Please Don't Drive Me Away (track)
by Sam Cooke
Year: 1963
From the album Night Beat (track #4)
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Please Don't Drive Me Away appears on the following album(s) by Sam Cooke:
- Night Beat (track #4) (this album) (1963)
- The Man Who Invented Soul (track #79) (compilation) (2000)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/19/2025 19:41 | BurndenAce | 4,206 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2025 00:22 |  ExTeaSea | 12,165 | 86/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2025 15:30 | markl73 | 5,703 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2024 16:17 | Siromynian | 15,175 | 71/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2024 01:30 | davidleewrong | 988 | 82/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.
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