As Good as It Gets: Black Gospel

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Up Above My Head
double bass:
George "Pops" Foster (on 1947-11-24)
drums (drum set):
Wallace Bishop (on 1947-11-24)
guitar:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-11-24)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1947-11-24)
vocals:
Marie Knight (US gospel/R&B vocalist) (on 1947-11-24) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1947-11-24)
recording of:
Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air (Sister Rosetta Tharpe version) (on 1947-11-24)
lyricist and composer:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1947-11)
publisher:
Princess Music Publishing Corp
is based on:
Up Above My Head
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight with the Sam Price Trio2:31
2God's Gonna Gut 'em Down
The Golden Gate Quartet2:33
3I Want My Crown
Pilgrim Travelers2:57
4Get on Board Little Children
Alphabetical Four2:33
5Climbing Up the Mountain
Morris Brown Quartet2:22
6Precious Memories
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight2:55
7Didn't It Rain
The Golden Gate Quartet2:26
8Let the Church Roll On
Capitol City Four2:37
9Standing on the Highway
Pilgrim Travelers2:16
10Dig a Little Deeper
recording of:
Dig a Little Deeper (in 1947-12)
writer:
K. Morris (organ player, 1917–1988)
Mahalia Jackson2:57
11Oh Mary Don't You Weep
recording of:
Mary Don’t You Weep (pre-civil war spiritual)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
The Master Book of American Folk Song (number: 1338) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11823)
Fisk Jubilee Singers1:40
12Wake Me, Shake Me, Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long
The Wright Brothers Gospel Singers2:48
13Rock Me
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:31
14I'm Gonna Walk Right in and Make Myself at Home
Alphabetical Four2:51
15Hush
The Golden Gate Quartet3:11
16Where Could I Go but to the Lord
Sister Ernestine Washington with Bunk Johnson2:51
17I Heard Zion Mourn
The Southern Sons2:29
18Lonesome Road
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Lucky Millinder's Orchestra2:49
19He Never Said a Mumbling Word
The Golden Gate Quartet3:19
20You've Got to Move
Elder Charles Beck2:38
21Lord I'm Goin' Through
Bright Moon Quartet3:21
22Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend
bass guitar and double bass:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1946-01-11)
drums (drum set):
Wallace Bishop (on 1946-01-11)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (on 1946-01-11)
piano:
Sammy Price (jazz/blues/boogie pianist) (on 1946-01-11)
recording of:
Don't Take Everybody to Be Friend (on 1946-01-11)
writer:
Katie Bell Nubin (in 1946-01) and Sister Rosetta Tharpe (in 1946-01)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio2:27
23The Old Rugged Cross
Pilgrim Travelers2:33
24Jezebel
The Golden Gate Quartet2:48
25This Heart of Mine
Two Gospel Keys2:39
26Toll the Bell Easy
The Golden Gate Quartet2:33
27Do Lord Send Me
Clara Belle Gholston & The Georgia Peach2:48
28Amazing Grace
cover recording of:
Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
John Newton (English poet) (in 1779)
additional composer:
Edwin Othello Excell
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Patterdale Music Ltd., Rokstone Music Ltd., Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
Viisikielinen (Song book of "Viides herätysliike") (number: 94)
Mahalia Jackson2:17
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ASIN:DE: B00004SD32 [info]