Sam Cooke (album)

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Sam Cooke
Studio album by
Sam Cooke
ReleasedJanuary or February 1958[1][2]
Recorded30:16
GenreRhythm and blues, traditional pop, swing
LabelKeen
ProducerBumps Blackwell
Sam Cooke chronology
Sam Cooke
(1958) 		Encore
(1958)
Singles from Sam Cooke
  1. "You Send Me"
    Released: September 7, 1957

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
  1. "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke, originally credited to L.C. Cook) – 2:41
  2. "The Lonesome Road" (Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) – 2:31
  3. "Tammy" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 3:30
  4. "Ol' Man River" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:39
  5. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 2:40
  6. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 2:57
Side 2
  2. "Summertime" (DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin) – 2:25
  3. "Around the World" (Harold Adamson, Victor Young) – 1:58
  4. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks) – 2:05
  5. "The Bells of St. Mary" (A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) – 2:17
  6. "So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher) – 2:38
  7. "Danny Boy" (Frederic Weatherly) – 2:16
  8. "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
Billboard Top LPs[4] 16

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Editorial Staff, Billboard (January 13, 1958). "Sam Cooke". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Edwards, David; Callahan, Mike. "Keen/Andex/Famous Labels Album Discography". bsnpubs.com. Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide (6th ed.). London: Penguin Group. ISBN 9781440229169.
  4. ^ "Sam Cooke – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
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