Try a Little Love

1965 studio album by Sam Cooke
Try a Little Love
Studio album by
Sam Cooke
ReleasedOctober 1965
GenreRhythm and blues, soul
Length30:03
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerAl Schmitt, Hugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke chronology
The Best of Sam Cooke, Volume II
(1965)
Try a Little Love
(1965)
The Unforgettable Sam Cooke
(1966)

Try a Little Love is the second posthumous studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Sammy Davis Jr. composed the liner notes.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Try a Little Love" (J.W. Alexander, Sam Cooke)
  2. "Don't Cry on My Shoulder" (Pat Kennedy, Turk Prujan)
  3. "Bridge of Tears" (J.W. Alexander)
  4. "I Fall in Love Every Day" (Jimmy Clark)
  5. "You're Always on My Mind" (James W. Alexander)
  6. "Almost in Your Arms" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Sam Cooke)

Side two

  1. "When a Boy Falls in Love" (Clinton Levert, Sam Cooke)
  2. "To Each His Own" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
  3. "Tammy" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans)
  4. "The Gypsy" (Billy Reid)
  5. "The Little Things You Do" (J.W. Alexander)
  6. "You Send Me" (L.C. Cook)

Notes

  • Tracks 1-3, 7 & 8 are unreleased.
  • Track 4 was the B-side to "Chain Gang" in 1960.
  • Track 5 is from My Kind of Blues (1961).
  • Track 6 was the B-side to "Win Your Love for Me" in 1958.
  • Tracks 9 & 12 are from Sam Cooke (1958).
  • Track 10 is from Encore (1958).
  • Track 11 was the B-side to "Everybody Loves to Cha-Cha-Cha" in 1959.

Personnel

  • René Hall, Sammy Lowe – arrangers
  • Billy Mure, René Hall, Sammy Lowe – conductors

Charts

Chart (1965) Peak
position
Billboard Top LPs[1] 120

Notes

  1. ^ "Sam Cooke – Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 28, 2014.

External links

  • Songs of Sam Cooke: Main Page
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