The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

~ Release by Sam Cooke (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Wonderful World
recording of:
Wonderful World
writer:
Lou Adler, Herb Alpert and Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music Ltd., ABKCO Music, Inc., Ardmore and Beechwood Ltd., Copyright Control, EMI Music Ltd. and 日本アブコ音楽出版
2:07
2Win Your Love for Me
recording of:
Win Your Love for Me
lyricist and composer:
L.C. Cooke
2:56
3Touch the Hem of His Garment
recording of:
Touch the Hem of His Garment
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
Venice Music, Inc.
2:06
4Come and Go to That Land
2:39
5Peace in the Valley
2:46
6Forever
3:00
7(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
cover recording of:
(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons
lyricist:
Ivory “Deek” Watson
composer:
William “Pat” Best
publisher:
MCA Duchess Music Corporation and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
2:39
8Love You Most of All
recording of:
Love You Most of All
composer:
Barbara Campbell
2:21
9I’ll Come Running Back to You
recording of:
I’ll Come Running Back to You
lyricist and composer:
Bill Cook
2:15
10There, I’ve Said It Again
cover recording of:
There I’ve Said it Again
writer:
Redd Evans and David Mann
publisher:
Campbell Connelly and Music Sales Corporation
2:01
11Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
cover recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music, Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
3:03
12Sad Mood
producer:
Sam Cooke, Luigi Creatore, Hugo & Luigi and Hugo Peretti
bass:
Milt Hinton
drums (drum set):
Panama Francis (, on 1960-10-01)
guitar:
Clifton White and Everett Barksdale (on 1960-10-01)
piano:
Ernest Hayes (on 1960-10-01)
violin:
Max Cahn, Hinda Barnett (on 1960-10-01), Alfred Brown (on 1960-10-01), Fred Fradkin (on 1960-10-01), Archie Levin (on 1960-10-01), Charles Libove (on 1960-10-01), Harry Lookofsky (on 1960-10-01), Ben Miller (on 1960-10-01) and David Nadien (on 1960-10-01)
lead vocals:
Sam Cooke
conductor:
Sammy Lowe
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1960-10-01)
recording of:
Sad Mood (on 1960-10-01)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
2:40
13Pray
2:12
14Crazy in Love With You
2:37
15You Belong to Me
2:44
16I’m Just a Country Boy
cover recording of:
I’m Just a Country Boy
writer:
Marshall Barer and Fred Brooks
4:05
17Today I Sing the Blues
cover recording of:
Today I Sing the Blues
writer:
Curley Hamner
composer:
Curtis Lewis
publisher:
Bess Music and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
3:20
18The House I Live In
cover recording of:
The House I Live In
lyricist:
Lewis Allan
composer:
Earl Robinson
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. and Music Sales Corporation
3:22
19They Call the Wind Maria
cover recording of:
They Call the Wind Maria (Paint Your Wagon)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
part of:
Paint Your Wagon (full musical)
2:55
20That’s It, I Quit, I’m Movin’ On
recording of:
That’s It, I Quit, I’m Movin’ On
writer:
Cirino Colacrai and Roy Alfred
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music and EMI Music Publishing France
2:38
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1You Send Me
producer:
Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
bass:
Ted Brinson (on 1957-06-01)
drums (drum set):
Earl Palmer (on 1957-06-01)
guitar:
Clifton White (on 1957-06-01) and René Hall (on 1957-06-01)
background vocals:
Charles Parlato, Alicia Adams (on 1957-06-01), Sue Allen (on 1957-06-01) and Lee Gotch (on 1957-06-01)
lead vocals:
Sam Cooke (on 1957-06-01)
orchestra:
Bumps Blackwell Orchestra (on 1957-06-01)
conductor:
Glenn Osser (on 1957-06-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Keen (in 1958)
recorded at:
Specialty Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1957-06-01)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 115)
recording of:
You Send Me (on 1957-06-01)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
additional writer:
L. C. Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc., Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd., ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, 日本アブコ音楽出版, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
2:48
2Desire Me
2:30
3Nearer to Thee
3:06
4How Far Am I From Canaan?
2:55
5Lovable
cover recording of:
Lovable
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
2:28
6That Lucky Old Sun
cover recording of:
That Lucky Old Sun
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1949)
composer:
Beasley Smith (in 1949)
publisher:
Beasley Smith Music, Haven Gillespie Music Publishing Co. and Robbins Music Corp.
