BRING IT ON
HOME TO ME
SAM COOK
SONGWRITER: SAM
COOK
COUNTRY: U. S.
A.
ALBUM: FOREVER
32 HITS
LABEL: RCA
RECORDS
GENRE: SOUL
YEAR: 1975
Samuel Cook(January 22, 1931 – December 11,
1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and
songwriter. Considered to be a pioneer and one of the most influential soul artists of all
time, Cooke is commonly referred to as the "King
of Soul" for his distinctive vocals, notable
contributions to the genre and significance in popular music.
Cooke was born in Clarksdale,
Mississippi and later relocated to Chicago with his family
at a young age, where he began singing as a child and joined the Soul Stirrers as lead singer in the 1950s. Going solo in 1957, Cooke released a
string of hit songs, including "You Send Me",
"A Change Is
Gonna Come", "Cupid",
"Wonderful
World", "Chain Gang",
"Twistin' the
Night Away", "Bring It On
Home to Me", and "Good Times".
During his eight-year career, Cooke released 29 singles that charted in the Top 40 of the Billboard Pop Singles chart, as well as 20 singles in the Top Ten of Billboard's
Black Singles chart.
In 1964, Cooke was shot and killed by the
manager of a motel in Los Angeles. After
an inquest and investigation, the courts ruled Cooke's death to be a justifiable
homicide. His family has since questioned the
circumstances of his death.
Cooke's pioneering contributions to soul
music contributed to the rise of Aretha Franklin,
Bobby Womack, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Billy Preston, and
popularized the work of Otis Redding and James Brown. AllMusic biographer
Bruce Eder wrote that Cooke was "the inventor of soul music", and
possessed "an incredible natural singing voice and a smooth, effortless
delivery that has never been surpassed".
Cooke was also a central part of the civil rights
movement, using his influence and popularity with the
White and Black populations to fight for the cause. He was friends with boxer Muhammad Ali,
activist Malcolm X and
football player Jim Brown, who
together campaigned for racial equality.
Cooke was born Samuel Cook in Clarksdale,
Mississippi, in 1931 (he added the
"e" to his last name in 1957 to signify a new start to his life). He
was the fifth of eight children of the Rev. Charles Cook, a minister in the Church of
Christ(Holiness), and his wife, Annie Mae. One of
his younger brothers, L.C. (1932–2017), later became a member of the doo-wop band Johnny Keyes
and the Magnificents.
The family moved to Chicago in 1933. Cook
attended Doolittle Elementary and Wendell
Phillips Academy High School in Chicago, the
same school that Nat "King" Cole had attended a few years earlier. Cooke began his career with his
siblings in a group called the Singing Children when he was six years old. He
first became known as lead singer with the Highway Q.C.'s when he was a teenager, having joined the group at the age of 14. During
this time, Cooke befriended fellow gospel singer and neighbor Lou Rawls, who
sang in a rival gospel group.
If you ever
Change your mind
About leaving
Leaving me behind
Baby, bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
I know I laughed
When you left
But now I know
I only hurt myself
Baby, bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
I'll give you jewelry
And money too
That ain't all
That ain't all I'll do for you
Baby, if you bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
You know
I'll always be your slave
Till I'm buried
Buried in my grave
Oh honey, bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
One more thing
I tried to treat you right
But you stayed out
Stayed out at night
But I forgive you
Bring it to me
Bring your sweet loving
Bring it on home to me
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Yeah (yeah).
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