2003 - Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

Sam Cooke

Black GospelEarly R&BGospelPop-SoulR&BSoul

2003 | DSF DSD64 | 31 tracks · 1:21:40

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Sam Cooke was constantly writing. On napkins. In the car. In hotel rooms and, later, in a notebook he kept, filled with his sketches as well as his lyrics. When he was still with the Soul Stirrers, his friend and fellow gospel singer, J.W Alexander, manager of the Pilgrim Travellers, bought him a book on songwriting, and he absorbed its lessons: the function of verse and chorus, how to construct a bridge, above all the importance of simplicity -the key to a good song, he always insisted, was to write a melody that even little children could hum. At first

Sam Cooke

1	Touch the Helm of His Garment	♡	2:01	Sam Cooke / The Soul Stirrers
2	Lovable	♡	2:24
3	You Send Me	♡	2:43
4	Only Sixteen	♡	2:01
5	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	♡	2:38
6	Just for You	♡	2:18
7	Win Your Love for Me	♡	2:46
8	Everybody Loves to Cha Cha	♡	2:41
9	I’ll Come Running Back to You	♡	2:12
10	You Were Made for Me	♡	2:53
11	Sad Mood	♡	2:38
12	Cupid	♡	2:36
13	Wonderful World	♡	2:07
14	Chain Gang	♡	2:34
15	Summertime	♡	2:20
16	Little Red Rooster	♡	2:52
17	Bring It on Home to Me	♡	2:42
18	Nothing Can Change This Love	♡	2:37
19	Sugar Dumpling	♡	2:42
20	(Ain’t That) Good News	♡	2:28
21	Meet Me at Mary’s Place	♡	2:41
22	Twistin’ the Night Away	♡	2:41
23	Shake	♡	2:50
24	Tennessee Waltz	♡	3:09
25	Another Saturday Night	♡	2:40
26	Good Times	♡	2:26
27	Having a Party	♡	2:35
28	That’s Where It’s At	♡	2:35
29	A Change Is Gonna Come	♡	3:11
30	Jesus Gave Me Water	♡	2:29	Sam Cooke / The Soul Stirrers
31	Soul [Hidden Track]	♡	4:27

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