Rod Stewart Cupid

Sir Rod Stewart loves to sing about love. It's a subject the legendary singer-songwriter has explored consistently throughout his career as one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Stewart's fan-adored hits are just right for the moment.

When Sam Cooke signed with RCA Records in 1960, he had already had several hits ("You Send Me," "What A Wonderful World," and "Only Sixteen" among them) on the small independent label Keen Records. He had paid attention to the business sides of things, too, and he signed with RCA because he was allowed to keep control of his song publishing…

Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live At The Harlem Square Club
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 218 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Legacy Recordings # 82876 69552 2 | Country/Year: Europe 2005, 1963
Genre: R'n'B, Rock | Style: Soul

…The mix used here seems to more or less split the difference, but the crucial key is and was always Cooke's vocals, and while he was a marvelously smooth, versatile, and urbane singer on his official pop recordings, here he explodes into one of the finest sets of raw secular gospel ever captured on tape. It is essential listening in any version.