Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964

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Some 46 years after his first pop hit, and 39 years after his death, comes only the second attempt at a comprehensive Sam Cooke collection. Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 eclipses RCA's early-'80s The Man and His Music, going it better in running time but losing some important recordings -- "That's Heaven to Me" and "Soothe Me," arguably one of Cooke's most important songs -- in the process of summing up his career. From 1951's Soul Stirrers' gospel classic "Touch the Hem of His Garment" through to 1964's "A Change Is Gonna Come" and "Shake," we get highlights of Cooke's career presented in state-of-the-art digital audio; superior in every way possible to the audio quality of The Man and His Music. There's also annotation here -- which was totally lacking on the earlier CD -- by Peter Guralnick, which delves very effectively into the background of each song. And the producers have taken the trouble to be a little inventive in the programming -- it would have been easy enough to follow a strict chronological approach, but instead the disc opens and closes with tracks that reveal Cooke's gospel roots, which is pretty much where his music started and where it ended up, bookending his first hit with songs from his first session ever. AllMusicGuide

    1 Touch the Hem of His Garment
    2 Lovable
    3 You Send Me
    4 Only Sixteen
    5 (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons
    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 (What a) Wonderful World
    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 (Ain't That) Good News
    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 A Change Is Gonna Come
    30 Jesus Gave Me Water