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doomsdaymachine Senior Member Posts: 627	The killer B-side of a #1 hit that Casey helped to break Oct 1, 2013 0:09:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by doomsdaymachine on Oct 1, 2013 0:09:05 GMT -5 Sam Cooke, "Summertime." Flip of "You Send Me." Reportedly, Casey broke "You Send Me" in Detroit, after which the single took off nationally, hitting #1 in December 1957.

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The killer B-side of a #1 hit that Casey helped to break Oct 1, 2013 10:30:03 GMT -5

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Post by mkarns on Oct 1, 2013 10:30:03 GMT -5

If Casey can be credited for breaking "You Send Me", and thus Sam Cooke's hitmaking career, then he had a significant impact on pop, rock, and R&B, given Cooke's popularity and influence, long before he ever thought of American Top 40. Excellent job, Casey!