The Best of Sam Cooke is a 1962 compilation which contains most of Sam Cooke's most well-known hits from 1957 to 1962. Sam Cooke was a great artist and major hit maker in the late 1950s and early 1960s. For a while he was RCA Records' second best-selling singles artist, after Elvis Presley. But for all his talent, Sam Cooke was not a superstar during his lifetime. His fame did not rival of Ray Charles or Frank Sinatra. Sam Cooke was a successful rock and roll singer (when the term still encompassed R&B) who was interested in crossing over into Read more on Last.fm.
