Another Saturday Night

"Another Saturday Night"
Single by Sam Cooke
from the album Ain't That Good News
B-side "Love Will Find a Way"
Released April 2, 1963
Format 7-inch single
Recorded February 28, 1963
Studio RCA, Hollywood, California
Genre R&B, Soul
Length 2:42
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Sam Cooke
Producer(s) Hugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke singles chronology
"Bring It On Home to Me"
(1963)		 "Another Saturday Night"
(1963)		 "(Ain't That) Good News"
(1964)

"Bring It On Home to Me"
(1963)		 "Another Saturday Night"
(1963)		 "(Ain't That) Good News"
(1964)

"Another Saturday Night" is the title of a 1963 hit single by Sam Cooke from the album Ain't That Good News. It reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was No. 1 on the R&B chart for a single week.[1] In the UK, the song peaked at No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][3]

Session drummer Hal Blaine played on this version of the song.[4] Other musicians on the record included John Anderson on trumpet, John Ewing on trombone, Jewell Grant on sax, Ray Johnson on piano, and Clifton White and Rene Hall on guitar, and Clifford Hills on bass.

Cat Stevens cover

"Another Saturday Night"
Single by Cat Stevens
B-side "Home in the Sky"
Released July 1974
Format 7-inch single
Studio RCA,
Genre Easy Listening, R&B, folk rock
Label Island (UK/Europe)
A&M (USA/Canada)
Songwriter(s) Sam Cooke
Producer(s) Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens singles chronology
"Oh Very Young"
(1974)		 "Another Saturday Night"
(1974)		 "Ready"
(1975)

"Oh Very Young"
(1974)		 "Another Saturday Night"
(1974)		 "Ready"
(1975)

In 1974, Cat Stevens recorded a version of the song which peaked at No. 6 on the U.S. Hot 100, No. 13 Easy Listening,[5] No. 1 in Canada twice,[6][7] on September 28 and October 19, separated by two other No. 1s, and No. 19 in Stevens' UK homeland.[3]

Other covers, remixes and samples

  • Claude François recorded the song in French as "La vie d'un homme" (lit. "A man's life"). Notably, this is thanks to Cat Stevens having sung it, as Claude François also adapted "Wild World" (in 1971 as "Fleur Sauvage"; lit. "Wild Flower"), thus having a former business relation with Cat Stevens as well as an ear out for his musical hits.
  • Australian James Blundell covered the song on his 1989 self titled album.
  • In 1993, Jimmy Buffett recorded the song. His version peaked at No. 74 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[8]
  • Sam & Dave recorded at least one version that appears on albums released after their formative years such as the I Thank You compilation released in 2002 by the Brentwood Records label.[9]
  • Swedish crooner Andreas Weise released a big band version of the song in May 2012.

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 134.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 119. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. 1 2 "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
  4. ↑ Blaine, Hal and David Goggin, ‘’Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the World’s Most Recorded Musician’’, MixBooks, Emeryville, CA 1990
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 228.
  6. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944–2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  9. ↑ I Thank You [Brentwood] Sam & Dave Album, Yahoo! Music, 2009
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