You Send Me

Infobox Single
Name = You Send Me


Caption =
Artist = Sam Cooke
from Album = Sam Cooke
A-side =
B-side = Summertime, Pt. 1
Released = September 7, 1957
Format = 7" single
Recorded = June 1, 1957
Genre = Soul
Length = 2:43
Label = Keen Records
Writer =
Producer = Bumps Blackwell
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "You Send Me"
(1957)
Next single = "I'll Come Running Back to You"
(1957)
Misc =

"You Send Me" is a 1957 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. The song was his first secular single released through Keen Records, an imprint of RCA Victor Records. His first non-gospel single, "Lovable," was released earlier that year under a pseudonym. Released in October of 1957, the record became an instant hit, topping the charts on both the "Billboard" Pop and R&B singles charts. The record established Cooke as a mainstream R&B singer, apart from his gospel roots.

At the same time a rendition was also released by Teresa Brewer, which reached #8 on the pop charts.

Since its release, the song has become a landmark record of the soul genre, which Cooke helped create. It was named as one of the 500 most important rock and roll recordings by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. In 2005, the song was voted #115 by representatives of the music industry and press in "Rolling Stone" magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Nat King Cole, The Drifters, The Everly Brothers, José Feliciano, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Percy Sledge, Van Morrison and the Steve Miller Band. In the United Kingdom, Rod Stewart released this song as part of a medley with "Bring It on Home to Me" and charted it on the UK Singles Chart at #7 as a double A-side with "Farewell."

Chart performance

Teresa Brewer version

Credits

* Written and produced by Sam Cooke.
* Instrumentation by Rene Hall (arrangement and rhythm guitar), Ted Brinson (bass), Earl Palmer (drums), and Cliff White (guitar).
* Engineering by Bob Kidder.

References

* "Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964". Abkco Records, 2003. Los Angeles, California.
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