The Best of Sam Cooke

The Best of Sam Cooke
Greatest hits album by Sam Cooke
Released	1962
Genre	Rhythm and blues, dance, soul
Length	31:50
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Hugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke chronology
My Kind of Blues (1962) The Best of Sam Cooke (1962) Mr. Soul (1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]

The Best of Sam Cooke is the second greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in 1962 in the United States by RCA Victor. The compilation contains most of Sam Cooke's most well-known hits from 1957 to 1962.

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Ron Wynn gave The Best of Sam Cooke three-and-a-half out of five stars and called it "an above-average greatest hits collection, although no sampler could fully convey Sam Cooke's genius."^[3] In Blender magazine, Robert Christgau was more critical, giving it one star and recommending listeners overlook the album in favor of the 30-song compilation Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964.^[4]

Track listing

Side one

1. "You Send Me"  – 2:45
2. "Only Sixteen"  – 2:02
3. "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha"  – 2:42
4. "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"  – 2:38
5. "Wonderful World"  – 2:06
6. "Summertime"  – 2:21

Side two

1. "Chain Gang"  – 2:35
2. "Cupid"  – 2:37
3. "Twistin' the Night Away"  – 2:43
4. "Sad Mood"  – 2:38
5. "Having a Party"  – 2:36
6. "Bring It on Home to Me"  – 2:44

Personnel

• Sam Cooke - vocals
• Lou Rawls - back-up vocals

Notes

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r33874
2. Blender, Oct. 2005
3. Wynn, Ron. "The Best of Sam Cooke [RCA] - Sam Cooke". AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
4. Christgau, Robert (October 2005). "Two key Sam Cooke albums, and one redundant one, remember a puzzling soul singer". Blender. Retrieved August 15, 2015.