Sam Cooke discography

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Cover of Sam Cooke's landmark 1964 album, Ain't That Good News.
Cover of Sam Cooke's landmark 1964 album, Ain't That Good News.

This is a listing of all of the singles and albums released by American R&B singer and songwriter, Sam Cooke. Over the course of his eight year career, Cooke charted twenty-nine Top 40 singles on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. He also charted twenty singles in the top ten of Billboard's R&B chart, Black Singles chart.

[edit] Singles

The following is a listing of all Sam Cooke's major-label singles.

Year Title Chart positions
US Pop Singles US Black Singles UK Singles Chart
1957 "You Send Me" #1 #1 #29
1957 "Summertime, Pt. 1" #81 - -
1957 "I'll Come Running Back to You" #18 #1 -
1957 "Forever" #60 - -
1957 "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" #17 #5 -
1957 "Desire Me" #47 #17 -
1958 "Lonely Island" #26 #10 -
1958 "You Were Made for Me" #39 #7 -
1958 "Win Your Love for Me" #22 #4 -
1958 "Love You Most of All" #26 #12 -
1959 "Everybody Likes to Cha Cha" #31 #2 -
1959 "Only Sixteen" #28 #13 #23
1959 "Summertime (Pt. 2)" - - -
1959 "There, I've Said It Again" #81 #25 -
1960 "No One (Can Ever Take Your Place)" #103 - -
1960 "Teenage Sonata" #50 #22 -
1960 "Wonderful World" #12 #2 #2
1960 "Chain Gang" #2 #2 #9
1960 "Sad Mood" #29 #23 -
1961 "That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On" #31 #25 -
1961 "Cupid" #17 #20 #7
1961 "Feel It" #56 - -
1961 "It's All Right" #93 - -
1962 "Twistin' the Night Away" #9 #1 #6
1962 "Having a Party" #17 #4 -
1962 "Bring It On Home To Me" #13 #2 -
1962 "Nothing Can Change This Love" #12 #2 -
1962 "Somebody Have Mercy" #70 #3 -
1963 "Send Me Some Lovin'" #13 #2 -
1963 "Baby, Baby, Baby" #66 - -
1963 "Another Saturday Night" #10 #1 #23
1963 "Love Will Find a Way" #105 - -
1963 "Frankie and Johnny" #14 #4 #30
1963 "Little Red Rooster" #11 #7 -
1964 "(Ain't That) Good News" #11 * -
1964 "Good Times" #11 * -
1964 "Tennessee Waltz" #35 * -
1964 "Cousin of Mine" #31 #40 -
1964 "That's Where It's At" #93 - -
1965 "A Change Is Gonna Come" #31 #9 -
1965 "Shake" #7 #4 -
1965 "It's Got the Whole World Shakin'" #41 #15 -
1965 "When a Boy Falls in Love" #52 - -
1965 "Ease My Troublin' Mind" #115 - -
1965 "Sugar Dumpling" #32 #18 -
1966 "Let's Go Steady Again" #97 - -

* - Through a period between late 1963 and early 1965, Billboard Magazine did not publish an R&B singles chart.

[edit] Albums

The following is a listing of full-length albums released by Sam Cooke during his life and immediately thereafter. After his death, a number of compilations and anthologies were released by numerous labels and imprints to varying success. The most notable of these compilations are the 2003 anthology, Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964 and One Night Stand: Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, a 2005 reissue (remixed, and with improved sound) of the title concert, first released in 1985.

Year Title Chart positions
US Pop Albums US Black Albums
1957 Sam Cooke #16 *
1962 Twistin' the Night Away #74 *
1962 The Best of Sam Cooke #22 *
1963 Mr. Soul #94 *
1963 Night Beat #62 *
1964 Ain't That Good News #34 *
1964 Sam Cooke at the Copa #29 #1
1965 Shake #44 #1
1965 Try a Little Love #120 -
1965 The Best of Sam Cooke, Volume II #128 #7

* - Billboard Magazine did not introduce an R&B album chart until late 1964.