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Sam Cooke discography#Singles

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{{Infobox artist discography

| Artist = Sam Cooke

| Image = Sam Cooke in the recording studio 1961.jpg

| Caption =

| Studio = 14

| Live = 2

| Compilation = 13

| EP =

| Singles = 49

|Option = 2

|Option name = Box sets

}}

The discography of Sam Cooke, an American singer and songwriter, consists of fourteen studio albums (including one collaborative album and two notable posthumous releases), two live albums, 49 singles, 13 compilations and 2 box sets. Over the course of his eight-year career, Cooke placed 29 singles in the Top 40 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. He also placed 20 singles in the Top Ten of Billboard{{'s}} R&B chart, Black Singles chart. Between 1957 and 1960, Sam Cooke's records were produced on the Keen label. From 1960 through 1966, they were produced on the RCA label.

Ownership of Cooke's material is split between RCA (roughly 1958–1963) and ABKCO (post-1963), with each label releasing their own compilations and rarely cross-licensing (The Man and His Music and Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964 being the two exceptions). As a result, few of Cooke's original albums saw individual release on the medium of compact disc, and, consequently, digital distribution, although all of Cooke's recorded work has been released either in compilation or box set.

Albums

=Studio albums=

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|+ List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US
{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-cooke-mn0000238115/awards|title=Sam Cooke – Awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825120554/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sam-cooke-mn0000238115/awards|archive-date=August 25, 2012}}
scope="row"| Sam Cooke

|

  • Released: February 1958
  • Label: Keen

| 16

scope="row"| Encore

|

  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Keen

| —

scope="row"| Tribute to the Lady

|

  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Keen

| —

scope="row"| Cooke's Tour

|

| —

scope="row"| Hits of the 50's

|

  • Released: August 1960
  • Label: RCA Victor

| —

scope="row"| Swing Low

|

  • Released: February 1961{{Cite magazine|date=February 27, 1961|title=Spotlight Winners of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-02-27.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=18}}
  • Label: RCA Victor

| —

scope="row"| My Kind of Blues

|

  • Released: October 1961
  • Label: RCA Victor

| —

scope="row"| Twistin' the Night Away

|

  • Released: April 1962
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 74

scope="row"| Mr. Soul

|

  • Released: February 1963
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 94

scope="row"| Night Beat

|

  • Released: August 1963
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 62

scope="row"| Ain't That Good News

|

  • Released: March 1, 1964
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 34

colspan="13" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Posthumous studio albums=

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|+ List of posthumous studio albums, with selected details and chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US R&B

scope="row"| Shake

|

  • Released: January 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 44 || 1

scope="row"| Try a Little Love

|

  • Released: October 1965
  • Label: RCA

| 120 || —

colspan="13" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Live albums=

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|+ List of live albums, with selected details and chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US R&B

scope="row"| Sam Cooke at the Copa

|

  • Released: October 1964
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 29 || 1

scope="row"| Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

|

  • Released: June 1985
  • Label: RCA

| — || —

colspan="13" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Collaboration albums=

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|+ List of collaboration albums, with selected details

! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Album details

scope="row"| 3 Great Guys

|

  • Released: February 1964
  • Label: RCA Victor

=Compilation albums=

Numerous compilation albums and greatest hits collections of Cooke's work have been released, notably Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964 in 2003. This list compiles the most notable compilation releases from major labels. Many cross-licensed compilations from smaller labels (most of which contain Cooke's gospel work with the Soul Stirrers) are not represented here.

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|+ List of compilations, with selected chart positions and certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications

scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US R&B

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| UK
{{cite book|title=The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums|editor=Roach, Martin|publisher=Virgin Books|location=London|year=2009|isbn=978-0-7535-1700-0}}

scope="row"| Hit Kit

|

  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Keen

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke

|

  • Released 1960
  • Label: Keen

|—

|—

|—

|

scope="row"| I Thank God

|

  • Released: 1960
  • Label: Keen

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Best of Sam Cooke

|

  • Released: August 1962
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 22 || — || —

|

  • BPI: Gold{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Sam Cooke|access-date=August 2, 2024}}
scope="row"| The Best of Sam Cooke, Volume II

|

  • Released: July 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor

| 128 || 7 || —

|

scope="row"| The Unforgettable Sam Cooke

|

  • Released: May 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The One and Only

|

  • Released: 1969
  • Label: RCA

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| This Is Sam Cooke

|

  • Released: September 1970
  • Label: RCA

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| The Man and His Music

|

  • Released: February 1986
  • Label: RCA

| 175|| — || 8

|

  • BPI: Gold
scope="row"| The Rhythm and the Blues

|

  • Released: October 24, 1995
  • Label: RCA

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| Greatest Hits

|

  • Released: February 24, 1998
  • Label: RCA

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| Keep Movin' On

|

  • Released: January 15, 2002
  • Label: ABKCO

| — || — || —

|

scope="row"| Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964

|

  • Released: June 17, 2003
  • Label: ABKCO

| 135 || — || 19

|

  • BPI: Platinum
colspan="13" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=Box sets=

