| "Another Saturday Night" | ||||
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| Single by Sam Cooke | ||||
| from the album Ain't That Good News | ||||
| B-side | "Love Will Find a Way" | |||
| Released | April 2, 1963 | |||
| Recorded | February 28, 1963 | |||
| Studio | RCA (Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul, ska, comedy | |||
| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sam Cooke | |||
| Producer(s) | Hugo & Luigi | |||
| Sam Cooke singles chronology | ||||
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"Another Saturday Night" is a 1963 hit single by Sam Cooke from the album Ain't That Good News. The song was written by Cooke while touring in England when staying in a hotel where no female guests were allowed.[1] It reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was No. 1 on the R&B chart for a single week.[2] In the UK, the song peaked at No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.[3][4]
Cooke's version featured his spoken recitation, which is done during the instrumental break.
Session drummer Hal Blaine played on Cooke's version of the song.[5] Other musicians on the record included John Anderson on trumpet, John Ewing on trombone, Jewell Grant on sax, Ray Johnson on piano, and Clifton White and Rene Hall on guitar, and Clifford Hills on bass.
Cash Box described it as "a tale of a guy who’s got the money, but not the gal to spend it on," stating that "the teen set won’t take the deck seriously, but will find it a highly pleasurable listening/dance floor treat."[6]
- ^ Ain't That Good News reissue liner notes by Hugo & Luigi, Lenne Allik. ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 2003.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 134.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 119. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ Blaine, Hal and David Goggin, Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World’s Most Recorded Musician, MixBooks, Emeryville, CA 1990
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 13, 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-01-12.