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Portrait Of A Legend: 1951-64 (CD)

By: Sam Cooke (Artist)
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Track Listing
DISC 1 for Portrait Of A Legend: 1951-64 (CD) Album By Sam Cooke (Artist)
1   Touch The Hem Of His Garment
2   Lovable
3   You Send Me
4   Only Sixteen
5   For Sentimental Reasons, (I Love You)
6   Just For You
7   Win Your Love For Me
8   Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
9   I'll Come Running Back To You
10   You Were Made For Me
11   Sad Mood
12   Cupid
13   Wonderful World, (What A)
14   Chain Gang
15   Summertime
16   Little Red Rooster
17   Bring It On Home To Me
18   Nothing Can Change This Love
19   Sugar Dumpling
20   Good News, (Ain't That)
21   Meet Me At Mary's Place
22   Twistin' The Night Away
23   Shake
24   Tennessee Waltz
25   Another Saturday Night
26   Good Times
27   Having A Party
28   That's Where It's At
29   Change Is Gonna Come, A
30   Jesus Gave Me Water
31   (untitled) - (hidden track)
 
Review

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.120) - Ranked #106 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "Cooke invented soul music, and his gospel-rooted vocal style, with its swooping transitions from silk to sandpaper, is one of the most influential of the last half-century..."
Q (12/03, p.148) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...This remastered SACD Best Of perfectly showcases the sweet innovations of the man many call the greatest singer of all time....Sublime..."

Title Note

Contains an untitled hidden track which follows "Jesus Gave Me Water."

Personnel includes: Sam Cooke (vocals); Clif White, Bobby Womack (guitar); Billy Preston (organ); Lou Rawls (background vocals).

Producers include: Bumps Blackwell, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, Rene Hall, Sam Cooke.

Compilation producers: Jody H. Klein, Teri Landi.

Includes liner notes by Peter Guralnick.

Sam Cooke was a giant not just in the soul world, but in the larger scheme of American music. His melding of soul, gospel, and pop was as trenchant as it was revolutionary and influential. This unbeatable 30-song compilation touches on every aspect of this phenomenally gifted singer-songwriter's career. The romantic croon of "You Send Me" shares space with the mournful "Sad Mood," the romping "Twistin' the Night Away," and the moving social/spiritual statement "A Change Is Gonna Come" (this compilation is one of the rare collections to have this stirring and sought-after track). For pure fun, it's hard to beat the humor-filled "Another Saturday Night." Perhaps the master stroke, though, is "Havin' a Party." As no less esteemed a personage than Bruce Springsteen once observed, it's an ostensibly celebratory song that seems to bear a deep sadness via Cooke's vocal performance, a sense of laughing to keep from crying. At the same time, Cooke manages the considerable feat of making loneliness sound like fun. It takes some kind of singer to pull off a trick like that. And it takes some kind of production team (take a bow, Teri Landi and Jody Klein) to bring such vibrant new life to the legendary material so lovingly remastered and repackaged for this top-shelf compilation.

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5 out of 5 stars A legend and american icon, May 7, 2008
By Funky Soul Man
He broke racial barriers and his legacy could contend against james brown as the godfather of soul. This a great cd/ great price. Secret songs awesome!

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