A few years ago "You Send Me" and "Cupid" sung by Sam Cooke and I immediately loved his soulful and simple style. It was really great to see that this album was on the Top 500 list by Rolling Stone. Its a totally different style than anything on the list so far, but if you've listened to Sam Cooke, you know that he is truly a legend, like the album name suggests. Cooke's easy, smooth and soulful sound is flawless. There is an ease to the sound of this album that is unique to Sam Cooke. Of course, tracks like "You Send Me", which was later sung by Aretha Franklin, and "Twistin' The Night Away", which Rod Stewart later performed, are iconic and now, timeless. Most of the tracks are 50s-style love songs, which are all pretty sweet, romantic, and innocent. "Wonderful World" and "You Were Made For Me" are great examples of this: "As sure as there are stars above / You were made for me". I mean come on, this kind of love song isn't written anymore! The music of Sam Cooke has timeless themes and sentiments, but most artists nowadays don't articulate themselves the way Sam Cooke does...which makes sense, because the music of Cook is from 50 years ago! Sam Cooke had 29 Top 40 hits in only seven years, from 1957 to 1964.  That's a pretty huge achievement. Not only that, Cooke was significant because he is one of the first black performers of the time  to take care of the business side of his career, along with the performance side. If  you want some quintessential Sam Cooke, check out Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964. Its captures Cooke's greatest hits before his controversial death in 1964. To me, this album is a 27-song time capsule that transports me to the 50s when I listen. And I love it.