Another Saturday Night
Sam Cooke | Artist Essentials
First released: 1963 (year verified)
Original RCA Victor 8164 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The buoyant accompaniment keeps the rueful vocal light, making the small melodic shifts easy to enjoy.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1963 (year verified)
The original single was released in 1963, before the 1964 Ain't That Good News album. The album year does not replace the earlier recording release.
Recording: Original RCA Victor 8164 studio recording
Credit: Sam Cooke
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Another Saturday Night / Love Will Find a Way
Cash Box, 13 April 1963 - Another Saturday Night review
PDF page 8 reviews the new RCA Victor 8164 pairing, Another Saturday Night / Love Will Find a Way. The original 1963 single precedes its inclusion on Ain't That Good News in 1964. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Ain't That Good News - ABKCO original-album track list
The original album contains A Change Is Gonna Come, (Ain't That) Good News and Another Saturday Night. Its accompanying review explicitly distinguishes Another Saturday Night's earlier single. Modern SACD and reissue dates are not first-release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke grew up in Chicago after his family moved from Mississippi, and his early singing developed in gospel groups, including the Soul Stirrers. You Send Me brought him major solo success in 1957, followed by a pop and soul career that included Cupid and Chain Gang. He also worked as a songwriter and music-business entrepreneur, founding SAR Records with J.W. Alexander. His solo recordings and the Soul Stirrers' group performances remain different parts of that history.
Artist background sources
Sam Cooke - ABKCO artist biography
Mississippi/Chicago upbringing, gospel and Soul Stirrers career, 1957 You Send Me breakthrough, later repertoire, songwriting and SAR partnership with J.W. Alexander. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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