B.B. King Sings Spirituals (original album plus bonus tracks 1959)

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  • Northern America: 🇺🇸 United States (us)
Annotation last modified on 2020-09-17 06:25 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Precious Lord
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
3:24
2Save a Seat for Me
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Save a Seat for Me
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:05
3Ole Time Religion
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Old-Time Religion (Gospel song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:28
4Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
2:09
5Servant’s Prayer
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Thy Servant's Prayer Amen
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
3:03
6Jesus Gave Me Water
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Jesus Gave Me Water
lyricist and composer:
Lucie E. Campbell (Music director of the US National Baptist Convention)
3:04
7I Never Heard a Man
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
I Never Heard a Man
writer:
Lloyd Woodard (American gospel singer)
2:36
8Army of the Lord
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Army of the Lord
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
publisher:
Hamblen Music
3:07
9I Am Willing to Run All the Way
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
I'm Willing to Run All the Way
3:39
10I’m Working on the Building
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
Working on a Building (Bowles and Hoyle version)
writer:
Lillian Bowles and Winifred O. Hoyle
version of:
Working on the Building
2:49
11A Lonely Lover’s Plea
recording of:
A Lonely Lover’s Plea
writer:
B.B. King, Sam Ling and Jules Taub
2:47
12I Am
cover recording of:
I Am
writer:
Sherman Edwards and Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
2:20
13The Key to My Kingdom
recording of:
Key to My Kingdom
composer:
Claude Baum, Joe Bihari and Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”)
publisher:
ミスター・ミュージック (Mr. Music)
2:34