Released: September 7, 1957;

Sam Cooke is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on Keen Records in early 1958.^[1]^[2]^[3] The backing band is the Bumps Blackwell Orchestra.

Track listing

Side 1

"You Send Me" (Sam Cooke, originally credited to L.C. Cook) – 2:41
"The Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) – 2:31
"Tammy" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 3:30
"Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:39
"Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 2:40
"Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 2:57

Side 2

"Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin) – 2:25
"Around the World" (Harold Adamson, Victor Young) – 1:58
"Ain't Misbehavin'" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks) – 2:05
"The Bells of St. Mary" (A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) – 2:17
"So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher) – 2:38
"Danny Boy" (Frederic Weatherly) – 2:16
"That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) – 2:19

Personnel

On "You Send Me" and "Summertime"

Clifton White, René Hall – guitar
Ted Brinson – bass guitar
Earl Palmer – drums
Lee Gotch, The Pied Pipers – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1958)	Peak position
Billboard Top LPs^[4]	16

Notes

^ ^a ^b Editorial Staff, Billboard (January 13, 1958). "Sam Cooke". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Edwards, David; Callahan, Mike. "Keen/Andex/Famous Labels Album Discography". bsnpubs.com. Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide (6th ed.). London: Penguin Group. ISBN 9781440229169.
^ "Sam Cooke – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

[BillboardJan58-1] Editorial Staff, Billboard (January 13, 1958). "Sam Cooke". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[bsnpubs-2] Edwards, David; Callahan, Mike. "Keen/Andex/Famous Labels Album Discography". bsnpubs.com. Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 9, 2020.

[Goldmine-3] Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide (6th ed.). London: Penguin Group. ISBN 9781440229169.

[US-4] "Sam Cooke – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

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v t e Sam Cooke
Studio albums	Sam Cooke Encore Tribute to the Lady Cooke's Tour Hits of the 50's Swing Low My Kind of Blues Twistin' the Night Away Mr. Soul Night Beat Ain't That Good News Shake Try a Little Love
Live albums	Sam Cooke at the Copa Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
Collaboration albums	3 Great Guys
Compilations	Hit Kit I Thank God The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke The Best of Sam Cooke The Man and His Music Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964
Singles	"You Send Me" / "Summertime" "I'll Come Running Back to You" "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" "You Were Made for Me" / "Lonely Island" "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" "Only Sixteen" "There! I've Said It Again" "Wonderful World" "Chain Gang" "Sad Mood" "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" "Cupid" "Twistin' the Night Away" "Bring It On Home to Me" / "Having a Party" "Somebody Have Mercy" / "Nothing Can Change This Love" "Send Me Some Lovin'" "Another Saturday Night" "Frankie and Johnny" "Little Red Rooster" "Ain't That Good News" "Good Times" / "Tennessee Waltz" "That's Where It's At" "Shake" / "A Change Is Gonna Come"
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