Sam Cooke
Studio album by Sam Cooke
Released	January or February 1958 [1] [2]
Recorded	30:16
Genre	Rhythm and blues, traditional pop, swing
Label	Keen
Producer	Bumps Blackwell
Sam Cooke chronology
Sam Cooke (1958) Encore (1958)
Singles from Sam Cooke
" You Send Me" Released: September 7, 1957

Sam Cooke is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on Keen Records in early 1958. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The backing band is the Bumps Blackwell Orchestra.

Track listing

Side 1

1. " You Send Me" (Sam Cooke, originally credited to L.C. Cook) – 2:41
2. " The Lonesome Road" ( Gene Austin, Nathaniel Shilkret) – 2:31
3. " Tammy" ( Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 3:30
4. " Ol' Man River" ( Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:39
5. " Moonlight in Vermont" ( John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 2:40
6. " Canadian Sunset" ( Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 2:57

Side 2

7. " Summertime" ( DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin) – 2:25
8. " Around the World" ( Harold Adamson, Victor Young) – 1:58
9. " Ain't Misbehavin'" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller, Harry Brooks) – 2:05
10. " The Bells of St. Mary" (A. Emmett Adams, Douglas Furber) – 2:17
11. " So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher) – 2:38
12. " Danny Boy" ( Frederic Weatherly) – 2:16
13. " That Lucky Old Sun" ( Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) – 2:19

Personnel

On "You Send Me" and "Summertime"

• Clifton White, René Hall – guitar
• Ted Brinson – bass guitar
• Earl Palmer – drums
• Lee Gotch, The Pied Pipers – backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Notes