Sam Cooke - The Best Of Sam Cooke (180g 2LP 45RPM Analogue Productions)

This Best Of Sam Cooke album was the beacon that kept Cooke's most popular songs in the public eye. Between 1957 and his death seven years later, Cooke recorded an average of one Top Ten single every four months! And now on this single LP, you can relive the timeless best known and best-loved Sam Cooke classics.\n\nYou Send Me\nOnly Sixteen\nWonderful World\nChain Gang\nCupid\nHaving a Party\nAnd more!\n\nFor a couple of generations this was the first - and often only - Sam Cooke album they owned. Although there are more ambitious collections that show Cooke's remarkable range and diversity, this is still the best starting place. These are Sam Cooke's biggest commercial hits. This is the message in a bottle that brought his gifts to millions of people.\n\nWhat is it that makes Cooke's music so irresistible? Well, first the voice, of course. So good, in fact, was Cooke as a vocalist that Atlantic Records vice president Jerry Wexler said matter-of-factly, \""Sam Cooke was the best singe]