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The Man Who Invented Soul (Box Set) (CD)

By: Sam Cooke (Artist)

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Sam Cooke Artist Snapshot:

In his brief yet luminous career, Sam Cooke made perhaps a dozen recordings that were milestones of soul, and laid the groundwork for most of the R&B-related music that would dominate the charts for decades afterward. Cooke's signature sound fused the passion of his beloved gospel music with a silky-smooth, assured pop-vocal style. As a singer, songwriter, and producer, he was one of the most important figures in both pop and soul music in the 20th century. In 1964, while still at the prime of his musical ability, Cooke was murdered in a California hotel--a sudden end for a gifted and influential artist.

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DISC 1 for The Man Who Invented Soul (Box Set) (CD) Album By Sam Cooke (Artist)
1   You Send Me
2   Summertime
3   For Sentimental Reasons
4   Desire Me
5   Lonely Island
6   You Were Made For Me
7   Win Your Love For Me
8   Love You Most Of All
9   Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
10   No One Can Take Your Place
11   Only Sixteen
12   With You
13   Crazy She Calls Me
14   I Got A Right To Sing The Blues
15   Comes Love
16   Ain't Nobody's Business
17   Little Things You Do
18   There, I've Said It Again
19   When I Fall In Love
20   Let's Go Steady Again
21   Wonderful World, (What A)
 
DISC 2 for The Man Who Invented Soul (Box Set) (CD) Album By Sam Cooke (Artist)
1   Chain Gang
2   I Belong To Your Heart
3   Teenage Sonata
4   Love Me
5   Sad Mood - (previously unreleased)
6   If I Had You (I'd Be Happy)
7   You Belong To Me
8   Sad Mood
9   Tenderness
10   That's It-I Quit-I'm Movin' On
11   Hold On
12   Cupid
13   Tenderness - (previously unreleased)
14   Don't Get Around Much Anymore
15   Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
16   Baby Won't You Please Come Home
17   Trouble In Mind
18   Out In The Cold Again
19   Exactly Like You
20   Since I Met You Baby
21   I'm Just A Lucky So And So
22   But Not For Me
23   You're Always On My Mind
24   Feel It, (Don't Fight It)
25   It's All Right
26   Twistin' The Night Away
27   One More Time
28   Don't Cry On My Shoulder
 
DISC 3 for The Man Who Invented Soul (Box Set) (CD) Album By Sam Cooke (Artist)
1   Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
2   Somebody Have Mercy
3   Sugar Dumpling - (original version)
4   Nothin' Can Change This Love - (unreleased version)
5   Talkin' Trash
6   Movin' And Groovin'
7   Soothe Me
8   Having A Party
9   Bring It On Home To Me
10   Whole Lotta Woman, A
11   I'm Gonna Forget About You
12   Nothing Can Change This Love
13   Baby, Baby, Baby
14   Send Me Some Lovin'
15   All The Way
16   Smoke Rings
17   I Wish You Love
18   Driftin' Blues
19   Little Girl
20   Cry Me A River
21   These Foolish Things
22   Frankie And Johnny
23   I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More
24   Another Saturday Night - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
25   Love Will Find A Way
26   Cool Train - (previously unreleased, stereo)
 
DISC 4 for The Man Who Invented Soul (Box Set) (CD) Album By Sam Cooke (Artist)
1   Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
2   Lost And Lookin'
3   Mean Old World
4   Please Don't Drive Me Away
5   I Lost Everything
6   Get Yourself Another Fool
7   Little Red Rooster
8   Laughin' And Clownin'
9   Trouble Blues
10   You Gotta Move
11   Fool's Paradise
12   Shake, Rattle & Roll
13   Intro / Feel It, (Don't Fight It)
14   Chain Gang
15   Cupid
16   It's All Right / For Sentimental Reasons
17   Twistin' The Night Away
18   Bring It On Home To Me
19   Somebody Have Mercy
20   Nothing Can Change This Love
21   Having A Party
 

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Review

Q (6/02, p.131) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Such hits as 'Only Sixteen', 'Cupid' and 'Wonderful World' kept on coming..."
Living Blues (1-2/01, p.82) - "...Superb..."
Mojo (Publisher) (7/02, p.123) - "...A joy, seamlessly mixing hit singles, 2 full-length albums and a handful of unreleased versions..."

Title Note

Includes a 30-page hard-bound color booklet.

Personnel includes: Sam Cooke (vocals); Al Chernet, Everett Barksdale, Clitton White, Don Armone (guitar); Charles Libove, Fred Fradkin, Max Cahn, Hinda Barnet (violin); Armand Kaproff, Frederick Sevkors, Jesse Ehrlich (cello); John Kelsom, Plas Johnson, William Green, King Curtis, Tate Houston (saxophone); Joseph Wilder, Ray Copeland, Steve Lipkins, Lou Oles, John T. Grimes (trumpet); Frank Saracco, Laurence Allpeter, Albert Godis, Eddie Bert (trombone); Hank Jones, Ernie Hayes, Morris Wechsler, Ernest Freeman, Raymond Johnson (piano); Billy Preston, Hugo Peretti, Nathan Griffen (organ); Lloyd Trotman, Milton Hinton, George Catlender, James Bond, Ray Pohlman (bass); Bunny Shawker, Jimmie Crawford, David Francis, Bobby Donaldson, Earl Palmer (drums, percussion).

Compilation producer: Paul Williams.

Engineers include: Al Schmitt, Dave Hassinger, Bob Simpson.

Principally recorded at RCA Studios, Hollywood, California and live at the Harlem Square Club, Harlem, New York. Includes liner notes by Michael Hill.

Digitally remastered by Bill Lacey.

Although this collection's title makes a weighty claim, a tour through this rich box set makes it clear hear how Sam Cooke's fusion of gospel and pop laid the groundwork for such seminal soul artists as Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and more recently Prince and D'Angelo. This four-disc collection is divided by era and kicks off with Cooke's initial leap from gospel sensation to secular star.

Alongside hits like "You Send Me" and "Only Sixteen" are more obscure cuts like "Desire Me" and "You Were Made for Me" that find Cooke managing to make staid, Mitch Miller-like vocal arrangements swing. Singles and album cuts from the RCA years (1960 to 1963) make up Discs Two and Three. Highlights include well-known classics ("Chain Gang," "Cupid"), Nat "King" Cole influenced saloon songs ("Out in the Cold Again"), and the occasional chestnut with religious roots ("Bring It on Home to Me"). Disc Four showcases the albums NIGHT BEAT and LIVE AT THE HARLEM SQUARE CLUB. Throughout these discs, Sam Cooke effortlessly tackles various musical genres including blues ("Little Red Rooster"), rock & roll ("Shake, Rattle & Roll"), folk ("Frankie and Johnny"), and standards ("Summertime").

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