Sam's Albums

Sam Cooke (1957)

Releases

• Keen A-2001 (US Mono, 1958)
• HMV CLP 1261 (UK Mono, 1958)

Songs

• You Send Me
• The Lonesome Road
• Tammy
• Ol' Man River
• Moonlight In Vermont
• Canadian Sunset
• Summertime
• Around The World
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• The Bells of St. Mary's
• So Long
• Danny Boy
• That Lucky Old Sun

Encore (1958)

Releases

• Keen A-2003 (LP & CD, Mono)
• HMV CLP 1273 (U.K. LP)
• ACKGET8052

Songs

• Oh, Look At Me Now
• Somebody
• Along the Navajo Trail
• Running Wild
• Accentuate The Positive
• Mary, Mary Lou
• When I Fall In Love
• I Cover The Waterfront
• My Foolish Heart
• Today, I Sing The Blues
• The Gypsy
• It's The Talk Of The Town

Tribute to the Lady (1959)

Releases

• Keen 2004 (1959)
• ABKCO 2003
• STARCALL/RCA HY 1030 (U.K., 1976)

Songs

• God Bless The Child
• She's Funny That Way
• I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues
• Good Morning, Heartache
• Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
• Comes Love
• Lover Girl
• Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
• Lover, Come Back To Me
• Solitude
• They Can't Take That Away From Me
• Crazy In Love With You

Hit Kit

Releases

• Keen 86101 (U.S., 1959)

Songs

• Only Sixteen
• All Of My Life
• Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
• Blue Moon
• Win Your Love For Me
• Lonely Island
• You Send Me
• Love You Most Of All
• (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
• Little Things You Do
• Let's Go Steady Again
• You Were Made For Me

I Thank God (1960)

Releases

• Keen 86103 (Mono, 1960)
• Get Back GET 8042

Songs

• I Thank God
• You Got To Move *
• Jericho Walls *
• That's Heaven To Me
• Love Lifted Me *
• Comes Up Through The Years *
• Steal Away
• Trust & Obey *
• This Friend Jesus *
• Deep River
• God's Goodness *
• Oh, Lord, Fix It *

Trivia

• Not all songs are sung by Sam. Songs marked with an asterisk are sung by The Original Blind Boys or The Gospel Harmonettes.

The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (1960)

Releases

• Keen LP8-6106 (Mono, 1960)

Songs

• (What A) Wonderful World
• Desire Me
• Summertime
• Almost In Your Arms
• That's Heaven To Me
• No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)
• With You
• Blue Moon
• Stealing Kisses
• You Were Made For Me
• There, I've Said It Again
• I Thank God

Cooke's Tour (1960)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-2221 (U.S. Mono, 1960)
• RCA Victor LSP-2221 (U.S. Stereo, 1960)
• RCA RD 27190 (U.K. Mono, 1961)
• RCA RD 5076 (U.K. Stereo, 1961)

Songs

• Far Away Places
• Under Paris Skies
• South Of The Border
• Bali Ha'i
• The Coffee Song
• Arrivederci, Roma
• London By Night
• Jamaica Farewell
• Galway Bay
• Sweet Leilani
• Japanese Farewell Song
• The House I Live In

Hits of the 50's (1960)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-2236 (US Mono, 1960)
• RCA Victor LSP-2236 (US Stereo, 1960)
• RCA RD 27215 (UK Mono, 1961)
• RCA SF 5098 (UK Stereo, 1961)
• Musicrama CD (1997)

Songs

• Hey There
• Mona Lisa
• Too Young
• The Great Pretender
• You, You, You
• Unchained Melody
• The Wayward Wind
• Secret Love
• The Song From The Moulin Rouge
• I'm Walking Behind You
• Cry
• Venus

Swing Low (1961)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-2293 (U.S. Mono, 1960)
• RCA Victor LSP-2293 (U.S. Stereo, 1960)
• RCA RD 27222 (U.K., 1961)

Songs

• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• I'm Just A Country Boy
• They Call The Wind Mariah
• Twilight On The Trail
• If I Had You
• Chain Gang
• Grandfather's Clock
• I Dream of Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
• Pray
• Long, Long Ago
• You Belong To Me
• Goin' Home

My Kind of Blues (1961)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-2392 (US Mono, 1961)
• RCA Victor LSP-2392 (US Stereo, 1961)
• RCA RD 27245 (UK Mono, 1962)
• RCA SF 5120 (UK Stereo, 1962)

Songs

• Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• Little Girl Blue
• Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
• Out In The Cold Again
• But Not For Me
• Exactly Like You
• I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
• Since I Met You Baby
• Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
• Trouble in Mind
• You're Always On My Mind
• The Song Is Ended

Twistin' the Night Away (1962)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-2555 (US Mono, 1962)
• RCA Victor PSP-2555 (US Stereo, 1962)
• RCA RD 27263 (UK Mono, 1962)
• RCA SF 5133 (UK Stereo, 1962)
• Premier Label CBR-1012 (1984)

Songs

• Twistin' The Night Away
• Sugar Dumpling
• Twistin' In The Kitchen
• Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
• A Whole Lotta Woman
• The Twist
• Twistin' In The Old Town
• Movin and Groovin'
• Camptown Twist
• Somebody Have Mercy
• Soothe Me
• That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On

The Best of Sam Cooke (1962)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-2625 (US Mono, 1962)
• RCA Victor LSP-2625 (US Stereo, 1962)
• RCA (AYL-1) 3863 (1962)
• RCA 38632 (CD)
• PJL 1-8005 (Germany, 1974)
• RCA Victor AFL1-2625 (New Prefix, 1977)
• RCA Victor AYL-1-3863 (1981)
• RCA NL-13466 (Ortophonic Hi-Fi)
• RCA 3863-2-R (1998 CD)
• RCA/Legacy 82876695502

