Hit Kit
by Sam Cooke

Hit Kit by Sam Cooke
(Compilation album)
Year: 1959
Overall rank: 7,419th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 24 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1959 (45th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (227th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,419th)

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Sam Cooke bestography

Hit Kit is ranked 6th best out of 28 albums by Sam Cooke on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sam Cooke is Night Beat which is ranked number 1320 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,293.

Sam Cooke album bestography « Higher ranked (6,931st)
Twistin' The Night Away
This album (7,419th)
Hit Kit
Lower ranked (7,882nd) »
The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Overall rank: 7,419th | 1950s rank: 227th | 1959 rank: 45th

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73/100 (from 24 votes)
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11/15/2025 16:14 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,91064/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 73.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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From 02/12/2016 04:45 | #159417
This man's voice. Wow. Somehow it just hits me in my heart/soul.
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From 09/18/2014 02:45 | #122148
Huge. Loaded with smooth and soulful hits.
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