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Sam Cooke

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Aliases
Dale Cook
Real name
Samuel Cook
Born
January 22, 1931
Died
December 11, 1964
Country
United States
IPI
00004956193
00006711415 55 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
R&B, pop, and early soul singer. Cooke was also a songwriter. His death by gunshot in 1964 was ruled a justifiable homicide, but this conclusion has been questioned by many.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.
Member of
The Soul Stirrers
Family
Linda Womack Daughter
R.B. Greaves Nephew
L.C. Cooke Brother
Samona Cooke Daughter
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
March 1, 1964 (216 artists)
April 2, 1963 (77 artists)
December 28, 1962 Robert "Bilbo" Walker
July 1960 (47 artists)
Cool Train Sam Cooke July 9, 1963 Unverified
May 1961 (68 artists)
January 1959 (2 artists)
August 29, 1961 (4 artists)
March 1, 1964 (29 artists)
May 8, 1962 (27 artists)
November 18, 1957 (8 artists)
listen on Internet Archive February 1964 (2 artists)
January 1965 The Band
September 1963 (7 artists)
January 1959 Tim Chandell
March 1958 Gene Chandler
October 1958 (3 artists)
September 1963 Halley O'Malley
April 1962 Sims Twins
September 11, 1962 (18 artists)
Sampled by Common
January 9, 1962 Birds of a Feather
May 1959 (44 artists)
December 22, 1964 (52 artists)
January 1965 (2 artists)
April 1962 (13 artists)
April 1962 (2 artists)
February 1960 (3 artists)
June 1960 (5 artists)
February 14, 1961 (6 artists)
Sampled by Dickie Goodman
January 9, 1962 (70 artists)
July 1958 (8 artists)
April 14, 1960 (111 artists)
January 1965 (45 artists)
listen on Internet Archive September 1957 (124 artists)
March 1958 (4 artists)

