you send me

Sam Cooke thrilled us with his first single and became a pop star with his own brand of gospel soul.  He had started out singing gospel with various groups on Specialty Records until he tried to break out into pop music with 'Wonderful' under the alias Dale Cook to avoid alienating his gospel fans.  Cooke and his producer Bumps Blackwell left Specialty Records after an argument with the label chief Art Rupe over the type of music they were making.  He signed with Keen Records and recorded his own song 'You Send Me' in Los Angeles with instrumentation by Rene Hall who did the arrangement and played rhythm guitar, Ted Brinson on bass, Earl Palmer on drums, and Cliff White on guitar.  'You Send Me' was originally the B-side with a cover of Gerswin's 'Summertime' as the A-side.  Radio DJ's preferred the B-side and it became a national hit, going to number one on R&B chart and outselling the version that had been released by Teresa Brewer on the pop chart to become a crossover hit, spending three weeks at number one.  







Darling you send me
I know you send me
Darling you send me
Honest you do, honest you do
Honest you do, whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

You thrill me
I know you, you, you thrill me
Darling you, you, you, you thrill me
Honest you do

At first I thought it was infatuation
But woo, it's lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

You, you, you, you send me
I know you send me
I know you send me
Honest you do

Whoa-oh-oh, whenever I'm with you
I know, I know, I know when I'm near you
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm, honest you do, honest you do
Whoa-oh-oh, I know-oh-oh-oh

I know, I know, I know, when you hold me
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, whenever you kiss me
Mmm hmm, mmm hmm, honest you do

At first I thought it was infatuation
But woo, it's lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home

I know, I know, I know, you send me
I know you send me
Whoa-oh-oh-oh, you you you you send me
Honest you do