Twistin' the Night Away

by Sam Cooke

Twistin' the Night Away cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1962
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:22
  • Community rating: 4.06/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Propelled by its massive title track, this RCA Victor release was engineered specifically to capitalize on the international twist dance craze. It successfully merged Cooke's sophisticated rhythm and blues foundations with mainstream pop sensibilities, becoming one of the most commercially successful LPs of his career.

Genres

Descriptors: party, melodic, soulful, dance, charismatic, rhythmic, vocal, harmonies

Tracklist

  1. Twistin' the Night Away (2:41)
  2. Sugar Dumpling (2:19)
  3. Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah (2:11)
  4. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me (2:33)
  5. A Whole Lotta Woman (2:22)
  6. The Twist (2:30)
  7. Twistin' in the Old Town Tonight (2:10)
  8. Movin' and a'Groovin' (2:38)
  9. Camptown Twist (2:15)
  10. Somebody Have Mercy (2:58)
  11. Soothe Me (2:09)
  12. That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On (2:30)

Credits

  • Sam Cooke - primary artist, written-by
  • Rene Hall - arranged by, conductor
  • Sammy Lowe - conductor
  • Al Schmitt - engineer [recording]
  • Hugo & Luigi - producer, liner notes
  • Arthur Lee Reeves - written-by
  • Lattimore Brown - written-by
  • J. W. Alexander - written-by
  • Lowell Jordan - written-by
  • Hank Ballard - written-by
  • Mack David - written-by
  • Lou Rawls - written-by
  • Del Serino - written-by
  • Roy Alfred - written-by

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