![]() ![]() "Overnight, with a single song, Sam Cooke"-who had spent the summer of 1957 living in his producer's apartment-"became a secular superstar, with audiences consisting of black and white, men and women, young and old." Īs was common practice in the 1950s when it was unusual for hits in the black R&B market to crossover to the Pop charts, a cover version of "You Send Me" aimed at the Pop charts was cut by the white singer Teresa Brewer and released in October 1957. Although "Summertime" was the intended A-side, disc jockeys favored "You Send Me", which broke nationally that October to reach No. 1 for a two-week stay in December 1957, with sales estimated at a 1.5 million units. The classic version of "You Send Me" was cut in Los Angeles in June 1957 and was issued as a single with another track from the same session: a version of " Summertime", as the debut release on the Keen label founded by brothers John and Alex Siamas this release marked the first single credited to "Sam Cooke" (whose true surname was Cook). The first recording of the track was made in New Orleans in December 1956 in the same sessions which produced "Lovable", the first release outside the gospel field for Cooke (credited on that single as Dale Cook). Cooke made a demo recording of the song featuring only his own guitar accompaniment in the winter of 1955. (who used the original family spelling "Cook") because he did not want his own publisher to profit from the song. Sam Cooke version (1957) Background Ĭooke wrote "You Send Me" but gave the writing credit to his younger brother L.C. In addition to the original version of Sam Cooke, "You Send Me" has received numerous covers over the years, the most important being the versions of Teresa Brewer (1957), Aretha Franklin (1968), Ponderosa Twins Plus One (1971) and The Manhattans (1985). In April 2010, the song ranked No. 115 in Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was named as one of the 500 most important rock and roll recordings by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. ![]() The song, Cooke's debut single, was a massive commercial success, becoming a No. 1 hit on both Billboard 's Rhythm & Blues Records chart and the Billboard Hot 100. Produced by Bumps Blackwell and arranged and conducted by René Hall. "You Send Me" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer Sam Cooke, released as a single in 1957 by Keen Records. Its 1986 success was attributed to sound-alike versions featured in the film Witness (1985) and a Levi's 501 television commercial.Sam Cooke (mistakenly credited to L.C. The Sam Cooke version was featured in the 1978 film Animal House and gained greater recognition in the UK upon a 1986 re-release when it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, going silver (it had peaked at number 27 on the UK singles chart on first release in 1960). A remake by Art Garfunkel with James Taylor and Paul Simon charted at number 17 in 1978. Herman's Hermits charted with their recording of the song in 1965, reaching number four in the United States and number seven in the United Kingdom, respectively. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number two on Billboard's Hot R&B Sides chart. "Wonderful World" ended up doing substantially better on the charts than several of his early RCA singles, becoming his biggest hit single since "You Send Me" (1957). The song was mainly composed by songwriting team Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, but Cooke revised the lyrics to mention the subject of education more. He signed with RCA Victor in 1960 and "Wonderful World," then unreleased, was issued as a single in competition. Released on April 14, 1960, by Keen Records, it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen. ![]() "Wonderful World" (occasionally referred to as "(What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. ![]()
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