Sam Cooke 
The best album credited to Sam Cooke is Night Beat which is ranked number 1,319 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 1,294.
Sam Cooke is ranked number 396 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 4,873.
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Sam Cooke best albums
The following albums by Sam Cooke are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:
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Sam Cooke best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago | Pluto11 | 316 | 78/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2023 09:12 | MaxStorm98 | 542 | 92/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2023 06:24 | Johnnyo | 3,148 | 74/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2022 03:45 | MoonageDaydream | 393 | 85/100 |
| ! | 11/09/2021 03:24 | bonnequestion | 397 | 71/100 |
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This artist is rated in the top 4% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 79.4/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 12.9.
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Obviously doesn't stand on a best albums list but god DAMN is his music legendary!
That voice...
...no, seriously, THAT voice.
The greatest artist of the soul music.
He had the greatest voice
It's a shame this is a 'best albums' website. It means that artists from the singles era (before the mid sixties) are often overlooked. Sam Cooke is a perfect example of this. Despite his early demise, he has a phenomenal library of music. Nobody could swing with soul like Sam Cooke.
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