“Tribute To The Lady - Billie Holiday” by Sam Cooke - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1959 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1950s |
Sam’s third album for Keen Records, issued in April 1959. The concept looks good on paper; one soulful African American pays tribute to another. The reality says differently; sophisticated jazz ballad tedium for middle of the road bores. Count me out…
The Jukebox Rebel
28–Jul–2008
Tracklist |
A1 | [02:35] Sam Cooke - God Bless The Child (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) Crooner / Cabaret |
A2 | [01:50] Sam Cooke - She’s Funny That Way (Neil Moret, Richard Whiting) Crooner / Cabaret |
A3 | [02:32] Sam Cooke - I’ve Got A Right To Sing The Blues (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) Jazz |
A4 | [02:05] Sam Cooke - Good Morning, Heartache (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) Jazz |
A5 | [02:27] Sam Cooke - T Aint Nobody’s Bizness (If I Do) (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins) Jazz |
A6 | [02:27] Sam Cooke - Comes Love (Lew Brown, Charles Tobias, Sammy Stept) Jazz |
B1 | [02:26] Sam Cooke - Lover Girl (Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez) Jazz |
B2 | [02:22] Sam Cooke - Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Jazz |
B3 | [02:10] Sam Cooke - Lover Come Back To Me (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) Jazz |
B4 | [02:23] Sam Cooke - Solitude (Edward Ellington, Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange) Jazz |
B5 | [02:29] Sam Cooke - They Can’t Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Jazz |
B6 | [02:33] Sam Cooke - Crazy She Calls Me (Bob Russell, Carl Sigman) Crooner / Cabaret |