Twistin' the Night Away

by Sam Cooke

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	11/25/2022
Label:	Sowing
UPC:	7427251607001
Rank:	60517

Tracks

1. Twistin' the Night Away
2. Sugar Dumpling
3. Twistin' in the Kitchen With Dinah
4. Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
5. A Whole Lotta Woman
6. The Twist
7. Twistin' in the Old Town Tonight
8. Moovin' and A' Groovin'
9. Camptown Twist
10. Somebody Have Mercy
11. Soothe Me
12. That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sam Cooke   Primary Artist,Vocals

Technical Credits

James W. Alexander   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Michael Serino   Composer
Roy Alfred   Composer
Charles Brown   Composer
Hank Ballard   Composer
Lou Rawls   Composer