Sam Cooke at the Copa

Sam Cooke at the Copa
Live album by Sam Cooke
Released October 1964
Recorded July 8, 1964
Copacabana
(New York City)
Genre Rhythm and blues, soul, Jazz
Length 35:37
Label RCA Victor
Producer Al Schmitt
Sam Cooke chronology
Ain't That Good News
(1964)
Sam Cooke at the Copa
(1964)
Shake
(1965)

Sam Cooke at the Copa is the first live album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. The album was released in October 1964 in the United States by RCA Victor.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Opening Introduction" – 0:35
  2. "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 1:31
  3. "Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home" (Hughie Cannon) – 2:50
  4. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (James Cox) – 3:18
  5. "Frankie and Johnny" (Cooke) – 3:00
  6. Medley: "Try a Little Tenderness" / "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" / "You Send Me" (William Best / Sam Cooke / Deek Watson) – 4:55
  7. "If I Had a Hammer" (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger) – 6:25

Side two

  1. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) – 3:05
  2. "Twistin' the Night Away" (Cooke) – 5:04
  3. "This Little Light of Mine" (Cooke) – 3:36
  4. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) – 3:01
  5. "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) – 3:36

Personnel

All credits adapted from the album's remastered liner notes.[1]

Sam Cooke's Band
Joe Mele’s Copacabana Band
  • Joe Mele – leader
  • Joseph Fogila – saxophone, flute
  • John Altman – saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • George Barrow – saxophone, clarinet
  • Anthony Ferina – saxophone, clarinet

  • Richard Kamuca – saxophone, clarinet
  • William Smith – saxophone, clarinet
  • Alfred Cobbs – trombone
  • Virgil Davis – trombone
  • Ronald Plumby – trombone
  • Richard Harris – trombone
  • Bart Varsalona – trombone
  • Clyde Reasinger – trumpet
  • George Triffon – trumpet
  • Louis Mauro – bass guitar
  • Eugene Padden – bass guitar
Production

See also

References

  1. Sam Cooke at the Copa (liner notes). Sam Cooke. US: ABKCO Records. 2003. 99702.
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