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Twistin' the Night Away by Sam Cooke (CD, 1962)

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Twistin' The Night Away 2. Sugar Dumpling 3. Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah 4. A Whole Lotta Woman 6. The Twist 7. Twistin' In The Old Town Tonight 8. Movin' And A'Groovin' 9. Camptown Twist 10.

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Record LabelHallmark

UPC5050457151829

eBay Product ID (ePID)26050164470

Product Key Features

Release Year1962

FormatCD

GenreSoul, R&B & Soul

ArtistSam Cooke

Release TitleTwistin' the Night Away

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Additional informationThis 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