Good News
Sam Cooke
1964
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1964
Release: 1964Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original single was already reviewed in January 1964, before the Ain't That Good News album. The contemporary single uses Good News, the title retained by the annual catalog; it is the same selected solo recording.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1964.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Cash Box, 25 January 1964 - Good News original single review
PDF page 8 reviews Cooke's new RCA Victor 8299 pairing under the title Good News, with Basin Street Blues. Supports the original 1964 single and the shorter title retained by the annual catalog.
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.
Classic Sam Cooke Albums - ABKCO original-release and version history
Identifies Ain't That Good News as an original 1964 studio album introducing A Change Is Gonna Come; the Copa album is a separate 1964 live recording, and the Dolby Atmos editions are new 2024 mixes. The prose's session-month statement is not used. Only the supported original album year is asserted.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Written by Sam Cooke, blending gospel influences with pop and soul.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1964.html, song-list position 96
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification; Style term found in imported, unverified source annotation
Owner-supplied 1964.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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