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Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke is a person from the US, active from 1931.

Person US 1931–1964 soul gospel rhythm & blues

TOTAL PLAYS

1,731

SONGS PLAYED

121

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2006-05-02 15:47 · Radio 2 — "Another Saturday Night"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "(What A) Wonderful World"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2006 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'06 '09 '12 '15 '18 '21 '24

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,425 82%

6 Music 248 14%

1Xtra 34 2%

Radio 1 24 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 A Change Is Gonna Come 301 2026-05-10

2 Twistin' the Night Away 236 2026-04-24

3 Wonderful World 229 2026-03-21

4 Cupid 180 2026-02-22

5 You Send Me 145 2026-02-19

6 Another Saturday Night 118 2026-01-22

7 Chain Gang 107 2026-03-21

8 Bring It on Home to Me 62 2026-05-11

9 Having a Party 47 2026-04-03

10 Little Red Rooster 26 2025-10-26

11 Having A Party 21 2011-10-24

12 (What A) Wonderful World 15 2026-05-25

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 11:11 (What A) Wonderful World Radio 2

2026-05-24 13:04 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off Radio 2

2026-05-11 19:56 Bring It on Home to Me Radio 2

2026-05-10 22:37 A Change Is Gonna Come Radio 2

2026-05-08 16:27 (What A) Wonderful World Radio 2

2026-04-26 19:48 Bring It on Home to Me Radio 2

2026-04-24 13:57 Twistin' the Night Away Radio 2

2026-04-20 19:55 A Change Is Gonna Come Radio 2

2026-04-18 02:47 (What A) Wonderful World Radio 2

2026-04-12 17:46 (What A) Wonderful World Radio 2

2026-04-11 04:12 Unchained Melody Radio 2

2026-04-06 13:47 A Change Is Gonna Come Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

121 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

(Ain't That) Good News —

4 2015-11-02 ▶

(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons —

2 2017-12-17 ▶

(What A) Wonderful World —

15 2026-05-25 ▶

1X FUTURE FIGURES RICHARD BRAITHWAITE AKA MR SILKY SKILLS —

1 2024-10-09 ▶

A Change Is Going To Come —

1 2014-12-20 ▶

A Change Is Gonna Come —

301 2026-05-10 ▶

A Change Is Gonna Come (MEMBA Flip) —

1 2015-10-10 ▶

A Whole Lotta Woman —

1 2015-12-05 ▶

Accentuate the Positive —

2 2023-06-11 ▶

Ain't Misbehavin' —

1 2016-05-30 ▶

Ain't That_ Good News —

1 2014-07-06 ▶

Aint that good News —

2 2014-06-03 ▶

Another Saturday Night —

118 2026-01-22 ▶

Baby, Baby, Baby —

1 2021-08-29 ▶

Be with Me Jesus —

1 2014-11-18 ▶

Bill Bailey —

2 2018-04-02 ▶

Bill Bailey (Live) —

1 2018-12-23 ▶

Blowin' in the Wind —

2 2021-04-25 ▶

Blue Moon —

4 2021-11-15 ▶

Bring It Home To Me —

2 2015-06-01 ▶

Bring It on Home to Me —

62 2026-05-11 ▶

Bring It On Home To Me —

4 2010-07-25 ▶

Bring It On Home To Me (Live at the Harlem Square Club) —

1 2014-08-01 ▶

Bring It on Home to Me (Live at the Harlem Square Club, Miami, FL - January 1963 —

1 2024-06-30 ▶

Bring It on Home to Me (Live at the Harlem Square Club, Miami, FL January 1963) —

