Sam Cooke "Just For You"

[1947Tuco]

Such golden memories for us aging baby boomers. No one could both stir and soothe the pangs of young love like Sam Cooke back in the innocent times of the late '50s and early '60s.

As R.J. Harris put it: "The greatest voice that ever sounded out."

[cohungtam1965]

i want to know also, when can we have a film about the story of Mr SAM COOKE"

so beautiful all his songs (from france, )

[matthewhanhauser]

paul mooney played sam cooke in 'the buddy holly story'...

[TheLindenlaan]

The Greatest Voice!!

[celticircle]

beautiful man...

[MrJorlop]

There never will be another voice like that of Sam cooke.

[VaniaDawson882]

Download the audio from this track at speedyconversion doht cohm.

[indure08]

...is, as far as I know, Mackie isn't a natural singer. We wouldn't want a corny lip-singing movie like 'Why Do Fools Fall In Love'...but Mackie has the edge Sam had, and is young enough. Another good actor is Chiwetel Ejiofor; he actually looks like Sam, more than Mackie, and is currently 33...again, I dont think he can sing naturally but these are good casting choices, look and bearing-wise.

[indure08]

A movie's currently being made on Sam starring singer Ray Lavender...I don't like the selection (Ray playing Sam). I read a recent interview where Ray said he was originally going to bring some of himself into the role, until Jamie Foxx met him and told him to get into method acting; to thoroughly study Sam and become sam. Ray reportidly said "Ok, I'll do that". My reaction's like you didn't plan on doing that already?!?! IMO, actor anthony Mackie would make a great Sam Cooke, only thing...

[13MidnightGirl]

Sam Cooke is... He is... Well, he is THE BEST.

[elisangela11000]

D+



[burnley5960]

It don't get much better than this pure class RIP Sam

[blue29eyes]

one of the finest voices ever...love this!

[SuperFenderfan]

Will Smith could play Sam

[skydome29]

Sam did all the parts in this song, impressive.

[indure08]

@skydome29 He sure did. Good ears.

[montecarlo0]

You know your right, No one could duplicate , Sam Cooke.

[TheDicamillo]

My favourite Soul singer

[deearebeats]

the best

[dianemetters]

sam cooke is the greastest singer ever i love you uncle sam

[frenchstyla]

love sam cook

[dutchy419]

none like this i will raise my children on this music

[iw32]

When Sam Cooke sings you can't help but feel uplifted.

[Dejuan217]

i love this song and so does my dad who i look up to

[amd77j]

Listen to that singing as well as the vocal arrangement. Heavenly. Thanks for posting!

[DyannaLove]

@amd77j, I agree, the vocals are sick!

[bennyendale]

I love you Sam Cooke!!!!

[Tommit9]

DAMN! That man can sing!! I have always loved his songs!

[bigwayne49]

@Tommit9 i know what you mean he was the best

[dianemetters]

if you loved sam cook as munch as i do please write me and join my sam cooke fan club diane jeffery email diane metters55 @ yahoo.com

[bigwayne49]

@dianemetters my name is wayne and i love sam cook and i would love to be in that club

[bigwayne49]

@dianemetters my name is wayne and i love sam cook and i would love to be in that club my e-mail is wayne.nation@yahoo.com

[Raphuzzler]

can somebody tell me why he has been killed ?

[dianemetters]

@Raphuzzler he was killed because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time but he loved women she was a hoe and she stole his pants with his money the hotel clerk did not know that she shot the famous sam cooke i dont think she meant to do it she was just scare

[Raphuzzler]

@dianemetters thank you but is this really true ?

[MyTerrylove]

love this song

[christer1947ify]

His sings from botten of the heart...real soul..

[flintowndancer]

Real soul music like this is timeless, and it has no replay value.. most important you can feel it in your soul

[agelos1968]

The best soul singer ever !

We miss you a lot Sam !

[17865329]

@agelos1968  Maybe the best singer ever period, he's certainly in the conversation.

[cryingeyes100]

I don't know what New Jerusalem will be like in eternity but I hope some of the soulful singers like Sam cooke will be there singing and helping all those who made it over to praise the Lord! That includes myself. See You someday Sam. RIP!

[miixey]

I cry almost everytime i hear Sam Cooke, i wasn't born when he lived but still i miss him so much.

R.I.P Sam you are 4-ever 1 of the greatest singer ever.

[mbsunlimited]

@miixey Don't be sad,be glad that there was a SAM COOKE who left us with so many great songs.

[ABITTERSWEETGIRL]

one of the finest songs ever... i adore sam cooke.. since i was 14

[MLEFUTURE]

yes my dear!!!!!

[maryjulie2]

I love Sam Cooke!!! He`s so great!!!!

[bigwayne49]

@maryjulie2 he was the best

[poetryselite]

After hearin vocals this smooth and pure, how could anybody conclude anything otha than, "Sam Cooke is the GREATEST musician of all-time"... I concur. Sam Cooke deserves a movie about his life, so many otha artists have it. But Sam Cooke's turn has been loonnngggg overdue. Sam Cooke is indeed "The Inventor of Soul". RIP Sam Cooke.

