Nominated by: Lew
Music club: MNAC
MNAC playlist addition: Having A Party
Sam Cooke long ago entered into the category of legendary performer. His vocal ability is beyond criticism. What a voice! Literally peerless.
The 'hit' songs have long entered the soul hall-of-fame (not sure if there is such an august body but there should be if there isn't).
There are classics aplenty on this one: You Send Me; (What A) Wonderful World; Bring It On Home To Me; Twistin' The Night Away; Only Sixteen; Chain Gang; Summertime and Another Saturday Night.
So, the question is more around how does this compilation stack up against the others?
My version is called 16 Most Requested Songs. It has all of the ones I've highlighted, plus an organ driven Little Red Rooster (sorry), and Never Can Change This Love. Two songs I love, although the latter does have those sweeping string arrangements so beloved of the fifties and early sixties.
Then again The Best of Sam Cooke has the wonderful Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha so I guess every compilation is going to have something different to recommend it.
It was lovely to return to these songs, thanks Lew. I'll be very interested in how ears younger and hipper than mine relate to something from another time and space altogether.
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