Twistin' the Night Away Sam Cooke

• 1 Twistin' the Night Away 02:35
• 2 Sugar Dumpling 02:15
• 3 Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah 02:10
• 4 Somebody's Gonna Miss Me 02:40
• 5 A Whole Lotta Woman 02:20
• 6 The Twist 02:28
• 7 Twistin' in the Old Town Tonight 02:02
• 8 Movin' and a'Groovin' 02:35
• 9 Camptown Twist 02:12
• 10 Somebody Have Mercy 02:55
• 11 Soothe Me 02:07
• 12 That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On 02:30
• Total Runtime 28:49

Info for Twistin' the Night Away

One of the great dance albums of its period, but a brilliant soul album as well, which is why it holds up 50 years later. This is the remastered version of a record that's been out of print for a (too) long time!

„This was one of Cooke's more successful LPs, only his second ever to chart (the first was his 1957 debut long-player), and from here on, all of his albums would sell in serious numbers. Twistin' the Night Away remains one of Cooke's most accessible records, despite the fact that it was a "twist" album, aimed by the producers at cashing in on that craze, and Cooke was shoehorned into doing numbers like "Camptown Twist," "Twistin' in the Kitchen With Dinah," and "Twistin' in the Old Town," as well as his version of Hank Ballard's "The Twist." Around them, the singer is at his most soulful, exciting, and passionate, on the bluesy "Somebody Have Mercy"; the romantic lament "Somebody's Gonna Miss Me"; the ebullient "Sugar Dumpling"; the achingly beautiful, yearning "A Whole Lot of Woman"; the soaring "Soothe Me" (with Lou Rawls); and the slow dance number "Movin' and Groovin' ." One of the great dance albums of its period, but a brilliant soul album as well, which is why it holds up 40 years later.“ (Bruce Eder, AMG)

Recorded December 18, 1961 at RCA Hollywood Engineered by Al Schmitt Produced by Hugo & Luigi

Digitally remastered

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