[mapscannotcontainme]

Definitely one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century, if that's what you mean, I would agree. The poor sound quality doesn't do his voice justice here.

[burnley5960]

Wonderfull I love Sam Cooke

[lovesamcooke]

Thank you Sam: your voice is unique.

[lovesamcooke]

sam was number one and will remain number one till eternity

[wavecrashes]

my dad plays this song every morning while he's getting ready for work

and i sing it to my car every time i wash her

[montecarlo0]

WHEN WILL SOMEOME DO THE SAM STORY?

[dianemetters]

@montecarlo0 my name is diane jeffery when i was a child sam cooke lived with us because my father was trying to mg. him when he was gospel i klove sam cooke he would always sing to me so i know all his songs and his lifestyle i would love to see a movie about him rod stewart would be the one to help us because him and bobby womack loved sam please chat back to me about sam he was my play uncle and i loved him dearly diane metters55@yahoo.com

[DONTINSTALL2]

@montecarlo0 Youtube -

They Sold Their Souls For Rock And Roll

/watch?v=2OyP4ETNygo

[Treavce]

@montecarlo0 oh my that is an excellent question...but who in the world could play Sam and do him justice????

[brandongyrl]

@Treavce I believe John Legend could give it a good shot. Sound is a liiiittel different than Sam's, but is original. Heartfelt...from the soul. And he has that build, and old school look ANYway. LOL!! Love my old music. 36 yrs old, born 10 yrs after my bruthuz and privy to listening to my parent's old records...Sam, Aretha...good music. Meant something....love it. CanNOT hear "Bring It on Home to Me" enough.

[mjjcng8958]

@brandongyrl please no. you have to go with the way sam looked to. i think legend would fit if you based it on his looks. how about an unknown singer/ actor who looks more like sam? hollywood needs to get out of using the sam old well known people for movies. we need new talent in hollywood

[luvureally]

@mjjcng8958 John Legend looks nothing like Sam Cooke.

[larrycancooke2]

@mjjcng8958 Sam in a movie...smile...type in larry hilton cooke 3 and then larry hilton cooke 4.....Be Blessed....Cooke

[HeavyBroadKastin]

@mjjcng8958 denzel washington can play sam cooke?

[mjjcng8958]

@HeavyBroadKastin ues i agree if not then some new talent

[missbham205]

@HeavyBroadKastin He's too old. There gonna have to have someone young. Seeing that Sam Cooke was young during his career as well as when he died.

[cliffe98]

@mjjcng8958 The guy in Ali who played Sam in the opening Montag might be good.

[indure08]

@cliffe98 That guyin the opening scene isactually singer Dionne Warwick's son. Dionne actually was headed to LA the day Sam died; she was going to spend her birthday partying with Sam. So it's a strange, sort of ironic twist of life that her son winds up playing Sam in the movie 'Ali'.

[dogkelp]

@montecarlo0

I don't know, but I recommend reading "Dream Boogie," John Guralnick's bio. Would be a good model for any flick.

[mjjcng8958]

@montecarlo0 i dont think the movie industry these days can do his story justice

[mironpa90]

@montecarlo0 When they find someone who can do him justice... so maybe never. But we can hope.

[Mausl76]

love you sam...

[smix86]

You are priviledged.You special few who has an opportunity to hear a phenomenon. The man who had the ability to reach the part of man that connects us all. That deep part. The inside. Objective Beauty.

[ghtslaugh]

Sam and arthur conley were the most powerful soul singers of the 60's.

[alexisSHAINAxD]

i found myself singing this song earlier so i came on youtube and looked it up lol

[naganokumas]

One thing I've finally realised is that Sam Cooke had the finest voice I've ever heard.

[burnley5960]

@naganokumas Exactly

[artyflap]

another classic from the legend that is "Sam Cooke".....brillant...

[serazzza]

I love Sam Cooke, i just love this kind of music!

[hydromaintainer01]

if you listen closly to the words in "a change is gonna come" by sam cooke you will understand what he was raised into and what he stood for

[smokeshell1]

What a pimp.

[negmone]

Man he's been my favorite artist for many years now and I just can't stop listening to his music. Maybe it's the innocence that comes across his voice.

[YATES001]

i love sam cooke's voice it is simply amazing

[undrgrnd12]

this guy is a classic!!

[C42H62O16]

Damn beautiful song!

Canzone maledettamente bella!

Strašně pěkná písen'!

Страшно красивая песня!

Giacomo - Venice

[johmjohn00]

his sound god...it's just like an angel...

[jastheswift2]

sam cooke, then michael jackson: best male voices

[skydome29]

no marvin gaye luther vandross?

[jastheswift2]

marvin and luther were great, but sam and mj are unique and great

[LoONaBLuE]

my fave artiste of all time

ever

i love everything he's ever done

r.i.p. sam

[segla80]

What a talented voice!!! Was he a human being, are you sure? He was so above, i never heard another singer performing by this way. I think i'm dreamin whenever i'm listening for his tube.

Damn so good!!!!

Thank's for posting it.

[stancosmos]

just started lookin up sam cooke, really should have done this earlier.

[teewoods]

Better late than never! The guy was a incredible!