Covers by Sam Cooke

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  November 1958 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
January 1958 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
March 1, 1964 (unknown)
Covered by (27 artists)
August 30, 2005 (unknown), Sam Cooke
February 1963 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
November 1958 Dinah Shore with Orchestra - Albert Sack, Conductor
January 1958 Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
April 1960 Renato Rascel e coro, Georgia Gibbs - With Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra
October 1961 Eva Taylor - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams
  April 1960 Juanita Hall PRF, Frank Sinatra REC
January 22, 1964 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
October 1964 Arthur Collins
  October 1964 Bob Dylan REC, The Chad Mitchell Trio REL
October 1958 Shirley Ross, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
May 8, 1962 Charles Brown & Amos Milburn
Covered by (220 artists)
  October 1961 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
January 1958 Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
February 1963 Joe Turner with Vann "Piano Man" Walls and His Orchestra
April 1959 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
  September 16, 1964 Bert Williams REC,REL, Marie Cahill PRF
April 1959 Billie Holiday
August 1960 Ruth Casey with Graham Prince Ensemble
February 1963 Julie London
January 1958 (unknown), Ernestine Schumann-Heink
  October 1961 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ink Spots REL
February 1963 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
  October 1961 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
  April 1960 Vic Damone - Glenn Osser's Orchestra REC, Margaret Whiting and The Crew Chiefs REL
September 1963 Johnny Fuller
February 1963 Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
  July 9, 1963 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
April 1960 Michael O'Higgins
September 1963 Charles Brown Trio
April 1959 Billie Holiday
Goin' Home Sam Cooke March 1961 Unverified
April 1959 Billie Holiday
March 1961 Edison Male Quartette
  August 1960 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
March 5, 1960 Jacques Brel avec André Popp et son orchestre
November 1958 Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Gracie Barrie
October 1964 The Weavers
February 1960 George Robey and Violet Loraine
September 1963 Charles Brown
December 1, 1957 Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
  January 1965 Frances Langford BRD, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC
March 1961 Harry Belafonte with Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
October 1961 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
August 1960 Dorothy Squires
November 1958 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
  April 1959 Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
February 1963 Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts, Keely Smith with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra
April 1960 (unknown), Harry Belafonte
March 1961 Lambert Murphy
  April 1959 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra REC, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BRD
February 1963 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Paul Small
October 1961 Gloria Grafton
September 1963 Howlin' Wolf
April 1960 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra directed by Axel Stordahl
March 1961 (unknown)
September 1963 Lou Rawls and Les McCann Ltd.
February 1957 Sister Jessie Mae Renfro
  April 1959 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
April 1959 Billie Holiday
July 1958 (unknown)
November 1958 The Sparks [US]
October 1964 Jack Payne & His Band, Deek Watson and His Brown Dots, Sam Cooke (Bumps Blackwell Orch.)
March 1, 1964 Johnnie Morisette
August 1960 Sergio De Karlo, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra - Vocal by Tommy Lynn
January 1958 Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
  November 1958 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
September 1963 Tuskegee Institute Singers
  October 1961 Jimmie Cox PRF, Blind Bobby Baker and His Guitar REC,REL
November 1958 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra, Connie Haines and The Pied Pipers
  January 1958 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
October 1961 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Kenneth Sargent
September 1963 Charles Brown
March 1, 1964 Johnny Russell, Johnnie Taylor - Arr. & Cond. by René Hall
November 1958 Joe Samuels' Jazz Band
  August 1960 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
December 28, 1962 Leo Price, Little Richard
September 1963 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
April 1959 Gene Austin
October 1961 Ivory Joe Hunter
February 1963 Casa Loma Orchestra
April 1959 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
January 1958 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
August 30, 2005 Sam Cooke
November 1958 Elton Britt
April 1962 Sims Twins
April 1960 Billy Cotton and His Band
June 1960 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   September 1957 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
April 1960 Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by The Debutantes and Muzzy Marcellino
March 1961 Standard Quartette
April 1959 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five), Anna Meyers and Original Memphis Five
  January 1958 Debbie Reynolds REL,BRD
  March 1, 1964 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
January 1958 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
January 1966 Nat "King" Cole
September 16, 1964 Sims Twins
listen on Internet Archive January 1958 Mr. Herbert Payne (Ernest Pike)
  October 1964 George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger REC, Mary Lawlor and John Price Jones PRF
  April 1960 Julie Wilson [US] PRF, Louis Prima and His Orchestra - Vocal by Louis Prima REC,REL
August 1960 The Platters
November 1958 Jack Payne with His Orchestra (Vocalist: Jane Lee)
April 1960 Earl Robinson
April 1960 Kay Cee Jones with Orchestra conducted by Lou Raderman
January 1958 Gene Austin
September 1959 Benny Carter and His Orchestra - Vocal by Roy Felton
March 1, 1964 (unknown)
  February 1963 Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
August 1960 (unknown), Percy Faith & His Orch., featuring Felicia Sanders
October 1961 Sam Lanin and His Troubadours
April 1962 Hank Ballard and The Midnighters
August 1960 Gogi Grant - Orch. under direction of Buddy Bregman
March 1961 Rufus Smith and Ensemble
  April 1959 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
October 1964 St. Paul Baptist Choir, (unknown)
November 1958 Helen Humes and Buck Clayton's Orchestra
August 1960 Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louanne Hogan
September 1963 Charles Brown Trio
October 1961 Thelma La Vizzo
  March 1961 Bing Crosby REC,REL, Fuzzy Knight, aided by Nigel Bruce (humming) and Fred MacMurray (whistling) BRD
  August 1960 Liberace REL, Todd Duncan BRD
April 1960 Jean Bretonnière BRD, Jacques Hélian et son orchestre REC,REL, Georgia Gibbs with Orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser
August 1960 Frankie Avalon - Orch. & Chor. directed by Peter De Angelis
November 1958 Victor Young, Jeri Southern with Victor Young and His Orchestra
February 1963 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
September 1963 The Willing Four
Covered by Kyle Richards
October 1961 Johnnie Morisette
  January 1965 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
August 1960 Angèle Durand, The Ames Brothers