1 2022-03-10 ▶

Bring It On Home To Me (Live) —

3 2015-06-27 ▶

Chain Gang —

107 2026-03-21 ▶

Cry Me A River —

2 2015-10-28 ▶

Cupid —

180 2026-02-22 ▶

Don't Get Around Much Anymore —

2 2018-04-21 ▶

Driftin' Blues —

3 2019-08-26 ▶

Everbody likes to cha cha cha —

1 2015-07-20 ▶

Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha —

6 2020-09-27 ▶

Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha —

2 2011-06-11 ▶

Exactly Like You —

1 2017-08-27 ▶

Falling In Love —

2 2024-09-21 ▶

Fool's Paradise —

1 2018-10-01 ▶

Frankie & Johnny —

1 2013-09-14 ▶

Frankie And Johnnie —

3 2014-11-01 ▶

Frankie and Johnny —

3 2024-07-28 ▶

Get Yourself Another Fool —

3 2023-11-25 ▶

Goin' Home —

1 2015-12-12 ▶

Good Times —

8 2020-12-12 ▶

Having a Party —

47 2026-04-03 ▶

Having A Party —

21 2011-10-24 ▶

He's My Guide —

1 2014-01-26 ▶

I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues —

1 2020-09-20 ▶

I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons) —

1 2012-02-19 ▶

I Wish You Love —

4 2025-11-01 ▶

I'll Come Running Back —

1 2010-06-13 ▶

I'll Come Running Back to You —

11 2024-10-26 ▶

I'm Gonna Forget About You —

1 2014-08-09 ▶

I'm Just A Lucky So And So —

1 2018-05-13 ▶

It's Got The Whole World Shakin' —

1 2015-11-16 ▶

ItS Been A Long Time Coming (But A Change Gonna Come) —

1 2010-08-08 ▶

ItÂ’S Been A Long Time Coming (But A Change Gonna Come) —

1 2010-08-08 ▶

Jesus Gave Me Water —

4 2010-12-14 ▶

Just Another Day —

1 2014-08-21 ▶

Keep Movin' On —

1 2017-04-20 ▶

Let's Call the Whole Thing Off —

8 2026-05-24 ▶

Little Red Rooster —

26 2025-10-26 ▶

London by Night —

2 2020-06-07 ▶

LONESOME Road —

1 2018-04-22 ▶

Long Long Ago —

1 2013-11-23 ▶

Love Me —

5 2021-06-06 ▶

Love Me (White Label Mash Up) —

1 2014-12-28 ▶

Love Me (White Label Mash Up) —

2 2020-10-25 ▶

Lover Come Back to Me —

1 2014-03-15 ▶

Mean Old World —

1 2011-06-03 ▶

Meet Me at Mary's Place —

4 2019-06-10 ▶

Movin' and a Groovin' —

2 2015-01-12 ▶

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen —

3 2022-06-12 ▶

Nothing Can Change This Love —

11 2026-02-28 ▶

One More River —

1 2014-09-18 ▶

Only Sixteen —

15 2014-10-18 ▶

Out in the Cold Again —

1 2018-03-01 ▶

Peace In the Valley —

1 2025-10-31 ▶

Pilgrim of Sorrow —

1 2019-02-10 ▶

Rome (Wasn't Built In A Day) —

1 2023-08-02 ▶

Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day —

1 2014-01-18 ▶

Sad Mood —

2 2015-05-11 ▶

Send Me Some Lovin' —

7 2018-11-04 ▶

Shake —

9 2025-05-28 ▶

Shake, Rattle And Roll —

1 2013-07-13 ▶

She Was Only 16 —

1 2013-04-12 ▶

Since I Met You Baby —

2 2019-04-07 ▶

Smoke Rings —

1 2020-12-14 ▶

Somebody Have Mercy - Live At The Harlem Square Club 1963 —

1 2019-08-28 ▶

Sugar Dumpling —

3 2018-03-22 ▶

Summertime —

2 2018-08-11 ▶

Teenage Sonata —

5 2016-10-29 ▶

Tennessee Waltz —

1 2024-06-02 ▶

That's All I Need To Know —

1 2018-04-23 ▶

That's All I Need to Know —

1 2011-05-29 ▶

That's Heaven To Me —

1 2021-06-16 ▶

That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On —

1 2018-12-01 ▶

That's Where It's At —

2 2015-10-19 ▶

The Coffee Song —

2 2018-02-24 ▶

The Coffee Song (They've Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Brazil) —

1 2020-03-21 ▶

The Japanese Farewell Song —

1 2015-06-07 ▶

The Last Mile of the Way —

1 2011-12-25 ▶

The Last Mile Of The Way —

1 2011-07-24 ▶

The Lonesome Road —

2 2017-11-26 ▶

There I've Said It Again —

1 2018-11-21 ▶

There'll Be No Second Time —

2 2024-07-07 ▶

They Can't Take That Away from Me —

1 2014-03-16 ▶

Touch the Hem of His Garment —

2 2013-12-28 ▶

Touch The Hem Of His Garment —

2 2011-05-08 ▶

Trouble Blues —

4 2024-08-12 ▶

Try A Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Li —

2 2025-07-29 ▶

Twistin' in the Old Town Tonight —

1 2013-07-06 ▶

Twistin' the Night Away —

236 2026-04-24 ▶

Unchained Melody —

2 2026-04-11 ▶

Until Jesus Calls Me Home (feat. The Soul Stirrers) —

1 2016-10-23 ▶

What a Wonderful World —

1 2018-08-30 ▶

Wonderful World —

229 2026-03-21 ▶

Yeah Man —

2 2017-09-07 ▶

You Send Me —

145 2026-02-19 ▶

You Send Me (Demo Version) —

1 2016-01-03 ▶

You Were Made For Me —

1 2011-05-15 ▶

You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You —

1 2016-08-28 ▶