Artist:Sam Cooke
Song:You Send Me
Album:Greatest Hits
You Send Me was Sam Cooke's first pop hit in 1957. He was already famous as lead singer of the gospel group The Soul Stirrers. Specialty Records released him from his contract and You Send Me was released on Keen Records. It sold two million copies. There are two important things to remember about Sam Cooke. He invented soul music and is proof positive that all black music begins in the church. The other thing is he owned the rights to all his music at a time when record companies routinely took advantage of young singers. So he was a visionary as a businessman too. This Greatest Hits comp from RCA covers his pop hits. It doesn't include any Soul Stirrers songs and the ABKCO comp Portait Of A Legend is better for that reason. Sam Cooke was a genius and it's just sad that he died so young. Here's Sam Cooke performing You Send Me on American Bandstand in 1958.
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