Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964

Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964 is a collection of the work of soul musician Sam Cooke, covering his early 1950s work with the Soul Stirrers to the posthumous 1964 single "Shake". In 2003, the album was ranked number 106 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. There is an additional track containing a segment of an interview by Magnificent Montague from 1963 in which Sam Cooke hums a few bars.