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Wonderful World: The Very Best of Sam Cooke 1957-60

Wonderful World: The Very Best of Sam Cooke 1957-60

UPC: 604988015225

Format: CD (2 disc)

Release Date: Jan 21, 2011

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It might not seem so apparent these days, but Sam Cooke was an innovative stylist during his secular commercial peak, intimately merging R&B, gospel, and pop into what would eventually be called soul. It helped that he had a voice that could go from gravel to silk and back again, and he knew how to write a song, too, and had a firm grasp of the business side of music and publishing -- Cooke had a complete vision for his career and only his early death cut it short. This two-disc, 59-track set surveys most of that career (from 1957 to 1960 on the Specialty, Keen, and RCA labels) and includes Cooke's early classics with gospel group the Soul Stirrers ("Touch the Hem of His Garment," "That's Heaven to Me"), his secular pop hits ("You Send Me," "Only Sixteen," "Wonderful World," "Chain Gang"), and elegant covers of songs like "Jamaica Farewell," "Mona Lisa," and "The Great Pretender." What this set doesn't have are his two late-career gems "Bring It on Home to Me" and "A Change Is Gonna Come" and the joyous "Twistin' the Night Away," but aside from these, the Sam Cooke musical story is here. ~ Steve Leggett

Tracks:

Disc 1:
1 - Loveable
2 - You Send Me
3 - Summertime, Pt. 1
4 - I'll Come Running Back to You
5 - Forever
6 - (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
7 - Desire Me
8 - I Don't Want to Cry
9 - That's All I Need to Know
10 - You Were Made for Me
11 - Lonely Island
12 - All of My Life
13 - Win Your Love for Me
14 - Almost in Your Arms [Theme from Houseboat]
15 - Love You Most of All
16 - Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha
17 - Little Things You Do
18 - Only Sixteen
19 - Let's Go Steady Again
20 - There I've Said It Again
21 - No One Can Take Your Place
22 - Teenage Sonata
23 - If You Were the Only Girl in the World
24 - I Belong to Your Heart
25 - You Understand Me
26 - Wonderful World
27 - With You
28 - Chain Gang
29 - I Fall in Love Every Day
30 - Sad Mood
Disc 2:
1 - Touch the Hem of His Garment
2 - Ol' Man River
3 - So Long
4 - Danny Boy
5 - My Foolish Heart
6 - Today I Sing the Blues
7 - Blue Moon
8 - Comes Love
9 - Summertime, Pt. 2
10 - I Need You Now
11 - One Hour Ahead of the Posse
12 - That's Heaven to Me
13 - Steal Away
14 - Far Away Places
15 - Under Paris Skies
16 - South of the Border
17 - Jamaica Farewell
18 - Galway Bay
19 - House I Live In
20 - Hey There
21 - Mona Lisa
22 - Great Pretender
23 - Unchained Melody
24 - Wayward Wind
25 - Venus
26 - Love Me
27 - Just for You
28 - If I Had You (I'd Be Happy)
29 - You Belong to Me