My Gospel Roots by Sam Cooke
Cross Rhythms Rating: 8/10
CD: Album
Tags: Gospel, CD, Album, Recommended, Top Rated
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Classic and timeless music from Gospel's Golden Age featuring Soul Stirrers recordings originally cut for Specialty.
- 1. Peace In The Valley
- 2. Come And Go To That Land
- 3. I Have A Friend Above All Others
- 4. Jesus Done What He Said
- 5. Joy, Joy To My Soul
- 6. I Gave Up Everything To Follow Him
- 7. He's My Rock
- 8. Come Let Us Go Back To God
- 9. I'm Gonna Build On That Shore
- 10. Jesus Will Lead Me To That Promised Land
- 11. Let Me Go Home
- 12. Someday, Somewhere
- 13. Until Jesus Calls Me Home
- 14. I'm So Happy In The Service Of The Lord
- 15. It Won't Be Very Long
- 16. How Far Am I From Cannan-
- 17. Christ Is All
- 18. Jesus Gave Me Water
- 19. I'm Over The Firing Line
- 20. Just Another Day
- 21. Jesus Paid My Debt
- 22. He's My Friend Until The End
- 23. End Of My Jouney










Reviewed by Trevor Kirk
The rise of a Chicago preacher's kid to stardom, first in gospel music and then in mainstream pop, followed by a sad and sordid death at the age of 33 in a seedy motel room in Los Angeles, sounds like the plot for a tacky film noir, but that in a nutshell is the story of Sam Cooke. In the '50s, the Soul Stirrers were one of the leading groups in gospel music, with a string of memorable and classic songs, but in 1957 Sam departed to pursue a pop music career, with hits such as "Chain Gang", "Cupid", "What A Wonderful World" and "Twisting The Night Away". The 23 tracks on this CD (which should by rights be credited to both Sam and the Soul Stirrers, but I quibble) include some of the aforementioned memorable and classic songs, recorded for Specialty between 1951 and 1953 - "Peace In the Valley", "Come And Go To That Land", "Jesus Gave Me Water" and many more. Audio quality is good considering the age of the material, and if you're an aficionado of Gospel's Golden Age, when the Stirrers and the other legendary quartets were struttin' their stuff along the Gospel Highway, then this is for you, that's if you haven't got some of the re-issues by Ace who have already superbly trawled the Specialty catalogue.
Cross Rhythms Product Code: 19239
Product Format: CD
Content Type: Album
Cat. Code: Delta 26471
Items: 1
Release Date: 09 Jun 2006
Classic and timeless music from Gospel's Golden Age featuring Soul Stirrers recordings originally cut for Specialty.