60 Essential Recordings

Compilation by Sam Cooke

Released 2018

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
You Send Me
2:47
2
Only Sixteen
2:05
3
I’ll Come Running Back to You
2:14
4
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
2:40
5
Win Your Love for Me
2:47
6
Everybody Loves to Cha Cha
2:42
7
Touch the Hem of His Garment
The Soul Stirrers
2:04
8
I Need You Now
2:00
9
Forever
2:58
10
Lovable
2:26
11
That’s All I Need to Know
2:20
12
That’s Heaven to Me
The Soul Stirrers
2:26
13
I Don’t Want to Cry
2:47
14
Mean Old World
2:37
15
Summertime (Part 2)
2:24
16
That Lucky Old Sun
2:20
17
Mary Mary Lou
2:46
18
Jesus, Wash Away All My Troubles
The Soul Stirrers
2:08
19
Today I Sing the Blues
3:27
20
The Little Things You Do
2:14
CD 2
1
Chain Gang
2:37
2
Wonderful World
2:08
3
You Were Made for Me
2:55
4
Lonely Island
2:30
5
Desire Me
2:30
6
Were You There?
2:34
7
Love You Most of All
2:16
8
Let’s Go Steady Again
2:31
9
There, I’ve Said It Again
1:58
10
No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)
2:22
11
I Belong to Your Heart
2:18
12
Teenage Sonata
2:42
13
The Great Pretender
3:07
14
Love Me
2:21
15
Sad Mood
2:22
2.0 ★
16
If I Had You
2:19
17
You Belong to Me
2:45
18
Goin’ Home
3:08
19
That’s It, I Quit, I’m Movin’ On
2:32
20
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
3:23
CD 3
1
Cupid
2:27
2
Twistin’ the Night Away
2:38
3
Bring It On Home to Me
2:35
4
Nothing Can Change This Love
2:36
5
Having a Party
2:30
6
Somebody Have Mercy
2:57
7
Trouble in Mind
3:00
8
Out in the Cold Again
2:24
9
Since I Met You, Baby
3:03
10
You’re Always on My Mind
2:16
11
It’s All Right
2:40
12
(Don’t Fight It) Feel It
1:59
13
Sugar Dumpling
2:20
14
Twistin’ in the Kitchen With Dinah
2:10
15
A Whole Lotta Woman
2:22
16
Somebody’s Gonna Miss Me
2:34
17
The Twist
2:30
18
Movin’ and A‐Groovin’
2:37
19
Soothe Me
2:09
20
Twistin’ in the Old Town Tonight
2:12

More by Sam Cooke

Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964

Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964 2003

The Man and His Music

The Man and His Music 1986

Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 1985

Gospel in My Soul

Gospel in My Soul 1977

Release credits

Alfred Brown
violin [15]
Archie Levin
violin [15]
Ben Miller
violin [15]
Charles Libove
violin [15]
Clifton White
guitar [15]
David Nadien
violin [15]
Ernest Hayes
piano [15]
Everett Barksdale
guitar [15]
Fred Fradkin
violin [15]
Harry Lookofsky
violin [15]
Hinda Barnett
violin [15]
Hugo & Luigi
producer [15]
Hugo Peretti
producer [15]
Luigi Creatore
producer [15]
Max Cahn
violin [15]
Milt Hinton
bass [15]
Panama Francis
drums (drum set) [15]
Sam Cooke
lead vocals [15], producer [15]
Sammy Lowe
conductor [15]

Issues

6
60 Essential Recordings
3x CD
2018