Greatest Hits

1	You Send Me 2:45
2	(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons 2:40
3	You Were Made for Me 2:58
4	Win Your Love for Me 2:51
5	Love You Most of All 2:19
6	Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha 2:43
7	Only Sixteen 2:16
8	Wonderful World 2:08
9	Chain Gang 2:43
10	Sad Mood 2:41
11	That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On 2:40
12	Cupid 2:37
13	Twistin' the Night Away 2:43
14	Having a Party 2:37
15	Bring It on Home to Me 2:45
16	Sugar Dumplings Version 2:18
17	Nothing Can Change This Love 2:39
18	Somebody Have Mercy 3:06
19	Send Me Some Lovin' 2:49
20	Frankie and Johnny 2:46
21	Little Red Rooster 2:50

Barnes & Noble

Sam Cooke possessed the sweetest voice in soul, and his supple vocal style inspired everyone from Otis Redding to Rod Stewart and Al Green. He was also a terrific songwriter, and the string of hits created prior to his death in 1964 is one of the most enduring of the pre-Beatles era. Cooke started out as a teenage gospel star with the Soul Stirrers and caused much consternation in the religious community when he began releasing secular songs. But after his 1957 single "You Send Me" went to No. 1, the battle was over. Cooke became famous for puppy-love pop-soul songs like "Only Sixteen" and "Wonderful World," but he really came into his own when tunes like "Chain Gang" and "Bring It on Home to Me" added a bluesier and more mature texture to his songs. The 21-track Greatest Hits finds a better balance between Cooke's pop and soul hits than the 12-song Best of Sam Cooke, but both discs suffer from the inexplicable lack of his masterful "A Change Is Gonna Come." John Milward

All Music Guide

Although it isn't as sublime as the definitive The Man and His Music, Greatest Hits still does a good job of rounding up the majority of Sam Cooke's biggest pop hits. Ironically, it doesn't have enough gospel or R&B cuts, skipping over such essentials as "Touch the Hem of His Garment," "Ain't That Good News," and "A Change Is Gonna Come" in favor of such pop hits as "Sugar Dumpling." However, it has just enough songs that aren't on The Man and His Music to make it worth exploring for fans who haven't been able to hear some of this material before, since some of these songs have been out of print for years. Nevertheless, it's targeted for the curious and the novice, and even with its omissions, Greatest Hits does provide a reasonably effective overview of his pop career. Stephen Thomas Erlewine