''You Send Me'' (Take NA Atco Records 33-161-A-5 LP Master) (Sam Cooke) (Hicuero Music) (3:10)
Recorded Unknown Date January 1964 at Stax Studio, 926 East McLemore Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
Producers - Jim Stewart & Steve Cropper
Recording Engineer - Tom Dowd and/or Barry Ainsworth
Name (Or. No. of Instruments
Otis Redding - Vocals
Booker T. Jones - Organ & Piano
Steve Cropper - Guitar & Piano
Johnny Jenkins - Guitar
Donald "Duck" Dunn - Bass Guitar
Lewis Steinberg - Bass Guitar
Al Jackson Jr. - Drums
Wayne Jackson - Trumpet
Packy Axton - Tenor Saxophone
Floyd Newman - Baritone Saxophone
"You Send Me" is a song written and originally recorded by American singer Sam Cooke, released as a single in 1957 by Keen Records. Produced by Bumps Blackwell and arranged and conducted by René Hall. The song, Cooke's debut single, was a massive commercial success, becoming a number 1 hit on both Billboard's Rhythm & Blues Records chart and the Billboard Hot 100, his only number one on the latter chart.
It was named as one of the 500 most important rock and roll recordings by the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. In April 2010, the song ranked number 115 in Rolling Stone magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In addition to the original version of Sam Cooke, "You Send Me" has received numerous covers over the years, the most important being the versions of Teresa Brewer (1957), Otis Redding (1964), Aretha Franklin (1968), Ponderosa Twins Plus One (1971) and The Manhattans (1985).
Cooke wrote "You Send Me" but gave the writing credit to his younger brother L.C. (who used the original family spelling "Cook") because he did not want his own publisher to profit from the song. He had also hoped L.C. would record the song himself. Cooke made a demo recording of the song featuring only his own guitar accompaniment in the winter of 1955. The first recording of the track was made in New Orleans in December 1956 in the same sessions which produced "Lovable", the first release outside the gospel field for Cooke (credited on that single as Dale Cook). The classic version of "You Send Me" was cut in Los Angeles in June 1957 and was issued as a single with another track from the same session: a version of "Summertime", as the debut release on the Keen label founded by two brothers, John and Alex Siamas; this release marked the first single credited to "Sam Cooke" (whose true surname was Cook). Although "Summertime" was the intended A-side, disc jockeys favored "You Send Me", which broke nationally that October to reach number 1 for a two-week stay in December 1957, with sales estimated at 1.5 million units. "Overnight, with a single song, Sam Cooke" - who had spent the summer of 1957 living in his producer's apartment - "became a secular superstar, with audiences consisting of black and white, men and women, young and old''.
As was common practice in the 1950s when it was unusual for hits in the black Rhythm & Blues market to crossover to the Pop charts, a cover version of "You Send Me" aimed at the Pop charts was cut by the white singer Teresa Brewer and released in October 1957. Symptomatic of the changing music scene, Cooke's original was able to repeat its number 1 Rhythm & Blues chart performance in the Pop field, eclipsing Brewer's version. Brewer's version of "You Send Me" reached as high as number 8 on the Hot 100, her first and only top 10 hit since "Mutual Admiration Society" the year before, and her final Top 20 hit.
"You Send Me" by Otis Redding his rendition is a soulful cover of Sam Cooke’s iconic 1957 hit. Redding recorded his version in 1964 for his debut album ''Pain In My Heart'', infusing it with his signature raw emotion and Southern soul style. Lyrics Snapshot: ''Darling, you send me / I know you, you send me / Honest you do, honest you do…''. Otis’s rendition stands out for its heartfelt delivery and rich instrumental backing, making it one of the most beloved interpretations of the song,
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