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Sam Cooke

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Cover of HE'S SO WONDERFUL in 1957 - as Lovable, recorded at Cosimo Matassa's place in New Orleans, with Earl Palmer on drums; what was God in the original (and in the Soul Stirrers' version) became a woman with Sam solo; Lovable was Sam Cooke's first secular recording; reason why an alias was used (Dale Cook)
Cover of SUMMERTIME in 1957
Cover of SENTIMENTAL REASONS in 1957
Cover of BLUE MOON in 1958
Cover of I COVER THE WATERFRONT in 1958
Cover of MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT in 1958
Cover of LONESOME ROAD, THE in 1958
Cover of CANADIAN SUNSET in 1958
Cover of RUNNIN' WILD in 1958
Cover of TODAY I SING THE BLUES in 1958
Cover of ALMOST IN YOUR ARMS in 1958
Cover of TAMMY in 1958
Cover of AROUND THE WORLD (IN 80 DAYS) in 1958
Cover of THEME FROM ONE MINUTE TO ZERO in 1958 - idem
Cover of AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE THE POSITIVE in 1958
Cover of ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL in 1958
Cover of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' in 1958
Cover of STEAL AWAY (TO JESUS) in 1959
Cover of COMES LOVE in 1959
Cover of GOD BLESS THE CHILD in 1959
Cover of LOVER COME BACK TO ME in 1959
Cover of TAIN'T NOBODY'S BIZNESS IF I DO in 1959
Cover of THERE! I'VE SAID IT AGAIN in 1959
Cover of I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES in 1959 - as I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues
Cover of THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA in 1959
Cover of LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF in 1959
Cover of GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE in 1959
Cover of CRY in 1960
Cover of GET YOURSELF ANOTHER FOOL in 1960
Cover of I DREAM OF JEANIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN HAIR in 1960
Cover of MY GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK in 1960
Cover of SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT in 1960 - title track LP
Cover of LEILANI (WREATH OF HEAVEN) in 1960
Cover of WAYWARD WIND, THE in 1960
Cover of IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD in 1960
Cover of HOUSE I LIVE IN, THE in 1960
Cover of I'M WALKING BEHIND YOU in 1960
Cover of OL' MAN RIVER in 1960
Cover of BUT NOT FOR ME in 1961
Cover of SINCE I MET YOU BABY in 1961
Cover of TROUBLE IN MIND in 1961
Cover of DON'T FIGHT IT, FEEL IT in 1961 - hit US as Feel It
Cover of LITTLE GIRL BLUE in 1961
Cover of GOIN' HOME in 1961
Cover of I'M JUST A LUCKY SO-AND-SO in 1961
Cover of SONG IS ENDED (BUT THE MELODY LINGERS ON), THE in 1961
Cover of CAMPTOWN RACES, DE in 1961 - as Camptown Twist
Cover of OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN in 1961
Cover of CRY ME A RIVER in 1962
Cover of SOOTHE ME in 1962
Cover of DRIFTING BLUES in 1963
Cover of BASIN STREET BLUES in 1963
Cover of FOOL'S PARADISE in 1963
Cover of FRANKIE AND ALBERT / FRANKIE AND JOHNNY in 1963 - one year before getting shot at by some Frankie himself
Cover of RED ROOSTER, THE in 1963 - as Little Red Rooster
Cover of SEND ME SOME LOVIN' in 1963
Cover of SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL in 1963
Cover of SOMEDAY BABY BLUES in 1963 - as Trouble Blues
Cover of ALL THE WAY in 1963
Cover of NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I SEE in 1963
Cover of LOST AND LOOKIN' in 1963
Cover of MEAN OLD WORLD in 1963
Cover of SMOKE RINGS in 1963
Cover of QUE RESTE-T-IL DE NOS AMOURS in 1963
Cover of THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU) in 1963
Cover of AIN'T THAT GOOD NEWS in 1964 - knew The Pilgrim Travelers' version
Cover of NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT in 1964
Cover of THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT in 1964 - author
Cover of TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS in 1964 - Live At The Copa
Cover of WHEN A BOY FALLS IN LOVE in 1964 - overdubbing a track from '59
Cover of WILLOW WEEP FOR ME in 1964
Cover of BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE, THE in 1964 - Live At The Copa
Cover of I'M JUST A COUNTRY BOY in 1964 - posthumous on album Keep Movin' On
Cover of ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY in 1964
Cover of BILL BAILEY WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME in 1964
Cover of THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE in 1964
Cover of HOME (WHEN SHADOWS FALL) in 1964
Cover of MEET ME AT THE TWISTING PLACE in 1964 - author as Meet Me At Mary's Place on LP Ain't That Good News
Cover of BLOWIN' IN THE WIND in 1964
Cover of HAMMER SONG, THE in 1964
Cover of TENNESSEE WALTZ in 1964
Cover of THAT'S ALL in 1965 - posthumous release
Cover of TO EACH HIS OWN in 1965

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