Sampled songs

Songs written by Sam Cooke

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
A Change Is Gonna Come Sam Cooke Sam Cooke December 21, 1963 Covered by (216 artists)
Another Saturday Night Sam Cooke Sam Cooke April 2, 1963 Covered by (77 artists)
Baby, Baby, Baby Sam Cooke Sam Cooke December 28, 1962 Covered by Robert "Bilbo" Walker
Be with Me Jesus Sam Cooke The Soul Stirrers February 1955 Covered by Al Green
Cha Cha Cha Sam Cooke Sam Cooke January 7, 1959 Covered by (2 artists)
Chain Gang Sam Cooke Sam Cooke January 25, 1960 Covered by (47 artists)
Cool Train Sam Cooke Sam Cooke July 9, 1963 Unverified
Cupid Sam Cooke Sam Cooke May 1961 Covered by (68 artists)
Dance What You Wanna Sam Cooke, Clifton White, J.W. Alexander Clifton White 1962 Covered by (3 artists)
Feel It Sam Cooke Sam Cooke August 29, 1961 Covered by (4 artists)
Good Times Sam Cooke Sam Cooke March 1, 1964 Covered by (29 artists)
Having a Party Sam Cooke Sam Cooke April 26, 1962 Covered by (27 artists)
I'm Alright Sam Cooke, Little Anthony Little Anthony and The Imperials July 1959 Covered by (10 artists)
I'm Gonna Forget About You Sam Cooke Sam Cooke August 23, 1962 Covered by (2 artists)
I'm Thankful Sam Cooke, Steve Alaimo, J.W. Alexander Steve Alaimo with Riley Hampton Orch. August 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
In My Heart Sam Cooke, J.W. Alexander Johnny Morisette April 1960 Covered by Lou Rawls - Orchestra under the direction of René Hall
It's Got the Whole World Shakin' Sam Cooke Sam Cooke January 1965 Covered by The Band
Jesus Be a Fence Around me Sam Cooke The Soul Stirrers 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
Laughin' and Clownin' Sam Cooke Sam Cooke February 23, 1963 Covered by (7 artists)
Love You Most of All Sam Cooke Sam Cooke - Bumps Blackwell & His Orch. June 1958 Covered by (3 artists)
Mean Old World Sam Cooke Sam Cooke September 1963 Covered by Halley O'Malley
Meet Me at the Twistin' Place Sam Cooke Johnnie Morisette January 4, 1962 Covered by (9 artists)
Movin' and a'Groovin' Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls Sam Cooke - Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall February 19, 1962 Covered by Sims Twins
Never (Come Running Back to You) Sam Cooke, J.W. Alexander Johnnie Morisette April 1960 Covered by Sims Twins
Nobody Loves Me Like You Sam Cooke The Flamingos March 1960 Covered by (3 artists)
Nothing Can Change This Love Sam Cooke Sam Cooke August 25, 1962 Covered by (18 artists)
One More Time Sam Cooke Sam Cooke - Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall December 15, 1961 Covered by Birds of a Feather
Only Sixteen Sam Cooke Sam Cooke January 4, 1959 Covered by (44 artists)
Put Me Down Easy Sam Cooke L.C. - Arranged & Conducted by Renè Hall 1963 Covered by (2 artists)
Shake Sam Cooke Sam Cooke November 16, 1964 Covered by (52 artists)
Sho' Miss You Baby Sam Cooke, Edward Lyons Johnnie Morisette July 1962 Covered by (2 artists)
(Somebody) Ease My Troublin' Mind Sam Cooke Sam Cooke January 1965 Covered by (2 artists)
Somebody Have Mercy Sam Cooke Sam Cooke - Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall February 15, 1962 Covered by (13 artists)
Soothe Me Sam Cooke Sims Twins June 5, 1961 Covered by (14 artists)
Stand by Me Father Sam Cooke, Junior Parker, J.W. Alexander The Soul Stirrers October 1959 Covered by (3 artists)
Sugar Dumpling Sam Cooke Sam Cooke - Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall February 15, 1962 Covered by (2 artists)
Take Me For What I Am Sam Cooke L.C. Cooke 1963 Unverified
That's Heaven to Me Sam Cooke Sam Cooke December 2, 1959 Covered by (5 artists)
That's Where It's At Sam Cooke, J.W. Alexander Sims Twins December 22, 1962 Covered by (20 artists)
Touch the Hem of his Garment Sam Cooke The Soul Stirrers February 2, 1956 Covered by (5 artists)
Twistin' the Night Away Sam Cooke Sam Cooke - Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall December 18, 1961 Covered by (70 artists)
When a Boy Falls in Love Sam Cooke, Clint Lavert Mel Carter May 1963 Covered by (4 artists)
Win Your Love for Me Sam Cooke Sam Cooke June 22, 1958 Covered by (8 artists)
Wonderful World Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert, Lou Adler Sam Cooke March 2, 1959 Covered by (111 artists)
Yeah Man Sam Cooke Sam Cooke March 25, 1964 Covered by (45 artists)
You Send Me Sam Cooke Sam Cooke (Bumps Blackwell Orch.) June 1, 1957 Covered by (124 artists)
You Were Made for Me Sam Cooke Sam Cooke November 26, 1957 Covered by (4 artists)

