The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Wonderful World
  2:07
  3.7 ★
• 2
  Win Your Love for Me
  2:56
• 3
  Touch the Hem of His Garment
  2:05
• 4
  Come and Go to That Land
  2:39
• 5
  Peace in the Valley
  2:46
• 6
  Forever
  2:59
• 7
  (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
  2:39
• 8
  Love You Most of All
  2:20
• 9
  I’ll Come Running Back to You
  2:15
• 10
  There, I’ve Said It Again
  2:00
• 11
  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  3:02
• 12
  Sad Mood
  2:40
  2.0 ★
• 13
  Pray
  2:12
• 14
  Crazy in Love With You
  2:37
• 15
  You Belong to Me
  2:43
• 16
  I’m Just a Country Boy
  4:04
• 17
  Today I Sing the Blues
  3:19
• 18
  The House I Live In
  3:22
• 19
  They Call the Wind Maria
  2:55
• 20
  That’s It, I Quit, I’m Movin’ On
  2:38
• CD 2
• 1
  You Send Me
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Desire Me
  2:29
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Nearer to Thee
  3:06
• 4
  How Far Am I From Canaan?
  2:54
• 5
  Lovable
  2:27
• 6
  That Lucky Old Sun
  2:22
• 7
  Lover Come Back to Me
  2:15
• 8
  Twilight on the Trail
  3:10
• 9
  Someday
  2:19
• 10
  Everybody Loves to Cha Cha
  2:39
• 11
  The Great Pretender
  3:09
• 12
  All of My Life
  2:26
• 13
  Lord Remember Me
  3:03
• 14
  When I Fall in Love
  2:45
• 15
  The Little Things You Do
  2:19
• 16
  Secret Love
  2:52
• 17
  She’s Funny That Way
  1:54
• 18
  I Cover the Waterfront
  2:15
• 19
  Cupid
  2:39
• 20
  No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)
  2:21
• CD 3
• 1
  Chain Gang
  2:43
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Only Sixteen
  1:56
• 3
  That’s Heaven to Me
  2:25
  1.5 ★
• 4
  Lonely Island
  2:31
• 5
  Teenage Sonata
  2:43
• 6
  It’s All Right
  2:47
• 7
  If I Had You
  2:15
• 8
  Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness (If I Do)
  2:28
  2.0 ★
• 9
  Jesus, I’ll Never Forget
  2:37
• 10
  My Foolish Heart
  2:20
• 11
  Summertime
  2:27
  3.4 ★
• 12
  Summertime, Part 2
  2:22
  4.0 ★
• 13
  I Thank God
  3:03
• 14
  Hey There
  2:36
• 15
  You Were Made for Me
  2:56
• 16
  Around the World
  1:59
• 17
  Let’s Go Steady Again
  2:34
• 18
  Do You Feel It (Don’t Fight It) Feel It
  2:02
  1.5 ★
• 19
  The Wayward Wind
  3:16
• 20
  Goin’ Home
  3:04

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Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964

Portrait of a Legend 1951–1964 2003

The Complete Specialty Recordings

The Complete Specialty Recordings 2002

Keep Movin’ On

Keep Movin’ On 2001

Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits 1998

The Rhythm and the Blues

The Rhythm and the Blues 1995

The Man and His Music

The Man and His Music 1986

Release credits

• Adolphus Alsbrook
  bass [1]
• Alfred Brown
  violin [12]
• Alicia Adams
  background vocals [1]
• Archie Levin
  violin [12]
• Ben Miller
  violin [12]
• Bumps Blackwell Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1]
• Charles Libove
  violin [12]
• Charles Parlato
  background vocals [1]
• Clifton White
  guitar [3.1, 3.11, 1.1, 1.12, 2.1]
• David Nadien
  violin [12]
• Dino Lapis
  engineer [1]
• Earl Palmer
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Ernest Hayes
  piano [12]
• Everett Barksdale
  guitar [12]
• Fred Fradkin
  violin [12]
• Glenn Osser
  conductor [3.1, 2.1]
• Harry Lookofsky
  violin [12]
• Hinda Barnett
  violin [12]
• Hugo & Luigi
  producer [12]
• Hugo Peretti
  producer [1.12, 3.1]
• Lee Gotch
  background vocals [1]
• Lou Adler
  producer [1]
• Luigi Creatore
  producer [3.1, 1.12]
• Max Cahn
  violin [12]
• Milt Hinton
  bass [12]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [12]
• René Hall
  conductor [1], guitar [1]
• Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
  producer [3.11, 2.1]
• Ronald Selico
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Sam Cooke
  lead vocals [2.1, 3.1, 3.11, 1.1, 1.12], producer [3.1, 1.1, 1.12]
• Sammy Lowe
  conductor [12]
• Sue Allen
  background vocals [1]
• Ted Brinson
  bass [1]
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Issues

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  The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

  3x CD
  22 October 2012