You Send Me
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| Single by Sam Cooke from the album Sam Cooke |
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| B-side | Summertime, Pt. 1 | ||||
| Released | September 7, 1957 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Recorded | June 1, 1957 | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 2:43 | ||||
| Label | Keen Records | ||||
| Producer | Bumps Blackwell | ||||
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"You Send Me" is a 1957 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. The song was his first secular single released through Keen Records, an imprint of RCA Victor Records. His first non-gospel single, "Lovable," was released earlier that year under a pseudonym. Released in October of 1957, the record became an instant hit, topping the charts on both the Billboard Pop and R&B singles charts. The record established Cooke as a mainstream R&B singer, apart from his gospel roots.
At the same time a rendition was also released by Teresa Brewer, which reached #8 on the pop charts.
Since its release, the song has become a landmark record of the soul genre, which Cooke helped create. It was named as one of the 500 most important rock and roll recordings by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In 2005, the song was voted #115 by representatives of the music industry and press in Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Nat King Cole, The Drifters, The Everly Brothers, José Feliciano, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Percy Sledge, Van Morrison and the Steve Miller Band. In the United Kingdom, Rod Stewart released this song as part of a medley with "Bring It on Home to Me" and charted it on the UK Singles Chart at #7 as a double A-side with "Farewell."
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[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Teresa Brewer version
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1957 | Pop Singles Chart | #8 |
[edit] Sam Cooke version
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1957 | Black Singles Chart | #1 |
| 1957 | Pop Singles Chart | #1 |
| 1958 | UK Singles Chart | #29 |
[edit] Aretha Franklin version
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1968 | Black Singles Chart | #28 |
| 1968 | Pop Singles Chart | #56 |
[edit] Credits
- Written and produced by Sam Cooke.
- Instrumentation by Rene Hall (arrangement and rhythm guitar), Ted Brinson (bass), Earl Palmer (drums), and Cliff White (guitar).
- Engineering by Bob Kidder.
[edit] References
- Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964. Abkco Records, 2003. Los Angeles, California.
- Wolff, Daniel J., S.R. Crain, Clifton White, and G. David Tenenbaum (1995). You Send Me: The Life and Times of Sam Cooke. William Morrow & Co. ISBN 0-688-12403-8.
| Preceded by "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley |
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record November 30, 1957–December 14, 1957 |
Succeeded by Raunchy |
| Preceded by "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley |
Billboard Top 100 number one single December 16, 1957 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "April Love" by Pat Boone |
