Name: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
Brand: COOKE,SAM
SKU: 85423
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Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

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Album: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	More Info...	2:01
2)	Lovable	More Info...	2:24
3)	You Send Me	More Info...	2:43
4)	Only Sixteen	More Info...	2:02
5)	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	More Info...	2:38
6)	Just For You	More Info...	2:19
7)	Win Your Love For Me	More Info...	2:46
8)	Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha	More Info...	2:41
9)	I'll Come Running Back To You	More Info...	2:13
10)	You Were Made For Me	More Info...	2:53
11)	Sad Mood	More Info...	2:39
12)	Cupid	More Info...	2:36
13)	Wonderful World	More Info...	2:07
14)	Chain Gang	More Info...	2:34
15)	Summertime	More Info...	2:20
16)	Little Red Rooster	More Info...	2:52
17)	Bring It On Home To Me	More Info...	2:42
18)	Nothing Can Change This Love	More Info...	2:37
19)	Sugar Dumpling	More Info...	2:43
20)	(Ain't That) Good News	More Info...	2:28
21)	Meet Me At Mary's Place	More Info...	2:41
22)	Twistin' The Night Away	More Info...	2:41
23)	Shake	More Info...	2:50
24)	Tennessee Waltz	More Info...	3:09
25)	Another Saturday Night	More Info...	2:40
26)	Good Times	More Info...	2:26
27)	Having A Party	More Info...	2:35
28)	That's Where It's At	More Info...	2:35
29)	A Change Is Gonna Come	More Info...	3:11
30)	Jesus Gave Me Water	More Info...	2:29
31)	Soul Spoken Word Hidden Track	More Info...	0:33

Album: Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	More Info...	2:01
2)	Lovable	More Info...	2:24
3)	You Send Me	More Info...	2:43
4)	Only Sixteen	More Info...	2:02
5)	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	More Info...	2:38
6)	Just For You	More Info...	2:19
7)	Win Your Love For Me	More Info...	2:46
8)	Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha	More Info...	2:41
9)	I'll Come Running Back To You	More Info...	2:13
10)	You Were Made For Me	More Info...	2:53
11)	Sad Mood	More Info...	2:39
12)	Cupid	More Info...	2:36
13)	Wonderful World	More Info...	2:07
14)	Chain Gang	More Info...	2:34
15)	Summertime	More Info...	2:20
16)	Little Red Rooster	More Info...	2:52
17)	Bring It On Home To Me	More Info...	2:42
18)	Nothing Can Change This Love	More Info...	2:37
19)	Sugar Dumpling	More Info...	2:43
20)	(Ain't That) Good News	More Info...	2:28
21)	Meet Me At Mary's Place	More Info...	2:41
22)	Twistin' The Night Away	More Info...	2:41
23)	Shake	More Info...	2:50
24)	Tennessee Waltz	More Info...	3:09
25)	Another Saturday Night	More Info...	2:40
26)	Good Times	More Info...	2:26
27)	Having A Party	More Info...	2:35
28)	That's Where It's At	More Info...	2:35
29)	A Change Is Gonna Come	More Info...	3:11
30)	Jesus Gave Me Water	More Info...	2:29
31)	Soul Spoken Word Hidden Track	More Info...	0:33

Performer Notes

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.
Personnel: Lou Rawls (vocals); Joseph R. Gibbons (guitar, banjo); Edgar Blanchard, Everett Barksdale, Ulysses Livingston, Glen Campbell, William Pitman, Bob King , Howard Roberts , Norman Bartold, George Collier, John Pisano, Leroy Crume, Rene Hall, Tommy Tedesco , Barney Kessel, Bobby Womack, Clifton White (guitar); John DeVoogdt, Darrel Terwilliger, Robert Barene, Marvin Limonick, Hinda Barnet, Archie Levin, Elliot Fisher, Joseph Saxon, Myron Sandler, Gareth "Garry" Nuttycombe, Harold Dicterow, Fred Fradkin, Ambrose Russo, Irving Lipschultz, Tibor Zelig, Jack Pepper, Ben Miller , Isadore Roman, Leonard Malarsky, Max Cahn, Alfred Brown , Marshall Sosson, Sidney Sharp, Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Charles Libove, David Nadien, Ralph Schaeffer, William Kurash, Harry Lookofsky (violin); Wilbert Nuttycombe, Alexander Neiman, Harry Hyams, Allan Harshman, Samuel Boghossian (viola); Joseph Coppin, Emmet Sargeant , Armand Karpoff, Cecil Figelski, Jesse Ehrlich, Frederick Seykora (cello); Jewell L. Grant, Edgar Redmond, John Kelson, Jr., Plas Johnson , Red Tyler, William Green (saxophone); John Anderson , Robert Bryant, Anthony Terran, Stu Williamson , Melvin Lastie (trumpet); William Hinshaw (French horn); Louise Blackburn, John Ewing , Dave Wells (trombone); Russell Bridges, Ernie Freeman, Edward Truman Beal, Harold Battiste, Jr., Warren Myles, Raymond Johnson, Ernie Hayes (piano); Billy Preston (organ); Emil Radocchia (marimba, timpani, percussion); Frank Capp, Eddie Hall, Hal Blaine (drums, percussion); Earl Palmer , Charles Blackwell, Ronald Selico, Panama Francis, Albert "Gentleman June" Gardner, John Boudreaux (drums); Mike Pacheco (congas); Jack Costanza (bongos); Julius Wechter (percussion); Tom Kenny, Doreen Tryden, Betty Jane Baker, Carol Lee Lombard, R.B. Robinson, Alicia Adams, Ralph Brewster, Jimmie Outler, S.S. Farley, Robert Tebow, Thomas L. Bruster, Jackie Ward, James Bryant, Sue Allen, Lee Gotch, J.J. Farley, Charles Parlato, Loulie Jean Norman, Paul Foster, Richard Gibbs, S.R. Crain, Sally Stevens, Jack Halloran (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Peter Guralnick.
Recording information: Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); Cosimo's Studio, New Orleans, LA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); Master Recorders, Hollywood, CA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); RCA Studio, New York, NY (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); Rex Productions, Los Angeles, CA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); Specialty Studios, Los Angeles, CA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); United Recording, Hollywood, CA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964); Universal Recorders, Hollywood, CA (03/01/1951-11/16/1964).
Arrangers: Jimmie Haskell; Rene Hall.
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.

Professional Reviews

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..."