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About this product
Product Identifiers
ProducerAl Schmitt
Record LabelAbk, ABKCO
UPC0018771997023
eBay Product ID (ePID)13046068392
Product Key Features
Release Year2003
FormatCD
GenreSoul/R&B & Soul
ArtistCooke, Sam
Release TitleSam Cooke at the Copa
Dimensions
Item Height0.40 in
Item Weight0.20 lb
Item Length5.52 in
Item Width4.95 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks13
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Opening Introduction 1.2 Best Things in Life Are Free 1.3 Bill Bailey 1.4 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 1.5 Frankie and Johnny 1.6 Medley: Try a Little Tenderness/(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons 1.7 If I Had a Hammer 1.8 When I Fall in Love 1.9 Twistin' the Night Away 1.10 Band Introductions 1.11 This Little Light of Mine 1.12 Blowin' in the Wind 1.13 Tennessee Waltz
NotesIn 1964, when this concert at New York City's legendary Copacabana night club was recorded, Sam Cooke was at the top of his game, having charted numerous times with his unique blend of pop and soul. The success doesn't seem to have gone to his head, though: he sounds relaxed and conversational throughout this intimate performance. Accompanied by a band that includes Bobby Womack on guitar, Cooke brings his R&B tendencies further to the fore than on his immaculately produced studio work. He moves deftly through his own hits, like "You Send Me" and "Twistin' the Night Away," but it's on the folk songs "If I Had a Hammer" and "Blowin' in the Wind" that he really stretches out, proving himself a gifted interpreter unbound by stylistic constrictions. At the Copa is an essential part of the Cooke canon.