That's Where It's At

Written by: Sam Cooke / JW Alexander

Trivia

• #876 in Dave Marsh's 1001 Greatest Songs of All Time. Amazon.com
• Took over 32 takes

Recorded August 20, 1963 at RCA Studio in California

Producer:    Sam Cooke with Al Schmitt        Engineer:    Dick Bogart

Arranged and Conducted by René Hall

Musicians:   

• John Anderson - trumpet 
• Harper Cosby - bass  
• John Ewing - trombone 
• June Gardner - drums  
• Jewell Grant - sax  
• René Hall - guitar
• Darel Terwilliger - violin 
• Bobby Womack - guitar

Charts    #93

Singles    RCA 8426 b/w Cousin Of Mine (Sept 16, 1964)

Albums   

• Forever - 32 tracks  
• Keep Movin' On  
• The Man And His Music  
• My Kind Of Soul - Late And Great Sam Cooke   
• Portrait Of A Legend

Lyrics    /    chords

Lights turned way down low
And Music is soft and slow
With someone you love so
That's where it's at, yeah

You're making not a sound
No one else around
That's where it's at, yeah

Let me tell
Your heart beatin' fast
You're knowin' that time won't last
But a-hopin' that it lasts

That's where it's at, oh yeah
That's where it's at, pretty baby
That's where it's at, oh yes it is
That's where it's at, pretty baby
That's where it's at, oh yeah

Let me tell just one thing
To say it's time to go
and she says "Yes I know"
But stay just one minute more

That's where it's at, pretty baby
That's where it's at, I know that's where it's at
That's where it's at, pretty baby
That's where it's at

Also Done By

1. Lynn August    -    cajun version with accordeon
2. Michael Jerome Browne    -    acoustic guitar 
3. Ray Charles  
4. L.C. Cooke - On "Sings The Great Years of Sam Cooke". Great version, a little rougher. Also has a great spoken part at the beginning to tell us how popular Sam Cooke was around the world. From Maine to Mexico to Germany.
5. The Hesitations    -     doo-wop like version
6. Hobex    -    acoustic blues
7. The Holmes Brothers    -    blues, little too slow
8. Van Morrison    -    dominated by a steelguitar, there's a also a live version in a medley with  'So Quiet In Here'. It's a quite room and he is listening to Sam Cooke singing Good Times, You Send Me and That's Where It's At before actually playing the song itself. It's on the 'Night in San Francisco' CD.
9. The Simms Twins    -    it was written for them
10. Johnnue Taylor    
11. Bobby Womack