Sam Cooke discography
This is a listing of all of the singles and albums released by American R&B singer and songwriter, Sam Cooke. Over the course of his eight year career, Cooke charted twenty-nine Top 40 singles on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. He also charted twenty singles in the top ten of Billboard's R&B chart, Black Singles chart. Between 1957 and 1960, Sam Cook's records were produced on the Keen label. From 1960 through 1966. they were produced on the RCA label.
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[edit] Singles
The following lists Sam Cooke's major-label singles:
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | ||
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| U.S. Pop Singles | U.S. R&B Singles | U.K. Singles [1] | ||
| 1957 | "You Send Me" | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| "Summertime" | 81 | – | – | |
| "I'll Come Running Back to You" | 18 | 1 | – | |
| "Forever" | 60 | – | – | |
| "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" | 17 | 5 | – | |
| "Desire Me" | 47 | 17 | – | |
| 1958 | "Lonely Island" | 26 | 10 | – |
| "You Were Made for Me" | 39 | 7 | – | |
| "Win Your Love for Me" | 22 | 4 | – | |
| "Love You Most of All" | 26 | 12 | – | |
| 1959 | "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" | 31 | 2 | – |
| "Only Sixteen" | 28 | 13 | 23 | |
| "Summertime (Pt. 2)" | – | – | – | |
| "There, I've Said It Again" | 81 | 25 | – | |
| 1960 | "No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)" | 103 | – | – |
| "Teenage Sonata" | 50 | 22 | – | |
| "Wonderful World" | 12 | 2 | 27 | |
| "Chain Gang" | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| "Sad Mood" | 29 | 23 | – | |
| 1961 | "That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On" | 31 | 25 | – |
| "Cupid" | 17 | 20 | 7 | |
| "Feel It" | 56 | – | – | |
| "It's All Right" | 93 | – | – | |
| 1962 | "Twistin' the Night Away" | 9 | 1 | 6 |
| "Having a Party" | 17 | 4 | – | |
| "Bring It On Home to Me" | 13 | 2 | – | |
| "Nothing Can Change This Love" | 12 | 2 | – | |
| "Somebody Have Mercy" | 70 | 3 | – | |
| 1963 | "Send Me Some Lovin'" | 13 | 2 | – |
| "Baby, Baby, Baby" | 66 | – | – | |
| "Another Saturday Night" | 10 | 1 | 23 | |
| "Love Will Find a Way" | 105 | – | – | |
| "Frankie and Johnny" | 14 | 4 | 30 | |
| "Little Red Rooster" | 11 | 7 | – | |
| 1964 | "(Ain't That) Good News" | 11 | [A] | – |
| "Good Times" | 11 | [A] | – | |
| "Tennessee Waltz" | 35 | [A] | – | |
| "Cousin of Mine" | 31 | 40 | – | |
| "That's Where It's At" | 93 | – | – | |
| "A Change Is Gonna Come" | 31 | 9 | – | |
| 1965 | "Shake" | 7 | 4 | – |
| "It's Got the Whole World Shakin'" | 41 | 15 | – | |
| "When a Boy Falls in Love" | 52 | – | – | |
| "Ease My Troublin' Mind" | 115 | – | – | |
| "Sugar Dumpling" | 32 | 18 | – | |
| 1966 | "Let's Go Steady Again" | 97 | – | – |
| 1986 | "Wonderful World" (re-issue) | – | – | 2 |
| "Another Saturday Night" (re-issue) | – | – | 75 | |
- A^ Through a period between late 1963 and early 1965, Billboard Magazine did not publish an R&B singles chart.
[edit] Albums
The following is a listing of full-length albums released by Sam Cooke during his life and immediately thereafter. After his death, a number of compilations and anthologies were released by numerous labels and imprints to varying success. The most notable of these compilations are the 2003 anthology, Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964 and Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, a 2005 reissue (remixed, and with improved sound) of the title concert, first released in 1985.
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | |
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| U.S. | U.S. R&B | ||
| 1957 | Sam Cooke
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16 | [B] |
| 1958 | Encore
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| 1959 | Tribute To The Lady - Billie Holliday
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Hit Kit
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| 1960 | I Thank God
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Cooke's Tour
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Hits of the 50's
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The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke
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| 1961 | Sam Cooke (aka Swing Low)
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My Kind of Blues
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| 1962 | Twistin' the Night Away
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74 | |
The Best of Sam Cooke
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22 | ||
| 1963 | Mr. Soul
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94 | |
Night Beat
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62 | ||
| 1964 | Ain't That Good News
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34 | |
Sam Cooke at the Copa
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29 | 1 | |
| 1965 | Shake
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44 | 1 |
The Best of Sam Cooke, Volume II
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128 | 7 | |
Try a Little Love
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120 | – | |
- B^ Billboard Magazine did not introduce an R&B album chart until late 1964.
[edit] Notable Compact Disc reissues and compilations
Few of Cooke's original albums from the 50s and 60s made it to the medium of compact disc. Ownership of Cooke's material is split between RCA (roughly 1958-1963) and Abkco (post 1963) with each label releasing their own compilations and rarely cross-licensing (Portrait of a Legend, 1951-1964 being the one exception). The following list includes notable compact disc releases.
- Tribute To The Lady (1959, ABKCO)
- The Best of Sam Cooke (1962, RCA)
- One Night Stand! Live At The Harlem Square Club (1963, RCA)
- Night Beat (1963, RCA)
- Ain't That Good News (1964, ABKCO)
- At The Copa (1964, ABKCO)
- The Man and His Music (1986, RCA)
- Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story 1959-1965 (1994, ABKCO 2 CD set)
- The Rhythm and the Blues (1995, RCA)
- Greatest Hits (1998, RCA)
- The Man Who Invented Soul (2000, RCA 4 CD set)
- Keep Movin' On (2002, ABKCO)
- Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964 (2003, ABKCO)
- The Keen Records Story (2010, Not Now Music)
[edit] References
- ^ "Chart Stats - Sam Cooke". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=688. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
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