Sam Cooke - The Best of Sam Cooke [Paradiso]

Title: The Best of Sam Cooke [Paradiso] Artist: Sam Cooke Release Date: 2002 Label: Paradiso Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 5410504078125, 632427996927 Genre: Rhythm & Blues Styles: Soul, Early R&B, Gospel, Black Gospel, Pop-Soul, Uptown Soul Moods: Confident, Elegant, Joyous, Passionate, Relaxed, Carefree, Cheerful, Gentle, Romantic, Smooth, Amiable/Good-Natured, Earnest, Energetic, Exuberant, Happy, Laid-Back/Mellow, Light, Plaintive, Refined/Mannered, Soothing, Stylish, Sweet, Brooding, Lively, Playful, Sophisticated, Yearning, Innocent, Poignant, Reflective, Searching, Sensual, Sentimental, Spiritual, Warm Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. You Send Me
2. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
3. You Were Made for Me
4. Win Your Love (For Me)
5. Love You Most of All
6. Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
7. Only Sixteen
8. Wonderful World
9. Chain Gang
10. Sad Mood
11. That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On
12. Cupid
13. Twistin' the Night Away
14. Having a Party
15. Bring It on Home to Me
16. Sugar Dumpling [Original Version]
17. Nothing Can Change This Love
18. Somebody Have Mercy
19. Send Me Some Lovin'
20. Frankie and Johnny
21. Little Red Rooster

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Paradiso 781

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The problem with issuing compilations of Sam Cooke material is one of licensing, since his early gospel work with the Soul Stirrers is owned chiefly by Specialty Records; his first secular pop hits like "You Send Me," "(What A) Wonderful World," and "Only Sixteen" are owned by Keen Records, his middle pop period and songs like "Chain Gang," "Cupid," "Twistin' the Night Away," "Having a Party," and "Bring It on Home to Me" are owned by RCA Records, and recorded material from the last year of his life, which includes the magnificent "A Change Is Gonna Come," is controlled by ABKCO Records. Any collection hoping to make a full survey of Cooke's career is thus extremely difficult to assemble. This set, which duplicates the track listing and sequence of 1998's Greatest Hits CD issue, draws from his RCA output, with "You Send Me," "(What A) Wonderful World," and "Only Sixteen" added from the Keen years. Notably absent is the ABKCO single "A Change Is Gonna Come," arguably Cooke's greatest song, and the one where he came closest to combining the gospel and secular sides of his nature. The story told here -- great as it is -- is therefore incomplete. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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