1961 studio album by Sam Cooke
Swing Low, also called Sam Cooke, is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. Produced by Hugo & Luigi, the album was launched in February 1961 in the US by RCA Victor.[1] The album consists of the hit single “Chain Gang”.
The album was remastered in 2011 as part of The RCA Albums Assortment.
Observe itemizing
Aspect one
- “Swing Low, Candy Chariot” (Conventional) – 3:05
- “I am Only a Nation Boy” (Fred Hellerman, Marshall Barer) – 4:05
- “They Name the Wind Maria” (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 2:54
- “Twilight on the Path” (Sidney D. Mitchell, Louis Alter) – 3:10
- “If I Had You” (Sam Cooke, James W. Alexander) – 2:20
- “Chain Gang” (Cooke) – 2:32
Aspect two
- “Grandfather’s Clock” (Henry Clay Work) – 3:10
- “Jeanie with the Gentle Brown Hair” (Stephen Foster) – 3:44
- “Lengthy, Lengthy In the past” (Thomas Haynes Bayly) – 3:00
- “Pray” (Johnnie Taylor) – 2:10
- “You Belong to Me” (Cooke, Alexander) – 2:44
- “Goin’ Dwelling” (Antonín Dvořák / Williams Arms Fisher,) – 3:05
Personnel
All credit tailored from The RCA Albums Assortment (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 (musician) (on “Chain Gang”) – 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
- Songs of Sam Cooke: Foremost Web page
