I'll Come Running Back To You
Written by Bill Cook
Information:
- Released by Art Rupe of
Specialty after Sam Cooke had a hit with "You Send Me" for Keen. Rupe went
through old tapes and found this song with just Sam and a guitar, he asked
the Lee Gotch singers and Rene Hall to finish the song.
- When Bill Cook wrote it, it was
called "Just Call My Name"
- Sam Cooke and JW Alexander wrote
an answer song: I'll Never Come Running Back To You
- Bill Cook, acting as Sam's manager, was
the author of this song, originally recorded with a barebones rhythm section
at the same New Orleans session from which "Lovable" emerged. After "You
Send Me" had hit on Keen, Specialty owner Art Rupe, realizing the goldmine
he had lost, instructed arranger René Hall to do his best to duplicate the
sound of Sam's #1 smash, overdubbing some of the same instrumentation and
background singers. It went on to become one of Sam's biggest sellers. (From
the Portrait of a Legend CD - Peter Guralnick)
Recording Date: Somewhere in
1956
Produced by Bumps Blackwell or
Art Rupe
Charts:
- #1 in US R&B charts -1957
- #18 pop
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Singles Specialty 619 b/w
Forever (September 7, 1957)
Albums
- The Man And His Music
- Portrait Of A Legend
- The Two Sides Of Sam Cooke
- Specialty Profiles
- Brothers Of Soul - Early Years Collection
- All Hits
- In The Beginning
- Rarezas
- Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers
- 20 Golden Greats
- 20 Greatest Hits
- Wonderful Word (Card)
- Chain Gang
- Classic Album & Singles Collection
- Wonderful World, The Very Best of Sam Cooke 1957-1960
On Compilation Albums
- Blowin' the Fuse 1958 (2006)
- Specialty Profiles bonus disc
(2006)
- The Specialty Story
(Specialty 1994)
- This Is How It All Began,
Vol. 2 (Specialty 197?)
- 20 Great Cruisin'
Favorites (Cascade 2000)
- Best of the Boppin' 50's
(Priority 1989)
- Radio Gold (Ace 1992)
- Birth Of Soul (Kent 1996)
- Golden Era of Rock 'n'
Roll: 1954-1963 (Hip-O 2004)
- The Soul Story (Time Life
2006)
- Rock N Roll Legens (Go
2008)
- The Greatest R&B Hits of
1957 (Acrobat 2008)
- The Rock 'N' Roll Era:
R&B Gems (Time Life)
- Backline, Vol. 41 (Line
Music 2008)
Lyrics
Folks say thay you've found
someone new
To do the things I uses to do for you
Just call my name, I'm not ashamed
I'll come running back to you
Can't sleep at night, I can't eat a bite
When you were mine, I didn't treat you right
Just call my name, I know I know I'm not ashamed
I'll come running back to you.
Just like a king, I lost everything
I sit alone on my throne
I've got my pride but deep down inside
I'm yours and yours alone, wo oh
I try to forget, have no regrets
This love of ours could always start anew
Just call my name, I know I know I'm not ashamed
I'll come running back to you
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