The Man Who Invented Soul

by Sam Cooke

The Man Who Invented Soul cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 26 September 2000
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 4:30:07
  • Community rating: 4.26/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Four-disc box set of Cooke's RCA recordings, covering 1960 to 1965 from 'Chain Gang' through 'A Change Is Gonna Come'. Released by RCA, it takes its title from Cooke's role in shaping soul singing.

Genres

Descriptors: compilation, male-vocals, soulful, orchestral, spirituality

Tracklist

  1. You Send Me (2:42)
  2. Summertime (Pt. 1) (2:20)
  3. For Sentimental Reasons (2:37)
  4. Desire Me (2:24)
  5. Lonely Island (2:28)
  6. You Were Made For Me (2:56)
  7. Win Your Love For Me (2:31)
  8. Love You Most Of All (2:16)
  9. Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha (2:40)
  10. No One Can Take Your Place (2:19)
  11. Only Sixteen (2:11)
  12. With You (2:35)
  13. Crazy She Calls Me (2:32)
  14. I Got A Right To Sing The Blues (2:31)
  15. Comes Love (2:28)
  16. Ain't Nobody's Business (2:24)
  17. Little Things You Do (2:14)
  18. There, I've Said It Again (1:58)
  19. When I Fall In Love (2:42)
  20. Let's Go Steady Again (2:30)
  21. (What A) Wonderful World (2:05)
  22. Chain Gang (2:39)
  23. I Belong To Your Heart (2:16)
  24. Teenage Sonata (2:40)
  25. Love Me (2:20)
  26. Sad Mood (2:31)
  27. If I Had You (I'd Be Happy) (2:22)
  28. You Belong o Me (2:43)
  29. Sad Mood (2:36)
  30. Tenderness (2:19)
  31. That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On (2:30)
  32. Hold On (2:46)
  33. Cupid (2:34)
  34. Tenderness (2:24)
  35. Don't Get Around Much Any More (3:10)
  36. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (3:23)
  37. Baby Won't You Please Come Home (2:11)
  38. Trouble In Mind (2:58)
  39. Out In The Cold Again (2:23)
  40. Exactly Like You (2:07)
  41. Since I Met You Baby (3:02)
  42. I'm Just a Lucky So and So (3:14)
  43. But Not For Me (2:31)
  44. You're Always On My Mind (2:15)
  45. (Don't Fight It) Feel It (1:59)
  46. It's All Right (2:44)
  47. Twistin' the Night Away (2:39)
  48. One More Time (2:24)
  49. Don't Cry On My Shoulder (2:42)
  50. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me (2:40)
  51. Somebody Have Mercy (2:55)
  52. Sugar Dumpling (Original Version) (2:15)
  53. Nothin' Can Change This Love (2:13)
  54. Talkin' Trash (2:12)
  55. Movin' and Groovin' (2:53)
  56. Soothe Me (2:16)
  57. Having a Party (2:33)
  58. Bring It On Home to Me (2:42)
  59. A Whole Lotta Woman (2:31)
  60. I'm Gonna Forget About You (2:27)
  61. Nothin' Can Change This Love (2:36)
  62. Baby, Baby, Baby (2:27)
  63. Send Me Some Lovin' (2:45)
  64. All the Way (3:27)
  65. Smoke Rings (3:23)
  66. I Wish You Love (2:22)
  67. Driftin' Blues (3:15)
  68. Little Girl (2:34)
  69. Cry Me A River (2:46)
  70. These Foolish Things (3:58)
  71. Frankie And Johnnie (2:43)
  72. I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More (2:22)
  73. Another Saturday Night (2:43)
  74. Love Will Find A Way (2:15)
  75. Cool Train (2:31)
  76. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen (3:25)
  77. Lost and Lookin' (2:13)
  78. Mean Old World (3:49)
  79. Please Don't Drive Me Away (2:15)
  80. I Lost Everything (3:26)
  81. Get Yourself Another Fool (4:07)
  82. Little Red Rooster (2:53)
  83. Laughin' and Clownin' (3:38)
  84. Trouble Blues (3:24)
  85. You Gotta Move (2:40)
  86. Fool's Paradise (2:35)
  87. Shake, Rattle And Roll (3:29)
  88. Intro/(Don't Fight It)Feel It (3:46)
  89. Chain Gang (Live at the Harlem Square Club, Miami, FL - January 1963) (3:12)
  90. Cupid (2:46)
  91. It's All Right/For Sentimental Reasons (5:13)
  92. Twistin' The Night Away (4:17)
  93. Somebody Have Mercy (7:16)
  94. Bring It On Home To Me (3:03)
  95. Nothin' Can Change This Love (3:46)
  96. Having A Party (5:25)

Credits

  • Sam Cooke - primary artist, written-by, written-by, written by
  • Buzz Ravineau - compiled by [compiled and sequenced by]
  • Hugo & Luigi - producer, supervised by
  • Rob Santos - co-producer [assistance]
  • Paul Williams - compilation producer
  • Bill Lacey - engineer [audio restoration]
  • Mike Hartry - engineer [digital transfers]
  • Michael Hill - liner notes [essay]
  • DuBose Heyward - written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Deek Watson - written-by
  • William Best - written-by
  • Bruce Culver - written-by
  • Eden Ahbez - written-by
  • Carl Sigman - written-by
  • Sidney Keith Russell - written-by
  • Harold Arlen - written-by
  • Ted Koehler - written-by
  • Charles Tobias - written-by
  • Lew Brown - written-by
  • Sam H. Stept - written-by
  • Clarence Williams - written-by
  • Graham Prince - written-by
  • Porter Grainger - written-by
  • J. W. Alexander - written-by
  • David Mann - written-by
  • Redd Evans - written-by
  • Edward Heyman - written-by
  • Victor Young - written-by
  • Herb Alpert - written-by
  • Lou Adler - written-by
  • Charles Cook - written-by
  • Jacques Brel - written-by
  • Jeff Barry - written-by
  • Del Serino - written-by
  • Roy Alfred - written-by
  • Don Covay - written-by
  • John Berry - written-by
  • Bob Russell - written-by
  • Duke Ellington - written-by
  • Jimmy Cox - written-by
  • Charles Warfield - written-by
  • Richard M. Jones - written-by
  • Rube Bloom - written-by
  • Dorothy Fields - written-by
  • Jimmy McHugh - written-by
  • Ivory Joe Hunter - written-by
  • Mack David - written-by
  • Ira Gershwin - written-by
  • Pat Kennedy - written-by
  • Turk Prujan - written-by
  • Arthur Lee Reeves - written-by
  • Lattimore Brown - written-by
  • Zelda Samuels - written-by
  • Lou Rawls - written-by
  • Lowell Jordan - written-by
  • John Marascalco - written-by
  • Leo Price - written-by
  • Jimmy Van Heusen - written-by
  • Sammy Cahn - written-by

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