Swing Low (album)

Swing Low
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
The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke (1960) Swing Low (1961) My Kind of Blues (1961)
Singles from Swing Low
"Chain Gang" Released: July 26, 1960

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 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" (Traditional) – 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[]

External links[]

• Songs of Sam Cooke: Main Page