This is a
Sam Cooke song that was released as a single in 1961. It reached the 31st
spot on the US Pop Chart, and the 25th spot on the R&B Chart. I
think it’s also worth mentioning that over the span of his 8 year career that
he had 29 singles chart on the Billboard Top 40 and 20 singles in the top ten
of the R&B chart.
Adele has apparently
been covering this song for her entire career. A live version was included in
the bonus tracks of the 2009 expanded edition of her album 19. There doesn't appear
to be a studio version of it. The album was pretty successful, reaching number 4
the US and number 1 in the UK.
Sam Cooke:
Adele:
So I like
the Sam Cooke version better. (No surprise there right? You guys must think I'm
such a jerk. I kind of am.) Anyway, I like Adele's version. It's good; for
example, I like how she changed the gender roles. If you've read some of my
other posts you'll know I love it when artists so that. It kind of simpler, because
it's just her and her guitarist, and the way she sings it is more sped up. I
think the song loses a lot without drums. And I'm not a huge fan of how she
sped it up. I think the way Sam paces version is really what makes it so great.
I give her credit because her version is live and it's still really good. I
think that's a good way to measure an artist. But if you read the Try a littletenderness post, or even the very first post in this blog you'll know that I always
talk about how Sam recorded the best live performance ever.
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