Sam Cooke & Otis Redding: All The Top 40 Hits - Softcover

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(Up-dated March 2026) Sam Cooke & Otis Redding are widely recognised as two of the greatest soul voices of all-time. Both have been called the ‘King of Soul’ and, sadly, both died young under tragic circumstances.

Sam Cooke composed most of his hits himself, including Wonderful World, Chain Gang, Cupid and Twistin’ The Night Away. He was inducted as a charter member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.

Otis Redding is best known for (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay, which became the first posthumous single to go no.1 in the United States, and won Otis two posthumous Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, and was honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ten years later.

the purposes of this book, to qualify as a Top 40 hit, a single or album must have entered the Top 40 chart in at least one of the featured countries. The Top 40 hits are detailed chronologically, according to the date they first entered the chart in one or more of the featured countries. Each Top 40 single and album is illustrated and the catalogue numbers and release dates are detailed for the USA & UK, followed by the chart runs in each country.The main listings are followed by ‘The Almost Top 40 Albums’, which gives an honourable mention to albums that peaked between no.41-50 in one or more countries, but which failed to enter the Top 40 in any. There is also a points-based list of the Top 25 singles and Top 10 albums, plus a fascinating Trivia section, whichlooks at the most successful singles and albums and in each of the featured countries.

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