Released March 1961 Release date March 1961 | Producer Hugo & Luigi | |
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Recorded January 25, 1960 ("Chain Gang")RCA Victor's Studio B(New York City)September 9–10, 1960RCA Victor's Studio B(New York City) Similar Cooke's Tour, My Kind of Blues, Mr Soul, Tribute to the Lady, Hit Kit |
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Swing Low, also known as Sam Cooke, is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was released in March 1961 in the United States by RCA Victor. The album includes the hit single "Chain Gang".
Contents
The album was remastered in 2011 as a part of The RCA Albums Collection.
Side one
- "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 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
- "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" (Anton Devorák) – 3:05
Personnel
All credits adapted from The RCA Albums Collection (2011) liner notes. The musicians who recorded "Chain Gang", save for Cooke, Clifton White and Glenn Osser are unknown.
Songs
1Swing Low - Sweet Chariot3:09
2I’m Just a Country Boy4:10
3They Call the Wind Maria2:58
References
Swing Low (album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA