Fun Music Information -> Sam Cooke
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
These are the alternate spellings of the performer's name we've had to correct in submissions to amIright.
Sam CookPerformer Pseudonyms:
Also known as: Sam Cook. Submitted by: oldsoul
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "A Train Is Gonna Come" | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | Armand |
| "Eros" | "Cupid" | oldtimer |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "I'm Coming Home" | "Bring It On Home," Sam Cooke | Kathy |
| "Waiting On The World To Change" | "A Change Is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke | hekifier |
| "Let Your Love Flow" | "Bring It On Home To Me," Sam Cooke | Kathy |
| "The Letter" | "You Send Me," Sam Cooke | Kathy |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"You End Me" originally "You Send Me"
Samantha Wayland
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Waving A Party" originally "Having A Party"
Alina
"Having A Panty" originally "Having A Party"
I don't want to know.
Some Guy
"Hating A Party" originally "Having A Party"
Party pooper, then we won't invite you.
Some Guy
"Raving A Party" originally "Having A Party"
Some Guy
"Saving A Party" originally "Having A Party"
Would if the party doesn't want to be saved?
Some Guy
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Wonderful World" | "Diobomacal World" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "You Send Me" | "She Left Me" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Cupid" | "Cubans" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Chain Gang" | "Same Gang" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Don't Know Much About History" | "Don't Know Much About Anything (the Obama Plan)" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Twistin' The Night Away" | "Christened A Knight Today" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Wonderful World" | "Wonderful Girl" | Johnny Penry |
| "Don't Know Much" | "Don't Know Much" | Ed Smiley |
| "Another Saturday Night" | "Another Pizza Tonight" | Malcolm Higgins |
| "Twistin' the Night Away" | "Trystin' the Night Away" | Michael Pacholek |
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Chain Gang | Southern Prison | oldsongs |
| Wonderful World | Board of Education | Stephanie Craddock |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Let's Dance Chris Montez | Twistin' The Night Away Sam Cooke | Let's Dance The Night Away | Bobby Heffley |
| My Name Is Eminem | Cupid Sam Cooke | My Name Is Cupid | Gretchen Wieners |
| Mama Tried The Everly Brothers | Having A Party Sam Cooke | Mama Tried Having A Party But too many people crashed it. | Marian |
| There's A Moon Out Tonight The Capris | Bring It On Home To Me Sam Cooke | There's A Moon Out Tonight (Bring It On Home To Me) | Julia Cox |
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Misheard Lyrics:
"Wonderful World"
Misheard Lyrics: French-eyed Cook
Original Lyrics: French I took.
| "Twistin' The Night Away"
Misheard Lyrics: Dancin' with a chicken sack.
Original Lyrics: Dancing with the chick in slacks.
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"Cupid"
Misheard Lyrics: Cupid, drop back your bow.
Original Lyrics: Cupid, draw back your bow.
| "Wonderful World"
Misheard Lyrics: I don't claim to be an A student, but I'm trying to read.
Original Lyrics: I don't claim to be an A student, but I'm trying to be.
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Cupid"
Misheard Lyrics: Cupid, warp factor four
Original Lyrics: Cupid, draw back your bow.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Paul Scott When I was a kid, I loved "Star Trek- The Original Series". I also like this song that was on the radio on the way to school. Somehow, I entwined the two and thought for years that Cupid was flying around at warp speed to bring love to the Universe. It wasn't until my late 20's that someone finally corrected me. |
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Nonsensical Lyrics:
"Shake"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: Shake it like a bowl of soup
Why They're Nonsensical: Since when is soup ever shaken? If you shook a bowl of soup, you'd have a mess to clean up.
Submitted by: JD
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Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Twistin' The Night Away"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Dancin' with the girl in black
See her movin' up and back Man, there ain't nothing like twistin' the night away Why They're Misrhymed: Pronounced 'Man there ain't nothin' lahk'. I love it. Sam had the jump on the whole Ebonics thing, and used it to avoid obvious banal and sexist choices like 'crack' and 'sack' and 'stacked'
Submitted by: C. Darryl Mattison
| "Wonderful World"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Don't know much about algebra
Don't know what a slide rule is for Why They're Misrhymed: To make it rhyme, should we sing, 'Don't know what a slide rule is fuh'?
Submitted by: ChaChaCharlie
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Dated Lyrics:
"Wonderful World"
The Dated Lyrics: Don't know what a slide rule is for
Why They're Dated: How many students today would know what a slide rule IS, let alone what it's for?
Submitted by: oatmeal face
| "Twistin' The Night Away"
The Dated Lyrics: Where the people are so gay
Why They're Dated: Nowadays listeners would think Cooke was referring to the twisters' sexual preferences!
Submitted by: Pickle
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Shake"
Opening Lines: Shake! Shake! Shake! Shake!
Comments: "Shake" was a 1965 Top Ten hit for Sam Cooke that was released and became a hit posthumously for one of the best soul/pop artists of his generation. It was posthumous because on December 11, 1964 Sam Cooke was shot dead by a hotel manager in Los Angeles, California in still mysterious circumstances. Whatever really happened, Sam Cooke died way too young for his vocal prowess when he was only 33 years old.
Submitted by: Peter
| "Another Saturday Night"
Opening Lines: Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody, I have some money 'cause I just got paid.
Comments: "Another Saturday Night" was a Top Five pop hit for Sam Cooke from the summer of 1963. It would later get remade (and very decently) by Cat Stevens in the 1970's.
Submitted by: Peter
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Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Sue, Mend Ye" originally "You Send Me"
Submitted by: Joanna Whitmire
"You Mend Sea" originally "You Send Me"
Didn't know the sea was ever broken.
Submitted by: Joanna Whitmire
Band Name Spoonerisms:
Cam Sook originally "Sam Cooke"
Submitted by: oldsongs
Come Sack originally "Sam Cooke"
Submitted by: oldiesfan
"Wonderful World"
The Lyrics: Don't know much about history;
Don't know much biology; Don't know much about a science book; Don't know much about the French I took. (also) Don't know much about geography; Don't know much trigonometry; Don't know much about algebra; Don't know what a slide rule is for. Why: This ringtone would doom a candidate at an interview for a teaching position.
Submitted by: Kathy
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