Bring It on Home: Black America Sings Sam Cooke

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Overview

Previous entries in Ace's Black America Sings series have focused on Bob Dylan and the Beatles, but also Otis Redding -- a singer/songwriter who shows up on Bring It on Home: Black America Sings Sam Cooke singing "Shake," a song that became more identified with Otis than Sam. This alone suggests how great Cooke's legacy is: he wove his way into the very fabric of pop culture, quite clearly influencing generations of soul and rock singers, but also shaping how R&B could cross over into pop, along with the parameters of how black musicians could set up their own independent enterprises in the music business. Cooke's SAR label has been documented elsewhere and, unsurprisingly, some of the acts show up on this 24-track set, but Bring It on Home has greater ambitions than to round up Cooke-associated acts. Certainly, there are some here -- including Bobby Womack's funky 1970 rendition of "I'm Gonna Forget About You," the Soul Stirrers, and Lou Rawls -- but this taps into the smooth strut of his crossover pop, the grit of his gospel, his easy touch with a love song, and his sly ways of breaking down borders, both musical and sociological. As this compilation rolls on, skipping between symphonic singles recorded while Sam was alive and rawer sides from the late '60s and early '70s, what impresses is how far and wide Cooke's influence resonates. Before Motown, he was the one singer who figured out how to bridge the gap not only between the church and the street, but the street and the supper club, all the while without losing touch with his roots. He didn't sell out, he bought in, and by hearing all these wonderful artists who followed his path -- Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, Smokey Robinson, Brenton Wood, Aretha Franklin, the Supremes, Sam & Dave -- it becomes apparent just how important he was. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2014
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667062725

Tracks

1. Having a Party [Medley]  - Sam Cooke  - Fred Ford  - Dan Greer  - George Jackson  -  Ovations  - Louis Williams
2. Rome (Wasn't Built in a Day)  - Sam Cooke  - Rene Hall  - Betty Prudhomme  - Beverly Prudhomme  - Johnnie Taylor
3. You Send Me  - Sam Cooke  - Marlin Greene  - Quin Ivy  - Percy Sledge
4. Shake  - Sam Cooke  - Steve Cropper  - Otis Redding
5. (Chain Gang) The Sound of My Man  - Sam Cooke  - Theola Kilgore  - Ed Townsend
6. I'm Gonna Forget About You  - Sam Cooke  - Chips Moman  - Bobby Womack
7. When a Boy Falls in Love  - Mel Carter  - Sam Cooke  - Joe Hooven  - Clinton Jr. Levert
8. Bring It on Home to Me  - Sam Cooke  - Steve Cropper  - Eddie Floyd
9. That's Heaven to Me  - Sam Cooke  -  Soul Stirrers
10. Cupid  - Sam Cooke  - Ahmet Ertegun  - R.B. Greaves  - Arif Mardin
11. Dance What You Wanna  - J.W. Alexander  - Sam Cooke  - Lamont Dozier  - Brian Holland  -  Miracles  - Clifton White
12. Meet Me at the Twistin' Place  - Sam Cooke  - Rene Hall  - Johnnie Morisette
13. I'm Alright  - Sam Cooke  - Anthony Gourdine  -  Little Anthony & the Imperials
14. Wonderful World  - Lou Adler  - Herb Alpert  - Mickey Buckins  - Sam Cooke  - Sonny Limbo  - Johnny Nash  - Ted Stovall
15. Love You Most of All  - Sam Cooke  - Jerry Lawson  - Eric Malamud  -  Persuasions
16. Pow! You're in Love  - Sam Cooke  - Don Costa  -  Falcons
17. A Change Is Gonna Come  - Sam Cooke  - Joe Hooven  - Maurice Rodgers  - Hal Winn  - Brenton Wood
18. Nobody Loves Me Like You  - Sam Cooke  -  Flamingos
19. Somebody Have Mercy  - Sam Cooke  - Willie Hightower  - Bobby Robinson
20. Win Your Love  - David Axelrod  - Sam Cooke  - Rick Hall  - Lou Rawls
21. The Smile  - Jericho Brown  - Sam Cooke  - Rene Hall  -  Sims Twins
22. Good Times  - Sam Cooke  - Aretha Franklin  - Jerry Wexler
23. (Ain't That) Good News  - Sam Cooke  - Hal Davis  - Marc Gordon  -  Supremes
24. Soothe Me  - Sam Cooke  - Isaac Hayes  - David Porter  -  Sam & Dave

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Flamingos   Primary Artist
The Soul Stirrers   Primary Artist
Eddie Floyd   Primary Artist
Johnnie Taylor   Primary Artist
Lou Rawls   Primary Artist
Johnnie Morisette   Primary Artist
Johnny Nash   Primary Artist
Sam & Dave   Primary Artist
Little Anthony & the Imperials   Primary Artist
R.B. Greaves   Primary Artist
Mel Carter   Primary Artist
Percy Sledge   Primary Artist
The Sims Twins   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
The Persuasions   Primary Artist
Otis Redding   Primary Artist
Willie Hightower   Primary Artist
Theola Kilgore   Primary Artist
Brenton Wood   Primary Artist
The Falcons   Primary Artist
The Supremes   Primary Artist
The Ovations   Primary Artist
The Miracles   Primary Artist
Bobby Womack   Primary Artist
Louis Williams   Featured Artist
Joe Hooven   Conductor
Rene Hall   Conductor

Technical Credits

Paul Jeffrey   Package Design
Beverly Prudhomme   Composer
Betty Prudhomme   Composer
Bobby Robinson   Producer
Isaac Hayes   Producer
Lamont Dozier   Producer
Tony Rounce   Illustrations,Notes Adaption
Ed Townsend   Producer
Lou Adler   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer,Producer
Jerry Lawson   Producer
Roger Armstrong   Illustrations
Clifton White   Composer
Marlin Greene   Producer
Jerry Wexler   Producer
Rick Hall   Producer
Dan Greer   Producer
Bill Millar   Photo Courtesy
Anthony Gourdine   Composer
Maurice Rodgers   Producer
Joe Hooven   Arranger,Producer
Ted Stovall   String Arrangements
Fred Ford   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Sonny Limbo   Producer
Eric Charge   Illustrations
J.W. Alexander   Composer
Marc Gordon   Producer
Quin Ivy   Producer
Mickey Buckins   Producer
Rene Hall   Arranger
Hal Davis   Producer
Arif Mardin   Arranger
Ahmet Ertegun   Producer
David Axelrod   Producer
George Jackson   Producer
Hal Winn   Producer
Herb Alpert   Composer
Steve Cropper   Producer
Chips Moman   Producer
Don Costa   Producer
Eric Malamud   Producer
David Porter   Producer
Brian Holland   Producer
Jericho Brown   Composer
Clinton Levert, Jr.   Composer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering