Top Ten 1963 Songs: Another Saturday Night (#7)

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This time next week we’ll be in May, and in the 1973 songs! Don’t forget, I’m not trying to make you feel old (that’s arthritis’s job ); rather, I’m pointing how just how darn good these songs are. So with that in mind let’s go back 60 years to another great tune. #7: Another Saturday Night - Sam Cooke Well, here’s something interesting: Picky Wedia says that Cooke wrote this while on tour in London. He was staying at a hotel that was for men only. What I can’t find is if that was a YMCA-type hotel or if it was racially segregated and all he could find. Anyway, he couldn’t find “some chick to talk to” because it was men-only lodging! (I found an article from National Geographic about women-only hotels in the early 20th century, so apparently the Holiday Inns of the day didn’t want any hanky panky going on like you’d find in a brothel.) Well, I never!!! (Funny thing, the gender-segregation lodging is making a comeback for various reasons.) Anyway, Cooke’s lament of being alone in London with a fat paycheck from a gig turned into a great song. Despite the 60s lingo (“a cat named Frankenstein,” “I’m gonna have to blow this town”) it has a following today, thanks to notable covers by Cat Stevens and Jimmy Buffett. This remains one of Cooke’s best-known songs. Another Saturday Night Written by Sam Cooke Recorded by Sam Cooke Released as a single, 1963 If I could meet ‘em I could get ‘em: