Sam Cooke 60 Essential Recordings 3CD Boxset

Sam Cooke ‎– 60 Essential Recordings

Disc 1
1. You Send Me
2. Only Sixteen
3. I’ll Come Running Back To You
4. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
5. Win Your Love For Me
6. Everybody Loves To Cha Cha
7. Touch The Hem Of His Garment (With The Soul Stirrers)
8. I Need You Now
9. Forever
10. Lovable
11. That’s All I Need To Know
12. That’s Heaven To Me (With The Soul Stirrers)
13. I Dont Want To Cry
14. Mean Old World
15. Summertime (Part 2)
16. That Lucky Old Sun
17. Mary Mary Lou
18. Jesus, Wash Away All My Troubles (With The Soul Stirrers)
19. Today I Sing The Blues
20. Little Things You Do

Disc 2
1. Chain Gang
2. Wonderful World
3. You Were Made For Me
4. Lonely Island
5. Desire Me
6. Were You There?
7. Love You Most Of All
8. Let’s Go Steady Again
9. There, I’ve Said It Again
10. No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)
11. I Belong To Your Heart
12. Teenage Sonata
13. The Great Pretender
14. Love Me
15. Sad Mood
16. If I Had You (I’d Be Happy)
17. You Belong To Me
18. Goin Home
19. That’s It-I-Quit-I’m Movin’ On
20. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out

Disc 3
1. Cupid
2. Twistin’ The Night Away
3. Bring It On Home To Me
4. Nothing Can Change This Love
5. Having A Party
6. Somebody Have Mercy
7. Trouble In Mind
8. Out In The Cold Again
9. Since I Met You, Baby
10. You’re Always On My Mind
11. It’s All Right
12. (Dont Fight It) Feel It
13. Sugar Dumpling
14. Twistin’ In The Kitchen With Dinah
15. A Whole Lotta Woman
16. Somebody’s Gonna Miss Me
17. The Twist
18. Movin’ And A-Groovin’
19. Soothe Me
20. Twistin’ In The Old Town Tonight

Sam Cooke was born in Clarksdale Mississippi where music was brewed in the family. Along with his eight siblings, he started his career at the age of six when he joined the Chicago group the Singing Children. This early exposure made him confident and he soon replaced gospel tenor R.H Harris as the lead singer of the gospel group the Soul Stirrers in 1950. Unlike many other contemporary African-American musicians, he didn’t rush into a pop career to increase his popularity. Rather, he attracted young listeners to the gospel genre through his soulful voice and sparkling personality.

During that time, there was a stigma against gospel singers performing secular music. So, when Cooke finally ventured into the pop territory with the release of his single ‘Lovable’ in 1956, he took cover under the pseudonym of ‘Dale Cook’. However, his voice was so well known by that time that he couldn’t dupe anyone for long. Cooke got blessings from the most unpredictable person, his pastor father, for his career in secular music and set out win over the world with his distinct voice: “My father told me it was not what I sang that was important, but that God gave me a voice and musical talent and the true use of His gift was to share it and make people happy.” It was during this time that he changed his name from Cook to Cooke — the additional ‘e’ marked the beginning of his new life.