''Try a Little Love'' is the second posthumous studio album by American singer-songwriter
Sam Cooke
Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred ...
.
Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director.
At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the ...
composed the liner notes.
Track listing
Side one
# "Try a Little Love" (
J.W. Alexander, Sam Cooke)
# "Don't Cry on My Shoulder" (Pat Kennedy, Turk Prujan)
# "Bridge of Tears" (J.W. Alexander)
# "I Fall in Love Every Day" (Jimmy Clark)
# "You're Always on My Mind" (James W. Alexander)
# "Almost in Your Arms" (
Jay Livingston
Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison, March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a song-writing duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote music and Evans t ...
,
Ray Evans
Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and song-writing duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Living ...
, Sam Cooke)
Side two
# "When a Boy Falls in Love" (Clinton Levert, Sam Cooke)
# "
To Each His Own" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
# "
Tammy" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
# "
The Gypsy" (
Billy Reid)
# "The Little Things You Do" (J.W. Alexander)
# "
You Send Me
"You Send Me" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer Sam Cooke, released as a single in 1957 by Keen Records. Produced by Bumps Blackwell and arranged and conducted by René Hall. The song, Cooke's debut single, was a massive ...
" (L.C. Cook)
Notes
* Tracks 1-3, 7 & 8 are unreleased.
* Track 4 was the B-side to "
Chain Gang
A chain gang or road gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Such punishment might include repairing buildings, building roads, or clearing land. The system was no ...
" in 1960.
* Track 5 is from
''My Kind of Blues'' (1961).
* Track 6 was the B-side to "Win Your Love for Me" in 1958.
* Tracks 9 & 12 are from ''
Sam Cooke
Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential soul artists of all time, Cooke is commonly referred ...
'' (1958)''.''
* Track 10 is from ''
Encore
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'' (1958)''.''
* Track 11 was the B-side to "
Everybody Loves to Cha-Cha-Cha" in 1959.
Personnel
*
René Hall
René Joseph Hall (September 26, 1912 ‒ February 11, 1988) was an American guitarist and arranger. He was among the most important behind the scenes figures in early rock and roll, but his career spanned the period from the late 1920s to the ...
,
Sammy Lowe
Sammy Lowe (May 14, 1918, Birmingham, Alabama – February 17, 1993, Birmingham) was an American trumpeter, arranger, and conductor.
Career
Lowe was active both in jazz and in R&B music, particularly in the 1950s and 1960s. From the 1930s to ...
– arrangers
*
Billy Mure
Sebastian "Billy" Mure (Born on November 4, 1915 – September 25, 2013) was an American guitarist and songwriter who recorded several albums in the 1950s and 1960s in a variety of styles, including surf, Hawaiian music, swing, pop, and loung ...
, René Hall, Sammy Lowe – conductors
Charts
Notes
External links
Songs of Sam Cooke: Main Page
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1965 albums
Sam Cooke albums
Albums arranged by René Hall
Albums conducted by René Hall
Albums conducted by Sammy Lowe
Albums produced by Hugo & Luigi
Albums published posthumously
RCA Victor albums