Songs

• You Send Me
• Only Sixteen
• Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha
• For Sentimental Reasons
• Wonderful World
• Chain Gang
• Cupid
• Twistin' The Night Away
• Sad Mood
• Having a Party
• Bring It On Home To Me

Night Beat (1963)

Releases

• RCA LPM (Mono)
• RCA PSP 2709 (US Stereo)
• RCA RD 7583 (UK Mono, 1963)
• RCA SF 7583 (UK Stereo, 1963)
• RCA 2148 (Japanese Import LP)
• ABKCO 1124-1 (1995 Reissue)
• ABKCO 1124-2 (1996 Reissue)
• BVM 31084
• RCA 67605
• Polydor (Japan)
• RCA 680982 (2001 Reissue)
• RCA NL1-627975 (Netherlands)

Songs

• Lost and Lookin'
• Mean Old World
• Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
• Baby, Please Don't Drive Me Away
• I Lost Everything
• Get Yourself Another Fool
• Little Red Rooster
• Laughin' and Clownin'
• Trouble Blues
• You Gotta Move
• Fool's Paradise
• Shake, Rattle and Roll

Mr. Soul (1963)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-2673 (US Mono, 1963)
• RCA Victor LSP-2673 (US Stereo, 1963)
• RCA RD 7539 (UK Mono, 1963)
• RCA SF 7539 (UK Stereo, 1963)
• RCA INTS 5024 (UK, 1980)

Songs

• I Wish You Love
• Willow Weep For Me
• Chains of Love
• Smoke Rings
• All The Way
• Send Me Some Lovin'
• Cry Me A River
• Driftin' Blues
• (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
• Nothing Can Change This Love
• Little Girl
• These Foolish Things

Ain't That Good News (1964)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM 2899 (U.S. Mono, 1964)
• RCA Victor LSP-2899 (U.S. Stereo, 1964)
• RCA RD 7635 (U.K. Mono, 1964)
• RCA SF 7635 (U.K. Stereo, 1964)
• RCA RPL 2149
• ABKCO 98992 (CD, 2003)
• Universal 9907707 (EU CD, 2003)

Songs

• Ain't That Good News
• Meet Me At Mary's Place
• Good Times
• Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day)
• Another Saturday Night
• Tennessee Waltz
• A Change Is Gonna Come
• Falling In Love
• Home (When Shadows Fall)
• Sittin' In The Sun
• There'll Be No Second Time
• The Riddle Song

Live at the Copa (1964)

Releases

• RCA Victor-LPM 2970 (U.S. Mono, 1964)
• RCA Victor-LSP 2970 (U.S. Stereo, 1964)
• RCA RD 7674 (U.K. Mono, 1965)
• RCA SF 7674 (U.K. Stereo, 1965)
• RCA ANL1-2658 (Reissue, VAN LSP 2970, 1977)
• ABKCO CD 2970-2 (1987 CD)
• ABKCO 2970-1 (1988 Reissue)
• Polygram 2970
• Polygram 9970 (Hybrid CD [No Case], 2003)

Songs

• Opening Introduction
• The Best Things In Life Are Free
• Bill Bailey
• Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
• Frankie & Johnny
• Try a Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me
• If I Had A Hammer
• When I Fall In Love
• Twistin' The Night Away
• This Little Light Of Mine
• Blowin' In The Wind
• Tennessee Waltz

Shake (1965)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM-3367 (U.S. Mono, 1965)
• RCA Victor LSP-3367 (U.S. Stereo, 1965)
• RCA RD 7730 (U.K. Mono, 1965)
• RCA SF 7730 (U.K. Stereo, 1965)
• Haishan 429 (Taiwan)

Songs

• Shake
• Yeah Man
• Win Your Love For Me
• Love You Most Of All
• Meet Me At Mary's Place
• It's Got The Whole World Shakin'
• A Change Is Gonna Come
• I'm In The Mood For Love
• You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You
• Comes Love
• I'm Just A Country Boy
• Ease My Troublin' Mind

Try a Little Love (1965)

Releases

• RCA Victor LPM 3435 (US Mono, 1965)
• RCA Victor LSP-3435 (US Stereo, 1965)
• RCA Victor LSP-3425 (Germany)
• RCA RD 7764 (UK Mono, 1966)
• RCA SF 7764 (UK Stereo, 1966)

Songs

• Try a Little Love
• Don't Cry
• Bridge of Tears
• I Fall In Love Every Day
• You're Always On My Mind
• Almost In Your Arms
• When A Boy Falls In Love
• To Each His Own
• Tammy
• The Gypsy
• Little Things You Do
• You Send Me

The Best of Sam Cooke, Vol. 2 (1965)

Releases

• RCA LPM-3373 (U.S. Mono, 1965)
• RCA LSP-3373 (U.S. Stereo, 1965)

Songs

• Frankie & Johnny
• That's Where It's At
• Another Saturday Night
• Little Red Rooster
• Shake
• Baby, Baby, Baby
• Ain't That Good News
• Cousin of Mine
• A Change Is Gonna Come
• Tennessee Waltz
• Basin Street Blues
• Love Will Find A Way

One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club (1985)

Releases

• RCA 5181 (LP & CD, 1985)
• RCA PCD1-5181 (CD, 1985)
• RCA / Legacy 82876 69552 2 (CD, 2005)

Songs

• Feel It
• Chain Gang
• Cupid
• It's All Right / For Sentimental Reasons
• Twistin' The Night Away
• Somebody Have Mercy
• Bring It On Home To Me
• Nothing Can Change This Love
• Having a Party

Information regarding albums is courtesy of Martijn Buisman.