Swing Low (album)

Swing Low
Studio album by
Sam Cooke
ReleasedFebruary 1961
RecordedJanuary 25, 1960 ("Chain Gang")
September 9–10, 1960
StudioRCA Victor, New York City
GenreRhythm and blues, soul, gospel
Length36:25
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

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.[1] 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, George Barnes and Glenn Osser, are unknown.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Spotlight Winners of the Week". Billboard. Cincinnati. February 27, 1961. p. 18.
  2. ^ The RCA Albums Collection (liner notes). Sam Cooke. US: RCA Records/Legacy Recordings. 2011. 88697898702.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)