| "Good News" | ||||
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| Single by Sam Cooke | ||||
| from the album Ain't That Good News | ||||
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| Released | January 22, 1964 | |||
| Recorded | December 20, 1963 RCA Studio, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Length | 2:30 | |||
| Label | RCA 07070 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sam Cooke | |||
| Producer(s) | Hugo & Luigi | |||
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"Ain't That Good News", also known as "Good News", is a song written and performed by soul singer Sam Cooke, released on RCA Records in 1964.[1] The song was recorded in three takes for the 1964 album of the same name[2] and reached number eleven on the pop chart, and number one on the Cashbox Magazine's R&B charts as a single.[3] Cooke performed the song live on American Bandstand on April 4 of the same year. It is a modern adaptation of an older gospel song of the same title.
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