Swing Low | ||||
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Released | February 1961 | |||
Recorded | January 25, 1960 ("Chain Gang") September 9–10, 1960 | |||
Studio | RCA Victor, New York City | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues, soul, gospel | |||
Length | 36:25 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Producer | Hugo & Luigi | |||
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Singles from Swing Low | ||||
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Swing Low, also known as Sam Cooke, is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in February 1961 in the United States by RCA Victor.[1] The album includes the hit single "Chain Gang".
The album was remastered in 2011 as a part of The RCA Albums Collection.
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Traditional) – 3:05
- "I'm Just a Country Boy" (Fred Hellerman, Marshall Barer) – 4:05
- "They Call the Wind Maria" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:54
- "Twilight on the Trail" (Sidney D. Mitchell, Louis Alter) – 3:10
- "If I Had You" (Sam Cooke, James W. Alexander) – 2:20
- "Chain Gang" (Cooke) – 2:32
Side two
[edit]- "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:10
- "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" (Stephen Foster) – 3:44
- "Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Haynes Bayly) – 3:00
- "Pray" (Johnnie Taylor) – 2:10
- "You Belong to Me" (Cooke, Alexander) – 2:44
- "Goin' Home" (Antonín Dvořák, Williams Arms Fisher) – 3:05
Personnel
[edit]All credits adapted from The RCA Albums Collection (2011) liner notes. The musicians who recorded "Chain Gang", save for Cooke, Clifton White, George Barnes and Glenn Osser, are unknown.[2]
- Sam Cooke – vocals
- Clifton White, Don Arnone, Everett Barksdale, Al Chernet, George Barnes (on "Chain Gang") – guitar
- Milt Hinton – bass
- Jimmy Crawford, Bunny Shawker – drums
- Hank Jones – piano
- Seldon Powell – saxophone
- Hinda Barnett, Fred Fradkin, Archie Levin, Harry Lookofsky, Ben Miller, David Nadien, Sylvan Shulman – violin
- George Ricci – cello
- Al Brown – viola
- Steve Lipkins, Leon Marian – trumpet
- Henderson Chambers, Albert Godlis, Frank Saracco – trombone
- Sammy Lowe – conductor
- Glenn Osser – conductor on "Chain Gang”
- Bob Simpson – recording engineer
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Spotlight Winners of the Week". Billboard. Cincinnati. February 27, 1961. p. 18.
- ^ The RCA Albums Collection (liner notes). Sam Cooke. US: RCA Records/Legacy Recordings. 2011. 88697898702.
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