Shake (Sam Cooke song)

"Shake"
Single by Sam Cooke
B-side"A Change Is Gonna Come"
ReleasedDecember 22, 1964
RecordedNovember 16, 1964
StudioRCA (Hollywood, California)
GenreSoul
LabelRCA (8486)
Songwriter(s)Sam Cooke
Producer(s)
Sam Cooke singles chronology
"That's Where It's At"
(1964) 		"Shake"
(1964) 		"It's Got the Whole World Shakin'"
(1965)

"Shake" is a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke.[1] It was recorded at the last recording session Cooke had before his death on December 11, 1964. In the U.S., the song became a posthumous Billboard, Top 10 hit for Cooke, peaking at number seven in February 1965, as well as peaking at number two for three weeks on the Cashbox R&B charts.[2]

Cash Box described it as "a sensational rock-a-twist affair."[3]

  1. ^ "The Sam Cooke Singles Collection". Songsofsamcooke.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2005. Retrieved June 27, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 134.
  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 9, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved January 12, 2022.