2:23
7Lover Come Back to Me
cover recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell and Warner Bros., Inc. (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
2:16
8Twilight on the Trail
cover recording of:
Twilight on the Trail
writer:
Louis Alter and Sidney Mitchell
3:10
9Someday
cover recording of:
Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Hodges (in 1944)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation, MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. and Main Street Songs, Inc. (on 1944-12-29)
2:19
10Everybody Loves to Cha Cha
recording of:
Everybody Loves to Cha‐Cha‐Cha
writer:
Barbara Campbell
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (in 1959, in 1987)
2:40
11The Great Pretender
cover recording of:
The Great Pretender
lyricist and composer:
Buck Ram
publisher:
Panther Music Corp, Peermusic (UK) Ltd., Southern Music, Southern Music Publishing and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
3:09
12All of My Life
recording of:
All of My Life
composer:
Lou Adler and Herb Alpert
2:27
13Lord Remember Me
3:04
14When I Fall in Love
cover recording of:
When I Fall in Love
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Victor Young
publisher:
Avenue Music Co. Ltd., Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Intersong U.S.A., Northern Music, Victor Young Publishing, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
2:46
15The Little Things You Do
recording of:
Little Things You Do
composer:
James Woodie Alexander
2:20
16Secret Love
cover recording of:
Secret Love (song from “Calamity Jane”)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Chappell, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc., Warner Chappell North America and Warner Chappell North America Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. and Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
part of:
The 26th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1953 winner)
part of:
Calamity Jane (stage musical)
2:53
17She’s Funny That Way
cover recording of:
She’s Funny That Way
lyricist:
Richard A. Whiting (in 1928)
composer:
Neil Moret (in 1928)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI April Music Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Robbins Music Corp. and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
1:54
18I Cover the Waterfront
cover recording of:
I Cover the Waterfront
lyricist:
Edward Heyman
composer:
Johnny Green and Edward Heyman
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc.
2:16
19Cupid
recording of:
Cupid
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music Ltd., ABKCO Music, Inc. and Kags Music Corp.
2:40
20No One (Can Ever take Your Place)
2:22
3▼CD
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1Chain Gang
producer:
Sam Cooke, Luigi Creatore and Hugo Peretti
guitar:
Clifton White
lead vocals:
Sam Cooke
conductor:
Glenn Osser
additionally recorded at:
RCA Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1960-04-13)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 37)
recording of:
Chain Gang (Sam Cooke song)
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
2:44
2Only Sixteen
recording of:
Only Sixteen
writer:
Barbara Campbell
publisher:
ABKCO Music and Ardmore and Beechwood Ltd.
1:56
3That’s Heaven to Me
recording of:
That’s Heaven to Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music Ltd. and Kags Music Corp.
2:26
4Lonely Island
recording of:
Lonely Island
composer:
eden ahbez
2:32
5Teenage Sonata
recording of:
Teenage Sonata
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Barry
publisher:
Steeplechase Music
2:44
6It’s All Right
recording of:
It’s All Right
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
2:47
7If I Had You
2:16
8Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness (If I Do)
cover recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music and MCA Music Publishing
part of:
American Splendor
2:29
9Jesus, I’ll Never Forget
2:38
10My Foolish Heart
cover recording of:
My Foolish Heart
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young
arranger:
Les Harris
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music, Catharine Hinen Music, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Joy Music, Inc., Largo Music and Patti Washington Music
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:20
11Summertime
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2:27
12Summertime, Part 2
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
2:23
13I Thank God
3:04
14Hey There
cover recording of:
Hey There (The Pajama Game) (on 1960-03-23)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
publisher:
Frank Music (from 1954 until 2010), J & J Ross Co. (from 2011 to present) and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd. (from 2011 to present)
part of:
The Pajama Game (musical)
2:37
15You Were Made for Me
recording of:
You Were Made for Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
2:56
16Around the World
cover recording of:
Around the World (Around the World in 80 Days)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson and Stella Unger
composer:
Victor Young
part of:
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film soundtrack, main theme)
2:00
17Let’s Go Steady Again
recording of:
Let’s Go Steady Again
lyricist and composer:
James Woodie Alexander
2:34
18Do You Feel It (Don’t Fight It) Feel It
recording of:
Feel It
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
2:03
19The Wayward Wind
cover recording of:
The Wayward Wind
lyricist and composer:
Stan Lebowsky and Herb Newman
3:16
20Goin’ Home
3:05

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part of:The Absolute Essential 3 CD Collection (order: 18)