Adapted songs

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Another Saturday Night Sam Cooke April 2, 1963 RCA Victor
Blue Moon Sam Cooke - Bumps Blackwell & His Orch. October 1958 Keen
Bring It on Home to Me Sam Cooke May 8, 1962 RCA Victor
Chain Gang Sam Cooke July 1960 RCA Victor
Cupid Sam Cooke May 1961 RCA Victor
Desire Me Sam Cooke December 1, 1957 Keen
Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha Sam Cooke January 1959 Keen
Feel It Sam Cooke August 29, 1961 RCA Victor
Feel It Sam Cooke January 1966 RCA Victor
Frankie and Johnny Sam Cooke July 9, 1963 RCA Victor
Good News Sam Cooke January 22, 1964 RCA Victor
I'll Come Running Back to You Sam Cooke with René Hall's Orch. November 18, 1957 Specialty
Little Red Rooster Sam Cooke October 8, 1963 RCA Victor
Lovable Dale Cook February 1957 Specialty
Only Sixteen Sam Cooke May 1959 Keen
Send Me Some Lovin' Sam Cooke December 28, 1962 RCA Victor
Shake Sam Cooke December 22, 1964 RCA Victor
Somebody Have Mercy Sam Cooke September 11, 1962 RCA Victor
Sugar Dumpling Sam Cooke July 6, 1965 RCA Victor
'T Ain't Nobody's Bizness (If I Do) Sam Cooke January 1960 Keen
Teenage Sonata Sam Cooke February 1960 RCA Victor
That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On Sam Cooke February 14, 1961 RCA Victor
That's Where It's At Sam Cooke September 16, 1964 RCA Victor
There I've Said It Again Sam Cooke with Don Ralke's Orchestra September 1959 Keen
Twistin' The Night Away Sam Cooke - Orchestra conducted by Rene Hall January 9, 1962 RCA Victor
Win Your Love for Me Sam Cooke July 1958 Keen
Wonderful World Sam Cooke April 14, 1960 Keen
You Send Me Sam Cooke (Bumps Blackwell Orch.) September 1957 Keen
You Understand Me Sam Cooke March 5, 1960 RCA Victor
You Were Made for Me Sam Cooke March 1958 Keen

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Reported errors

# Reported by Reported on Status Last update
#39086 Stephan Koenig 2009-05-11 15:47:27 UTC processed 2011-02-09 01:20:25 UTC by tsk
#408021 crappy 2024-01-25 21:01:09 UTC rejected 2024-01-25 22:34:00 UTC by sebcat

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