he also wrote while touring in England when staying in a hotel room where no female guests were allowed. The rolling chorus of "Meet Me at Mary's Place" was also written by Cooke about a gospel promoter in Charlotte, North Carolina where gospel groups often stayed. The country-style "Tennessee Waltz" is given new life here, while the title track, done out of the gospel tradition, would be his greatest hit until the central number on this album. "A Change Is Gonna Come", with its soaring gospel sound and powerful first-person language, was written in response to Dylan's protest anthem "Blowin' in the Wind" and became one of popular music's most well-known message songs, as well as Sam Cooke's signature recording Following the centerpiece are orchestrated ballads and standards that are arranged by conductor René Hall. Cooke gives the Irving Berlin tune, "Sittin' in the Sun", a powerful reading as he does with "Home". Ending on a somber and emotional note, the album closes with Sam Cooke's rendition of the traditional Appalachian ballad "The Riddle Song". According to string section leader Sid Sharp, Sam Cooke started to cry at the line "I gave my love a baby with no crying", which was reminiscent of the loss of Cooke's infant child, Vincent. Track listing All songs written by Sam Cooke, except where noted. Side one "Ain't That Good News" – 2:30 "Meet Me at Mary's Place" – 2:44 "Good Times" – 2:28 "Rome Wasn't Built in a Day" (Sam Cooke, Beverly Prudhomme, Betty Prudhomme) – 2:34 "Another Saturday Night" – 2:42 "Tennessee Waltz" (Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart) – 3:12 Side two "A Change Is Gonna Come" – 3:13 "Falling in Love" (Harold Battiste) – 2:45 "Home" (Jeff Clarkson, Harry Clarkson, Peter van Steeden) – 2:32 "Sittin' in the Sun" (Irving Berlin) – 3:18 "No Second Time" (Clifton White) – 3:03 "The Riddle Song" (Traditional) – 2:30 Chart history Album Singles * – Through a period between late 1963 and late 1964, Billboard Magazine did not publish an R&B singles chart. Personnel Sam Cooke – vocals Chuck Badie, Buddy Clark, Ray Pohlman, Clifford Hils, Eddie Tilman – bass guitar Joseph Gibbons – banjo Hal Blaine, John Boudreaux, Edward Hall, Earl Palmer – drums Norman Bartold, Le Roy Crume, Barney Kessel, John Pisano, Allen Reuss, Howard Roberts, Clifton White – guitar Emil Richards – marimba, percussion, timpani Linwood Mitchell – percussion Harold Battiste,