You Send Me

Written by    Sam Cooke

Trivia 

• L.C. Cooke is mentioned as official author, because in this way Specialty wouldn't get the money with the song. Sam Cooke was in dispute with his label about song rights.
• reached #1 in R&B and Pop charts in 1957 on december 2. First date on the charts was October 28. It stayed on the charts for 15 weeks.
• He did the song on the Ed Sullivan show on november 3, 1957, but only a few seconds because the show ended. He did it again on december 1, 1958.
• During the May 1957 session Specialty Owner Art Rupe stormed in a session and objected to Blackwells use of a white chorus. He didn't think black singers and white soulful singers should mix. This led to Rupe handing over the tapes of the session and Sam's contract in exchange for any past or future royalties to Blackwell
• He also performed this song on the Mike Douglas Show 
• Named on of the 500 most important pieces of music that shaped Rock & Roll by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Musicians    

• Cliff White - Guitar
• Ted Brinson - Bass
• Rene Hall - Arrengement, Rhythm Guitar
• Earl Palmer - Drums
• Piep Pipers - Background Vocals (were added after Sam Cooke and Blackwell were sacked from Specialty)

Billboard Review: [Cooke] displays good technical equipment and style in his vocal. Material is tasteful (Aug 9, 1957)..................72

Charts    #1 in pop and R&B charts, 1957, #29 in UK pop

Singles    

• Keen 34013 b/w Summertime - US
• Keen EP B 2003 with That Lucky Old Sun, The Lonesome Road & Canadian Sunset
• Keen 2101 b/w Summertime 
• RCA 0566 b/w Twistin' The Night Away 
• RCA 2256 b/w Chain Gang and Another Saturday Night
• London 8506 (UK) 
• London 281 b/w Twistin' The Night Away (New Zealand) 
• RCA 8158 b/w Another Saturday Night
• Perfect PER 12 8605,  12" from May 1987
• Charly TOP CD 507, CD-single from April 1987

Albums   

• Sam Cooke
• The Best of Sam Cooke
• Hit Kit
• The Man And His Music
• The Man Who Invented Soul (Box) 
• Portrait Of A Legend
• Forever -32 tracks
• This Is Sam Cooke
• Try A Little Love
• The Very Best Of Sam Cooke
• All Hits
• The Best Of Sam Cooke (Premier)
• The Best Of Sam Cooke (PMC)
• Gold
• The Golden Age of Sam Cooke
• The Great Sam Cooke
• The Hit Years
• The Legend
• The One And Only Sam Cooke
• Rarezas 
• Right On
• Sam's Soul
• 16 Greatest Hits - Only Sixteen
• 16 Most Requested Songs 
• 20 Greatest Hits    /    Only Sixteen - 20 Greatest Hits
• Unforgettable Memories
• What A Wonderful World 
• Wonderful World 
• The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke - 40 Great Memories
• The World of Sam Cooke
• You Send Me (ARC)
• You Send Me (Charly) 
• You Send Me (Famous)
• You Send Me (Starlite - with organ and strings)

Live Version

Information    It's part of a medley with "For Sentimental Reasons" and "Tenderness"

Musicians: Cliff White - guitar, Bobby "Valentino" Womack - guitar, June Gardner - drums, Harper Cosby - bass, Sticks Evans - percussion, Joe Mele's Copacabana Band

Produced By: Al Schmitt        Conductor: Rene Hall

Recorded live at the Copacabana, New York City, July 8, 1964

Singles    RCA 2970 with Best Things In Life Are Free & Bill Bailey & Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out & Frankie and Johnny & For Sentimental Reasons/Try A Little Tenderness

Albums    Sam Cooke At The Copa

Demo Version

Recorded:    1957

Producer:    Sam Cooke        Engineer:    Bob Kidder

Albums    The SAR Records Story

Lyrics    /    Chords

Darling you send me. I know you send me
Honest you do 3x
You thrill me, I know you thrill me
Darling you thrill me
Honest you do
Honest you do
Honest you do

At first I thought it was infatuation
But it lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
to marry you and take you home

You Send Me 3x
Honest you do

Whenever I'm with you
Whenever I'm near you
Honest you do
I know when you hold me,
whenever you kiss me

Covered By

1. Anka, Paul 
2. Ayers, Roy (interesting version of the song, it's not always clear that is actually is "You Send Me", nice interplay of voices)
3. Jesse Belvin
4. Brewer, Theresa    -    this was one of the first covers of You Send Me, getting higher on the charts than Sam's own version. Possibly because she was white. On a radio-show (Marty Faye in Chicago) Bumps Blackwell attacked her for singing this song and almost mimicking Sam note for note. 
5. Bryson, Peabo 
6. Bullocks, Hiram 
7. Campbell, Cornell 
8. Chapmans 
9. L.C Cooke - on his tribute album "L.C. Cooke sings the Great Years of Sam Cooke"
10. Crawford, Hank
11. Crow, Alvin 
12. Dell Vikings
13. Dickson, Barbara 
14. Dixie Chicks 
15. Drifters
16. Earth, Wind and Fire 
17. Greenhill 
18. Cornell Gunter.
19. Faiground 
20. Feliciano, José 
21. Four Seasons 
22. Johnson, Plas 
23. Shane Kane
24. Kenny G and Michael Bolton
25. King, Ben E 
26. John Lennon (piano outtake)
27. Nicole Larsen 
28. Manhattans
29. Martin, Ricky 
30. Vel Omarr    -    on 'Here's My Soul'
31. Ponderosa Twins + One 
32. Romeo, Max 
33. Rose, Red 
34. Sam & Dave
35. Sledge, Percy
36. The Supremes ( on the We Remember Sam Cooke album)
37. Wesleyan Spirits
38. Wright, Marva
    
    Van Morrison wrote a song in which he is listening to the radio and
    hears Sam Cooke sing. Someone else sings You Send Me in the song.

On Compilations

• 20 Love Classics Part 1 (Charly ALW7007, 1989 CD)   
• "Hits Revival" on K-Tel KTLP 235-1, this is the heavily orchestrated, organ version