[VaRaShirly]

Yeah.. i felt so what ashamed that i never heard of him

*Speachless*

But now i do....an i'll defintly never forget!!

[jastheswift2]

just for you = i love you

[rokkitride]

It's all just for you anymore......nothing else matters....you are what's important to me....you make me happy and I want to give you the same feeling......I live my life...just for you....Yoo-HOO.....

[drcasey328]

A legend has come and gone, but the music lives on, We miss you Sam Cooke

[ygebeyehu]

too bad it all end too shortly.

[ygebeyehu]

too bad it all end to shortly.

[skydome29]

his life did statistically and tradgically end early, please try and make some sense next time.

[jastheswift2]

it's the third "just for you" from the beginning...

[bajr89]

I thought I'd lost this one ... thanx

[YodaROCKT]

dont apollogize for the audio ^^ it wouldnt sound so authentic in a better quality

[musicistheproblem]

You know if he played a vinyl lp, it would souund much better. It has a more natural sound

[jastheswift2]

this may sound blasphemous, but r. kelly is the closest thing to sam cooke.

[skydome29]

agreeable but you forgot the words distant and second

[hopediamond4real]

The man and his voice were just indescribable! He was definitely the pioneer for all the great soul singers who came after him.

[ADRIAN0JOHNSON]

the greatest of them all

[Psoodoekko]

im thinking youd never know the truth, c'mon lets be reallistic here. Anyhow Sams voice is classic, I agree. Hafta admit I hadnt heard of him til allmemphismusic so thanks for tht, and thanks for this

[r5o0b]

Sam-You were Great!

[skydome29]

dont worry about the audio sam's voice heals all problems

[Cayoquieto]

just wonderfull onkel sam,algun dia quiero comprar todos los derecho de esas melodias; de SAM...I will.

[TeYoJe]

A timeless classic! I love Sam's voice - so pure and angelic. Thanks for posting!

Peace!

[motown250]

BRILL

[naturalhighh]

sam cooke forever

[GeenstijlZuigt]

He was most likely robbed be a lady he had taken to his room in a hotel/motel. When he found out the lady was gone he went to the manager. Sam Cooke, being drunk and angry, and half naked (because the lady had taken most of his clothes) got to close acording to the manager. So she shot him. The clothes were found later, but the money in his pockets was gone.

[boerborn]

man, what a great voice !

[johnsilverlargo]

the purity of the melody, the unsophisticated (but not silly) lyrics and his ELEGANT voice made the songs like this one absolute magic. yes: the magic does not exist in the world... except in the sam cooke`s songs. pure poetry.

[ICITALL411]

TOTALLY AGREE!! There is just something about Sam Cooke that no other singer on God's green earth has!!! He definatly has the best voice of all time!!

[phine46]

I agree with you 100%

[ddean1987]

this guy is so damn good. best voice. i don't think he gets the credit he deserves.

[r5o0b]

And he did all those backing harmonies himself! Overdubbed ,of course.

[jijbentlilik]

Je zou me eens moeten zien als ik net wakker ben :)

Maar niet dat ik een of ander complex heb hoor :D

[Nieles1989]

@jijbentlilik  leuk nummer man, jammer van de kwaliteit:P. later

[okkerseg]

thanks for this wonderful song! 5*

en ik vind je naam het einde, hoe verzin je het!

:))

[jijbentlilik]

you're most welcome :P

en die naam schoot me te binnen toen ik in de spiegel keek hehe

[okkerseg]

jijbentlilik, waarom geloof ik je niet, he ?! :D gerda

[skydome29]

I was just thinking if he was alive today and did this song in a duet with someone like alicia keys...how much better popular music would be if so many didnt die so early, left a large gap.

[BK227]

When will we ever get back to music with vocal substance. he was so soulful, gracious, pure piece of talent....

[Epsilon0726]

I love Sam Cooke, shame he died so young!

[kmc187274]

This song runs deep in my heart. I remember this and ChainGang had me missing my girl and Dallas, TX (my home) when I lived in Seoul S.Korea. Especially at the end of Chain Gang when he says, ill be coming home one of these days.... and everything I did in Korea to better my life for me and my chick, family. Bring it home to me is a classic 2. Cooke is my favorite singer and im only 28, a first generation American who taught himself about this music. RIP Sam .. I know ur still piping them notes.

[carolynkayeat]

Undeniably the greatest singer who ever lived...Gone too soon...

[Trevor1977]

Wonderful!I heard this song when i was a little kid with my big brother. 20 years ago.

Where did the time go.

Love this song.

[brdpearl]

it was before my time but still a wonderful song.

[larrycancooke2]

I think Sam's voive and style is time-less..Something about it draws you in...Cooke

[ThardusVegitle]

great song, sam cooke is one of the greatest ever singers

[SISTERSALL]

I NEVER get tired of hearing a Sam Cooke song. He's one of my favorite singers.

[spyware60]

Like it very much!!

[AJRAC86]

the best period

[mbsunlimited]

One of my favorite SAM COOKE songs. Nice and smooth.

[kjdhkjdsg]

I love it

[Ijeomanikulapokuti]

This song is so awesome!