Swing Low (album)

Swing Low
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Studio album by Sam Cooke
Released	March 1961
Recorded	January 25, 1960 ("Chain Gang") RCA Victor's Studio B (New York City) September 9–10, 1960 RCA Victor's Studio B (New York City)
Genre	Rhythm and blues, soul, gospel
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Hugo & Luigi
Sam Cooke chronology
Hits of the 50's (1960)Hits of the 50's1960 Swing Low (1961) My Kind of Blues (1961)My Kind of Blues1961

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".

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" (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.

• Sam Cooke – vocals
• Clifton White – guitar
• Don Arnone – guitar
• Everett Barksdale – guitar
• Al Chernet – guitar
• Milt Hinton – bass guitar
• Jimmie Crawford – drums
• Bunny Shawker – drums
• Hank Jones – piano
• Seldon Powell – saxophone
• Hinda Barnett – violin
• Fred Fradkin – violin
• Archie Levin – violin
• Harry Lookofsky – violin

• Ben Miller – violin
• David Nadien – violin
• Sylvan Shulman – violin
• George Ricci – cello
• Al Brown – viola
• Steve Lipkins – trumpet
• Leon Marian – trumpet
• Henderson Chambers – trombone
• Albert Godlis – trombone
• Frank Saracco – trombone
• Sammy Lowe – conductor
• Glenn Osser – conductor on “Chain Gang”
• Bob Simpson – recording engineer

External links

• Songs of Sam Cooke: Main Page