This was one of Cooke's more successful LPs, only his second ever to chart (the first was his 1957 debut long-player), and from here on, all of his albums would sell in serious numbers.
Twistin' the Night Away remains one of Cooke's most accessible records, despite the fact that it was a "twist" album, aimed by the producers at cashing in on that craze, and Cooke was shoehorned into doing numbers like "Camptown Twist," "Twistin' in the Kitchen With Dinah," and "Twistin' in the Old Town," as well as his version of Hank Ballard's "The Twist." Around them, the singer is at his most soulful, exciting, and passionate, on the bluesy "Somebody Have Mercy"; the romantic lament "Somebody's Gonna Miss Me"; the ebullient "Sugar Dumpling"; the achingly beautiful, yearning "A Whole Lot of Woman"; the soaring "Soothe Me" (with Lou Rawls); and the slow dance number "Movin' and Groovin' ." One of the great dance albums of its period, but a brilliant soul album as well, which is why it holds up 40 years later.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twistin' the Night AwaySam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 2 | Sugar DumplingSam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:19 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | Somebody's Gonna Miss MeCharles Brown | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 4 | The TwistHank Ballard | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:30 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | Camptown Twist | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:15 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 6 | Somebody Have MercySam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 7 | Soothe MeSam Cooke | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:09 | 4 MB | 13 MB |
| 8 | Twistin' In The Kitchen With Dinah | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:11 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 9 | A Whole Lotta Woman | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 10 | Twistin' In The Old Town Tonight | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:10 | 4 MB | 14 MB |
| 11 | Movin' And A'Groovin' | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:38 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 12 | That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On | Sam Cooke | Play | 02:31 | 5 MB | 16 MB |
| 29 mins | 67 MB | |||||
| 29 mins | 195 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James W. Alexander | Composer |
| 2 | Roy Alfred | Composer |
| 3 | Hank Ballard | Composer |
| 4 | Charles Brown | Composer |
| 5 | Sam Cooke | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 6 | Lou Rawls | Composer |
| 7 | Michael Serino | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |