Sam Cooke at the Copa

Sam Cooke at the Copa
Live album by
Sam Cooke
ReleasedOctober 1964
RecordedJuly 7 & 8, 1964[1]
VenueCopacabana, New York City[2]
GenreRhythm and blues, soul, jazz
Length35:37
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerAl Schmitt
Sam Cooke chronology
Ain't That Good News
(1964) 		Sam Cooke at the Copa
(1964) 		Shake
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[6]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Record Mirror[8]

Sam Cooke at the Copa is a live album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke.[9][10] The album was released in 1964 in the United States by RCA Victor.[4] It was Cooke's only live album to be released during his lifetime; Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, although recorded earlier, was not released until 1985.[11] Copa was reissued in 2003, with remastered sound.[12]

The album peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard 200.[13]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Baggelaar, Kristin (2006). The Copacabana. Arcadia Publishing. p. 116.
  3. ^ "AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 532.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 269.
  6. ^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 112.
  7. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. 2004. pp. 189, 191.
  8. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (February 27, 1965). "Sam Cooke: At The Copa" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 207. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  9. ^ "Artist Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  10. ^ "One Night in Miami star Leslie Odom Jr. talks about Sam Cooke and changes to come". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  11. ^ Palmer, Robert (May 15, 1985). "POP LIFE". The New York Times: C21.
  12. ^ Harrington, Richard (July 27, 2003). "Sam Cooke's Wonderful World; A Soul Pioneer, Celebrated in CDs, DVD". The Washington Post. p. N1.
  13. ^ "Chart History Sam Cooke". Billboard. Retrieved March 30, 2021.