Swing Low (album)

Swing Low, also known as Sam Cooke, is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Record producer 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".

Swing Low
Studio album by
Sam Cooke
ReleasedMarch 1961
RecordedJanuary 25, 1960 ("Chain Gang")
RCA Victor's Studio B
(New York City)
September 9–10, 1960
RCA Victor's Studio B
(New York City)
GenreRhythm and blues, soul, gospel
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerHugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke chronology
The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke
(1960)		 Swing Low
(1961)		 My Kind of Blues
(1961)
Singles from Swing Low
  1. "Chain Gang"
    Released: July 26, 1960

The album was remastered in 2011 as a part of The RCA Albums Collection.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 3:05
  2. "I'm Just a Country Boy" (Fred Hellerman, Marshall Barer) – 4:05
  3. "They Call the Wind Maria" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:54
  4. "Twilight on the Trail" (Sidney D. Mitchell, Louis Alter) – 3:10
  5. "If I Had You" (Sam Cooke, James W. Alexander) – 2:20
  6. "Chain Gang" (Cooke) – 2:32

Side two
  1. "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 3:10
  2. "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" (Stephen Foster) – 3:44
  3. "Long, Long Ago" (Thomas Haynes Bayly) – 3:00
  4. "Pray" (Johnnie Taylor) – 2:10
  5. "You Belong to Me" (Cooke, Alexander) – 2:44
  6. "Goin' Home" (Antonín Dvořák / Williams Arms Fisher,) – 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.[1]

  • Sam Cooke – vocals
  • Clifton White, Don Arnone, Everett Barksdale, Al Chernet – guitar
  • Milt Hinton – bass guitar
  • 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
  1. The RCA Albums Collection (liner notes). Sam Cooke. US: RCA Records/Legacy Recordings. 2011. 88697898702.CS1 maint: others (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.