You send me song

The song was originally recorded in by Abbie Mitchell for the musical opera Porgy and Bess. Inthe song was voted No.

The classic version of "You Send Me" was cut in Los Angeles in June and was issued as a single with another track from sejd same session: a version of " Summertime ", as the debut release on the Keen label [4] founded by Bob Keane ; this release marked the first single credited to "Sam Cooke" whose true surname was Cook. Brewer's version of "You Send Me" reached as high as No.

Appears On. Cooke defended himself by claiming that the song was written by his brother, Charles L. Sam Cooke 's version for " Summertime yoh was also released as a single and reached No.

Symptomatic of the changing music scene, Cooke's original was able to repeat its No. The first recording of the track was made in New Orleans in December in the same sessions which produced "Lovable", the first release outside the gospel field for Cooke credited on that single as Dale Cook.

The song has become a soul standard with covers from Aretha Franklin and Sam and Dave, among many more. Though he had been released from his Soul Stirrers contract with Specialty Records, the company nevertheless filed a lawsuit for royalties, claiming that the newly crowned superstar singer wrote and recorded the song while still under the company's contract.