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Sam Cooke – Mean Old World | Track profile | Dork

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Sam Cooke
The Man Who Invented Soul
Mean Old World

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Mean Old World

From The Man Who Invented SoulTrack 33:46

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"Mean Old World" is a track by Sam Cooke, from the album The Man Who Invented Soul. The track is 3:46 long.

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Sam Cooke

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From The Man Who Invented Soul

3:46

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The Man Who Invented Soul

26th September 2000

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3

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7Win Your Love for Me

8Love You Most of All

9Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha

10No One Can Take Your Place

13Crazy She Calls Me

14I Got a Right to Sing the Blues

16Ain't Nobody's Business

17Little Things You Do

18There, I've Said It Again

19When I Fall In Love

20Let's Go Steady Again

21(What a) Wonderful World

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—Bring It On Home to Me

—Twistin' the Night Away

2I Belong to Your Heart

3Teenage Sonata

6If I Had You (I'd Be Happy)

7You Belong to Me

10That's It - I Quit - I'm Movin' On

14Don't Get Around Much Any More

15Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

16Baby Won't You Please Come Home

17Trouble In Mind

18Out In the Cold Again

19Exactly Like You

20Since I Met You Baby

21I'm Just a Lucky So and So

22But Not for Me

23You're Always On My Mind

24(Don't Fight It) Feel It

25It's All Right

26Twistin' the Night Away

27One More Time

28Don't Cry On My Shoulder

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2Somebody Have Mercy

3Sugar Dumpling

4Nothin' Can Change This Love (Alternate Version)

6Movin' and Groovin'

8Having a Party

9Bring It On Home to Me

10A Whole Lotta Woman

11I'm Gonna Forget About You

12Nothin' Can Change This Love

13Baby, Baby, Baby

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17I Wish You Love

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21These Foolish Things

22Frankie and Johnnie

23I Ain't Gonna Cheat On You No More

24Another Saturday Night

25Love Will Find a Way

26Cool Train (First Stereo Release)

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5I Lost Everything

6Get Yourself Another Fool

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8Laughin' and Clownin'

10You Gotta Move

11Fool's Paradise

12Shake, Rattle and Roll

13Intro / (Don't Fight It) Feel It

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16It's All Right / For Sentimental Reasons

17Twistin' the Night Away

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