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
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)
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