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|+ List of box sets, with selected details

! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Album details

scope="row"| The Man Who Invented Soul

|

  • Released: September 26, 2000
  • Label: RCA
scope="row"| The RCA Albums Collection

|

  • Released: November 22, 2011
  • Label: RCA/Legacy
scope="row"| The Complete KEEN Years: 1957-1960

|

  • Released: January 22, 2020
  • Label: ABCKO

Singles

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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21.5em;"| Title
(A-side / B-side)

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US R&B

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719094222/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?artist=9527| title=CHUM Chart archive}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| UK
{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/29215/sam-cooke/|title=Sam Cooke – Artist – Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=February 28, 2014}}

scope="row"| "You Send Me"
"Summertime"

| rowspan="3"| 1957

| 1
81 || 1
— || 1
—|| 29
—

|

|Sam Cooke (Keen)

scope="row"| "I'll Come Running Back to You"
"Forever"

| 18
60 || 1
— || 8
—|| 23
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
"Desire Me"

| 17
47 || 15
17 || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album track/re-recorded for Mr. Soul

Non-album track

scope="row"| "That's All I Need to Know"
"I Don't Want to Cry"

| rowspan="5"| 1958

| —
— || —
— || 41
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "You Were Made for Me"
"Lonely Island"

| 27
26 || 7
10 || —
16|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Stealing Kisses"
"All of My Life"

| —
— || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Win Your Love for Me"
"Love Song from Houseboat (Almost in Your Arms)"

| 22
— || 4
— || 45
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Blue Moon"
"Love You Most of All"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|The single "Blue Moon"/"Love You Most of All" was reissued one month following its initial release on the same catalog number, with the A and B sides switched.}}

| —
26 || —
12 || —
24|| —
—

|

|Non-album track

scope="row"| "I Need You Now"
"Happy in Love"

| rowspan="5"| 1959

| —
— || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha"
"Little Things You Do"

| 31
— || 2
— || 14
—|| —
—

|

|rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Only Sixteen"
"Let's Go Steady Again"

| 28
— || 13
— || 21
—|| 23
—

|

scope="row"| "Summertime (Part 1)"
"Summertime (Part 2)"

| —
106 || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Sam Cooke

(Keen)

Non-album track

scope="row"| "There, I've Said It Again"
"One Hour Ahead of the Posse"

| 81
— || 25
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Mary, Mary Lou"
"Ee-Yi-Ee-Yi-Oh"

| rowspan="9"| 1960

| —
— || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Encore
Non-album track

scope="row"| "T'Aint Nobody's Bizness"
"No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)"

| —
103 || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Tribute to the Lady

Non-album track

scope="row"| "Teenage Sonata"
"If You Were the Only Girl"

| 50
— || 22
— || 30
30|| —
—

|

|rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "You Understand Me"
"I Belong to Your Heart"

| —
— || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

scope="row"| "Wonderful World"
"Along the Navajo Trail"

| 12
— || 2
— || 13
—|| 27
—

|

|Non-album track
Encore

scope="row"| "With You"
"I Thank God"

| —
— || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album track

I Thank God

scope="row"| "Chain Gang"
"I Fall in Love Every Day"

| 2
— || 2
— || 4
—|| 9
—

|

|Swing Low

Non-album track

scope="row"| "So Glamorous"
"Steal Away"

| 81
— || 25
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Sad Mood"
"Love Me"

| 29
— || 23
— || 18
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On"
"What Do You Say"

| rowspan="4"| 1961

| 31
— || 25
— || 25
—|| —
—

|

|Twistin' the Night Away
Non-album track

scope="row"| "Cupid"
"Farewell, My Darling"

| 17
— || 20
— || —
—|| 7
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Feel It"
"It's All Right"

| 56
93 || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Just for You"
"Made for Me"

| —
— || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Twistin' the Night Away"
"One More Time"

| rowspan="5"| 1962

| 9
— || 1
— || 35
—|| 6
—

|

  • BPI: Silver

|Twistin' the Night Away

Non-album track

scope="row"| "Twistin' in the Kitchen with Dinah"
"A Whole Lotta Woman"

| —
— || —
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Twistin' the Night Away

scope="row"| "Bring It On Home to Me"
"Having a Party"

| 13
17 || 2
4 || —
30|| —
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Nothing Can Change This Love"
"Somebody Have Mercy"

| 12
70 || 2
3 || —
—|| —
—

|

|Mr. Soul
Twistin' the Night Away

scope="row"| "Send Me Some Lovin'"
"Baby, Baby, Baby"

| 13
66 || 2
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Mr. Soul

Non-album track

scope="row"| "Another Saturday Night"
"Love Will Find a Way"

| rowspan="3"| 1963

| 10
105 || 1
— || 30
—|| 23
—

|

|Ain't That Good News

Non-album track

scope="row"| "Frankie and Johnny"
"Cool Train"

| 14
— || 4
— || —
—|| 30
—

|

|Non-album tracks

scope="row"| "Little Red Rooster"
"You Gotta Move"

| 11
— || 7
— || —
—|| —
—

|

|Night Beat

scope="row"| "Good News"
"Basin Street Blues"

| rowspan="3"| 1964

| 11
— || {{efn|group=upper-alpha|Through a period between late 1963 and early 1965, Billboard did not publish an R&B singles chart.|name="nopublish"}} || —
—|| —
—

|

|Ain't That Good News

Non-album track

scope="row"| "Good Times"
"Tennessee Waltz"

| 11
35 |||| 22{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4726.pdf| title=RPM Top 40-5s - July 20, 1964}}
—|| —
—

|

|Ain't That Good News

scope="row"| "That's Where It's At"
"Cousin of Mine"

| 93
31 || —
40 || —
29{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4688.pdf| title=RPM Top 40&5 - November 2, 1964}}|| —
—

|

|Non-album track

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=Posthumous singles=

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|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:21.5em;"| Title
(A-side / B-side)

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| US R&B

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=sam+cooke&ChartEn=Top+Singles&| title=RPM Magazine search results}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.6em;font-size:90%;"| UK

scope="row"| "Shake"
"A Change Is Gonna Come"

| 1964

| 7
31 || 2
9 || —
— || —
—

|

  • BPI: Gold

|Shake
Ain't That Good News

scope="row"| "Another Saturday Night"
"Send Me Some Lovin'"

| rowspan="4"| 1965

| —
— || —
— || —
— || —
—

|

|Ain't That Good News
Mr. Soul

scope="row"| "It's Got The Whole World Shakin'"
"(Somebody) Ease My Troublin' Mind"

| 41
115 || 15
— || 29
— || —
—

|

|Shake

scope="row"| "When a Boy Falls in Love"
"The Piper"

| 52
— || —
— || 15
— || —
—

|

|Try a Little Love
Non-album track

scope="row"| "Sugar Dumpling"
"Bridge of Tears"

| 32
— || 18
— || —
— || —
—

|

|The Unforgettable Sam Cooke
Try a Little Love

scope="row"| "Feel It"
"That's All"

| rowspan="3"| 1966

| —
— || —
— || —
— || —
—

|

|The Unforgettable Sam Cooke

scope="row"| "Let's Go Steady Again"
"Trouble Blues"

| 97
— || —
— || —
— || —
—

|

|Hit Kit
Night Beat

scope="row"| "Meet Me at Mary's Place"
"If I Had a Hammer"

| —
— || —
— || —
— || —
—

|

|Ain't That Good News
Sam Cooke at the Copa

scope="row"| "The Last Mile of the Way"
"Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone"{{efn|group=upper-alpha|This release is credited to Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers.|name="soul"}}

| 1970

| —
— || —
— || —
— || —
—

|

|The Two Sides of Sam Cooke
The Gospel Soul of Sam Cooke
with the Soul Stirrers, Volume 1

scope="row"| "Bring It On Home to Me"
"Nothing Can Change This Love"

| 1985

| —
— || —
— || —
— || —
—

|

  • BPI: Silver

|Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

scope="row"| "Wonderful World"
"Chain Gang"

| rowspan="2"| 1986

| —
— || —
— || —
— || 2
—

|

  • BPI: Silver

|rowspan="2"|Sam Cooke, The Man and His Music

scope="row"| "Another Saturday Night"
"You Send Me"

| —
— || —
— || —
— || 75
—

|

colspan="14" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

=''Billboard'' Year-End performances=

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! Year

! Song

! Year-End
Position

scope="row" | 1957

| "You Send Me"

| 20

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 1960

| "Chain Gang"

| 29

"Wonderful World"

| 80

scope="row" rowspan="2"| 1962

| "Twistin' the Night Away"

| 23

"Having a Party"

| 52

scope="row"| 1963

| "Another Saturday Night"

| 78

scope="row"| 1965

| "Shake"

| 66

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