My Kind of Blues (Sam Cooke album)

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My Kind of Blues

Studio album by

Sam Cooke

Released

October 1961

Recorded

May 19–20, 1961

Studio

RCA, New York City

Genre

Rhythm and blues, soul

Length

32:37

Sam Cooke chronology

Swing Low
(1961)

My Kind of Blues
(1961)

Twistin' the Night Away
(1962)

My Kind of Blues is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Record producer by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in October 1961 in the United States by RCA Victor.

The album was remastered in 2011 as a part of The RCA Albums Collection.

Track listing

All songs arranged and conducted by Sammy Lowe.

Side one

"Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Bob Russell, Duke Ellington) – 3:10
"Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:55
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox) – 3:20
"Out in the Cold Again" (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom) – 2:25
"But Not for Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:29
"Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:05

Side two

"I'm Just a Lucky So and So" (Duke Ellington, Mack David) – 3:10
"Since I Met You Baby" (Ivory Joe Hunter) – 3:00
"Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" (Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams) – 2:08
"Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) – 2:55
"You're Always on My Mind" (James W. Alexander) – 2:12
"The Song Is Ended" (Irving Berlin) – 2:07

Personnel

All credits adapted from The RCA Albums Collection (2011) liner notes.^[1]

Sam Cooke – vocals
Clifton White, Everett Barksdale – guitar
George Duvivier, Lloyd Trotman – bass guitar
Panama Francis – drums
Morris Wechsler, Ernest Hayes – piano
Toots Mondello, Reuben Phillips, Seldon Powell, Melvin Tax, Jerome Richardson – saxophone
Ray Copeland, Steve Lipkins, Lou Oles, Joseph Wilder, John Grimes – trumpet
Larry Altpeter, Albert Godlis, Frank Saracco, Eddie Bert – trombone
Sammy Lowe – conductor
Bob Simpson – recording engineer

Notes

^ The RCA Albums Collection (liner notes). Sam Cooke. US: RCA Records/Legacy Recordings. 2011. 88697898702.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links

Eder, Bruce. "Sam Cooke on AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

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Studio albums	Sam Cooke Encore Tribute to the Lady Cooke's Tour Hits of the 50's Swing Low My Kind of Blues Twistin' the Night Away Mr. Soul Night Beat Ain't That Good News Shake Try a Little Love
Live albums	Sam Cooke at the Copa Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
Collaboration albums	3 Great Guys
Compilations	Hit Kit I Thank God The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke The Best of Sam Cooke The Man and His Music Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964
Singles	"You Send Me" / "Summertime" "I'll Come Running Back to You" "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" "You Were Made for Me" / "Lonely Island" "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" "Only Sixteen" "There! I've Said It Again" "Wonderful World" "Chain Gang" "Sad Mood" "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" "Cupid" "Twistin' the Night Away" "Bring It On Home to Me" / "Having a Party" "Somebody Have Mercy" / "Nothing Can Change This Love" "Send Me Some Lovin'" "Another Saturday Night" "Frankie and Johnny" "Little Red Rooster" "Ain't That Good News" "Good Times" / "Tennessee Waltz" "That's Where It's At" "Shake" / "A Change Is Gonna Come"
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