You Send Me / Summertime

by Sam Cooke

You Send Me / Summertime cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: September 1957
  • Label: Keen
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 5:05
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marked a velvety smooth, highly successful transition from gospel to secular pop that essentially laid the stylistic groundwork for soul music. The flawless, airy vocal delivery made it an instant, cross-demographic sensation.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, ballad

Tracklist

  1. You Send Me (2:41)
  2. Summertime (2:24)

Credits

  • Sam Cooke - primary artist
  • L.C. Cook - written-by
  • Dubose Heyward - written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by

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