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. The album includes the hit single "Chain Gang".
The album was remastered in 2011 as a part of The RCA Albums Collection.
Track listing
Side one
- "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" <small>(Traditional)</small> â 3:05
- "I'm Just a Country Boy" <small>(Fred Hellerman, Marshall Barer)</small> â 4:05
- "They Call the Wind Maria" <small>(Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe)</small> â 2:54
- "Twilight on the Trail" <small>(Sidney D. Mitchell, Louis Alter)</small> â 3:10
- "If I Had You" <small>(Sam Cooke, James W. Alexander)</small> â 2:20
- "Chain Gang" <small>(Cooke)</small> â 2:32
Side two
- "Grandfather's Clock" <small>(Henry Clay Work)</small> â 3:10
- "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" <small>(Stephen Foster)</small> â 3:44
- "Long, Long Ago" <small>(Thomas Haynes Bayly)</small> â 3:00
- "Pray" <small>(Johnnie Taylor)</small> â 2:10
- "You Belong to Me" <small>(Cooke, Alexander)</small> â 2:44
- "Goin' Home" <small>(AntonÃÂn DvoÃ
Âák, Williams Arms Fisher)</small> â 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, George Barnes and Glenn Osser, are unknown.
- Sam Cooke â vocals
- Clifton White, Don Arnone, Everett Barksdale, Al Chernet, George Barnes (on "Chain Gang") â guitar
- Milt Hinton â bass
- Jimmy Crawford, Bunny Shawker â drums
- Hank Jones â piano
- Seldon Powell â saxophone
- Hinda Barnett, Fred Fradkin, Archie Levin, Harry Lookofsky, Ben Miller, David Nadien, Sylvan Shulman â violin
- George Ricci â cello
- Al Brown â viola
- Steve Lipkins, Leon Marian â trumpet
- Henderson Chambers, Albert Godlis, Frank Saracco â trombone
- Sammy Lowe â conductor
- Glenn Osser â conductor on "Chain GangâÂÂ
- Bob Simpson â recording engineer
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