Sam Cooke (album)
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| Released | January or February 1958[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | 30:16 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues, traditional pop, swing | |||
| Label | Keen | |||
| Producer | Bumps Blackwell | |||
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (1958) | Peak position |
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| Billboard Top LPs[4] | 16 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
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