Hits!

by Sam Cooke

Hits! cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collection of Sam Cooke's recordings spanning his Keen and RCA years, from 'You Send Me' to 'Twistin' the Night Away'. Cooke's light, precise tenor and his control of his own publishing made him the founding figure of soul as a commercial form.

Genres

Descriptors: male-vocals, soulful, melodic, retro, accessible

Tracklist

  1. Chain Gang
  2. Sad Mood (Unreleased Version)
  3. That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On
  4. Hold On
  5. Cupid
  6. It's All Right
  7. (Don't Fight It) Feel It
  8. Twistin' The Night Away
  9. Sugar Dumpling (Original Version)
  10. Having A Party
  11. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
  12. Bring It On Home To Me
  13. Soothe Me
  14. Nothing Can Change This Love
  15. Somebody Have Mercy
  16. Baby, Baby, Baby
  17. Send Me Some Lovin'
  18. Another Saturday Night (Previously Unreleased Take)
  19. Frankie And Johnnie
  20. Lost And Lookin'
  21. Little Red Rooster

Credits

  • Buzz Ravineau - compiled by, sequenced by
  • Michael Hill - liner notes
  • Paul Williams - producer

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