Although it isn't as sublime as the definitive The Man and His Music, Greatest Hits still does a good job of rounding up the majority of Sam Cooke's biggest pop hits. Ironically, it doesn't have enough gospel or R&B cuts, skipping over such essentials as "Touch the Hem of His Garment," "Ain't That Good News," and "A Change Is Gonna Come" in favor of such pop hits as "Sugar Dumpling." However, it has just enough songs that aren't on The Man and His Music to make it worth exploring for fans who haven't been able to hear some of this material before, since some of these songs have been out of print for years. Nevertheless, it's targeted for the curious and the novice, and even with its omissions, Greatest Hits does provide a reasonably effective overview of his pop career.
First released in 1961 as a chart-busting single, Sam Cooke's original version of "Bring It On Home to Me" was a proper, polite R&B number. Easy tempo and smooth vocals belied most of Cooke's lyrical beggin' and pleadin', directed at a girl who cheated on him before saying goodbye.But on Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, with a sufficiently rowdy band and playing to an even rowdier audience...
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First released in 1961 as a chart-busting single, Sam Cooke's original version of "Bring It On Home to Me" was a proper, polite R&B number. Easy tempo and smooth vocals belied most of Cooke's lyrical beggin' and pleadin', directed at a girl who cheated on him before saying goodbye.But on Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, with a sufficiently rowdy band and playing to an even rowdier audience...
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Learned on WFUV this morning that it's Sam Cooke's birthday.I recall my first introduction to this song was on the soundtrack to the film "Animal House."My dad took me to see "Animal House" when I was 13. Profanity, nudity, binge-drinking. I loved every minute of it. Happy birthday, Sam.
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Can't ya hear them singin'Mm, I'm goin' home one of these daysI'm goin' home see my womanWhom I love so dearBut meanwhile I got to work right here(Well, don't you know)That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-angThat's the sound of the men working on the chain gangAll day long they're singin', mmMy, my, my, my, my, my, my, my work is so hardGive me water, I'm thirstyMy, my work is ...
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So this is going to be a short one because I have class tomorrow at 9 am but I figured I should 'mog' about something and the main music thing I've been digging lately is soul music. Something about Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, Booker T & the MG's and all that great stuff that is just so loose and energetic that it's just so timeless and fun. The looseness of all that ...
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