Cooke wrote this when he was touring England in 1962 with Little Richard. Along with many Soulful ballads, he wrote a lot of lighter songs like this (“Good News,” “Having A Party,” “Twistin’ The Night Away”), but did record a heavy political song shortly before his death in 1964: “A Change Is Gonna Come.”
Cat Stevens recorded this in 1974 – his version hit US #6. Except for “Morning Has Broken,” it’s the only Stevens release he did not write himself.
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August 1, 2010 at 11:06 am
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August 1, 2010 at 6:51 pm
I really liked the Cat Stevens version of this…I thought it had more urgency…CAT !
August 1, 2010 at 10:39 pm
My Dear Hedley,
This is the one which came to mind. I think I would have held off on the Cat as I played him just a week or so again.
Cat!!!
August 1, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Cooke wrote this when he was touring England in 1962 with Little Richard. Along with many Soulful ballads, he wrote a lot of lighter songs like this (“Good News,” “Having A Party,” “Twistin’ The Night Away”), but did record a heavy political song shortly before his death in 1964: “A Change Is Gonna Come.”
Cat Stevens recorded this in 1974 – his version hit US #6. Except for “Morning Has Broken,” it’s the only Stevens release he did not write himself.
August 1, 2010 at 10:43 pm
sblake,
I remember so well A Change is Gonna Come, have played it here as well.
I have been a Sam Cooke fan for as long as I remember.