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Known for his gospel roots, Sam Cooke often used church influences in his music. "Ain't That Good News" is a secular reworking of an old spiritual. The spiritual's lyrics proclaimed the singer's faith and love for Jesus, built around gospel themes and a slow gospel tempo with an underlying pulsating drive. [5]
Chain Gang (Sam Cooke song) A Change Is Gonna Come; Cupid (Sam Cooke song) D. Dayglo Reflection; E. ... Only Sixteen; S. Sad Mood; Shake (Sam Cooke song) Somebody ...
I Thank God is a 1960 compilation album of gospel songs by Sam Cooke along with The Gospel Harmonettes and The Original Blind Boys, released on Keen Records.
The album contains "A Change Is Gonna Come", one of Cooke's best-known songs. Though only a modest hit for Cooke in comparison with his previous singles, the song came to exemplify the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s. [6] The song has gained in popularity and critical acclaim in the decades since its release.
Sam Cooke was born Samuel Cook in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1931 (he added the "e" to his last name in 1957 to signify a new start to his life). [11] [12] He was the fifth of eight children of Rev. Charles Cook, a Baptist minister in the Church of Christ (Holiness), and the former Annie Mae Carroll.
In 1950, it was one of the first songs recorded by a young Sam Cooke, during his tenure as lead singer of the Soul Stirrers. Jo Stafford, on her 1954 gospel album Garden of Prayer; Little Richard, on his 1961 Quincy Jones-produced gospel album The King of the Gospel Singers; Connie Francis, on her 1961 album Sing Along with Connie Francis
Soul singer Sam Cooke recast the song with lyrics about a broken relationship for his 1963 album Night Beat. Cash Box described it as having "top shuffle-rhythm blues sounds." [ 9 ] In 1965, Mississippi bluesman Fred McDowell recorded it as a slow, slide guitar hill country blues solo piece.
Cooke made a demo recording of the song featuring only his own guitar accompaniment in the winter [clarification needed] of 1955. The first recording of the track was made in New Orleans in December 1956 in the same sessions which produced "Lovable", the first release outside the gospel field for Cooke (credited on that single as Dale Cook).