The Best of Sam Cooke
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Best of Sam Cooke
| type = greatest
| artist = Sam Cooke
| cover = The Best of Sam Cooke.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1962
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Rhythm and blues, dance, soul
| length = 31:50
| label = RCA Victor
| producer = Hugo & Luigi
| prev_title = Twistin' the Night Away
| prev_year = 1962
| next_title = Mr. Soul
| next_year = 1963
| misc = {{Singles
| name = The Best of Sam Cooke
| type = Compilation album
| single1 = Bring It On Home to Me
| single1date = May 8, 1962
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r33874|pure_url=yes}}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2Score = {{Rating|1|5}}[http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/cooke-ble.php Blender, Oct. 2005]
| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Record Guide
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John (Editors). The Rolling Stone Record Guide, 1st edition, Random House/Rolling Stone Press, 1979, p. 84, 598.
}}
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."{{cite web|last=Wynn|first=Ron|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-sam-cooke-rca-mw0000195251|title=The Best of Sam Cooke
Track listing
=Side one=
- "You Send Me" – 2:45
- "Only Sixteen" – 2:02
- "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" – 2:42
- "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" – 2:38
- "Wonderful World" – 2:06
- "Summertime" – 2:21
=Side two=
- "Chain Gang" – 2:35
- "Cupid" – 2:37
- "Twistin' the Night Away" – 2:43
- "Sad Mood" – 2:38
- "Having a Party" – 2:36
- "Bring It On Home to Me" – 2:44
Personnel
Vinyl Re-Issue
In 2018, Sony Music reissued the album in its original vinyl format as part of the RCA Legacy Recordings series.
Notes
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Category:Sam Cooke compilation albums
Category:Albums produced by Hugo & Luigi
Category:1962 greatest hits albums