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1957 - Sam Cooke's 'You Send Me' Hits #1
1957 - Sam Cooke's 'You Send Me' Hits #1

Sam Cooke's seminal soul classic "You Send Me" topped the singles chart on December 16, 1957. The tune had been written by Cooke a couple years earlier, but the version that reached number one wasn't recorded until June, 1957, with production from Bumps Blackwell.

Released when he was 26 years old, the single was Cooke's first and only number one. "You Send Me" featured a version of George Gershwin's "Summertime" as the B-side.