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'Good Times' was the last big hit Sam Cooke had before his death, taking it to #11 in mid-1964. While it's impossible to say how Cooke would have fared as soul music matured in the last half of the 1960s, 'Good Times' is probably one of the better indications of where his music was going. Listen free to Sam Cooke – Good Times / Tennessee Waltz (Good Times, Tennessee Waltz). 2 tracks (5:35). Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm.
Good Times Sam Cooke Download Video
'Good Times' was the last big hit Sam Cooke had before his death, taking it to #11 in mid-1964. While it's impossible to say how Cooke would have fared as soul music matured in the last half of the 1960s, 'Good Times' is probably one of the better indications of where his music was going. It was in a slightly more serious vein than much of his work for RCA, and the pop aspects of his arrangements that had always been a big part of his work for the label were more muted here than they often were. They were still present, though, in the slightly Caribbean-sounding accents of what sound like marimbas. What makes the song a pop hit, though, is the catchy wailing chorus, in which Cooke celebrates the onset of 'Good Times.' The same easygoing yet somewhat reserved sense of celebration permeates the rest of the song, with a slightly jazzy sense of swing. It's particularly effective how Cooke's lead vocal is doubled at points (especially during the chorus), and how Cooke vamps on the phrase 'all night' for a while near the end of the song. Several notable artists have covered 'Good Times,' including the Persuasions, Tyrone Davis, and Phoebe Snow. Undoubtedly the most renowned cover, however, was by the Rolling Stones, who put a more guitar-oriented version of the song on their 1965 album Out of Our Heads. As Robert Christgau put it in his essay on the group in The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock'n'Roll, on this track although Mick Jagger 'did really seem to wish us 'Good Times,' he made the prospect sound doubtful where Sam Cooke enjoyed the wish itself.'
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Year | Artist/Album | Label | Time | AllMusic Rating |
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1964 | ABKCO Records / Universal | 2:26 | ||
1969 | RCA | |||
1976 | RCA | |||
1986 | RCA | 2:27 | ||
2002 | ABKCO Records | 2:28 | ||
2003 | ABKCO Records | 2:28 |