Tribute to the Lady

Tribute to the Lady
Studio album by Sam Cooke
Released	1959
Recorded	January–February 1959
Genre	Rhythm and blues, traditional pop, jazz
Length	30:38
Label	Keen
Producer	Hugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke chronology
Encore (1958) Tribute to the Lady (1959) Cooke's Tour (1960)

Tribute to the Lady is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in 1959. It was recorded in tribute to jazz vocalist Billie Holiday, who died later that year. The backing band is the René Hall Orchestra.

Track listing[]

Side one[]

1. "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog, Jr.) – 2:32
2. "She's Funny That Way" (Charles N. Daniels, Richard A. Whiting) – 1:49
3. "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 2:31
4. "Good Morning Heartache" (Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham) – 2:06
5. "'T'aint Nobody's Bizness (If I Do)" (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins) – 2:23
6. "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 2:38

Side two[]

1. "Lover Girl (Man)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger "Ram" Ramirez, James Sherman) – 2:25
2. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:19
3. "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:10
4. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) – 2:22
5. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:28
6. "Crazy in Love With You" (Brook Benton, Clyde Otis) – 2:33

Notes[]

The Album was recorded in January–February 1959 in Los Angeles.

External links[]

• Songs of Sam Cooke: Main Page
• Songs of Sam Cooke: Tribute to the Lady