I Thank God (album)

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I Thank God (album) - Wikipedia

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I Thank God

Compilation album by Sam Cooke, The Gospel Harmonettes, and The Original Blind Boys
Released	1960 (1960)
Recorded	1954–1959
Studio	Various studios
Genre	Gospel^[1]
Length	31:25
Language	English
Label	Keen

I Thank God is a 1960 compilation album of gospel songs by Sam Cooke along with The Gospel Harmonettes and The Original Blind Boys, released on Keen Records.

Reception

The editorial staff of AllMusic Guide scored this album three out of five stars, with reviewer Ron Wynn writing that "those who feel that Cooke's gospel was his finest material will have that opinion validated" by this compilation.^[1] A review of the compilation in Billboard supposed that this would be a "sock sales success" in the Christian music market^[2] and a later review of the single release for "I Thank God" considered it to have very strong sales potential.^[3]

Track listing

Side one

Sam Cooke – "I Thank God" – 2:56
Blind Boys – "You Got to Move" – 2:12
Gospel Harmonettes – "Jericho Walls" – 3:15
Sam Cooke – "That's Heaven to Me" – 2:51
Gospel Harmonettes – "Love Lifted Me" (James Rowe and Howard E. Smith) – 2:50
Blind Boys – "Coming Up Through the Years" – 2:55

Side two

Sam Cooke – "Steal Away" (Wallace Willis) – 2:16
Gospel Harmonettes – "Trust and Obey" (John H. Sammis) – 2:00
Blind Boys – "This Friend Jesus" – 1:57
Sam Cooke – "Deep River" (traditional) – 2:47
Gospel Harmonettes – "God's Goodness" – 2:44
Blind Boys – "Oh, Lord Fix It" – 2:42

A 2017 Vinyl Lovers reissue includes two bonus tracks: side A ends with Cooke's 1961 performance of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Willis) and side B ends with Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers doing "Farther Along" (Jesse Randall Baxter, Jr.) from 1954.

A compact disc re-release on Soul Jam also adds several bonus tracks

Sam Cooke – "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" – 3:02
Sam Cooke – "Ol' Man River" – 2:38
Sam Cooke – "The Bells of St. Mary’s" – 2:18
Sam Cooke – "Pray" – 2:11
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers – "Touch the Hem of His Garment" – 2:05
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers – "Jesus, Wash Away My Troubles" – 2:07
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers – "Must Jesus Bear This Cross Alone" – 2:50
Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers – "Farther Along" – 2:27

Personnel

The original LP includes no credits, but the Soul Jam and Vinyl Lovers re-releases include the following personnel listing, with proposed members of The Gospel Harmonettes and The Original Blind Boys:

Sam Cooke tracks:

Sam Cooke – vocals
Red Callender – bass guitar
Earl Palmer – drums
Cliff White – guitar

Tracks recorded between 1958 and 1959.

The Gospel Harmonettes:

Dorothy Love Coates – lead vocals
Mildred Miller Howard – mezzo-soprano
Vera Kalb – soprano
Willie Mae Newberry Garth – vocals
Odessa Edwards – vocals
Herbert "Pee Wee" Pickard – piano

Tracks recorded between 1956 and 1958.

The Original Blind Boys:

Clarence Fountain – vocals
Johnny Fields – vocals
J. T. Hutton – vocals
George Scott – vocals
Ollice Thomas – vocals

Tracks recorded between 1954 and 1958.

References

^ ^a ^b Wynn, Ron. "Sam Cooke – I Thank God". AllMusic Guide. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
^ "Spiritual". Spotlight Winners of the Week. Billboard. Vol. 72, no. 22. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 6, 1960. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.
^ "Very Strong Sales Potential". Review of This Week's Singles. Billboard. Vol. 72, no. 31. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 1, 1960. p. 53. ISSN 0006-2510.

External links

I Thank God at Discogs (list of releases)
I Thank God at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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Studio albums	Sam Cooke Encore Tribute to the Lady Cooke's Tour Hits of the 50's Swing Low My Kind of Blues Twistin' the Night Away Mr. Soul Night Beat Ain't That Good News Shake Try a Little Love
Live albums	Sam Cooke at the Copa Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
Collaboration albums	3 Great Guys
Compilations	Hit Kit I Thank God The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke The Best of Sam Cooke The Man and His Music Portrait of a Legend: 1951–1964
Singles	"You Send Me" / "Summertime" "I'll Come Running Back to You" "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" "You Were Made for Me" / "Lonely Island" "Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha" "Only Sixteen" "There! I've Said It Again" "Wonderful World" "Chain Gang" "Sad Mood" "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" "Cupid" "Twistin' the Night Away" "Bring It On Home to Me" / "Having a Party" "Somebody Have Mercy" / "Nothing Can Change This Love" "Send Me Some Lovin'" "Another Saturday Night" "Frankie and Johnny" "Little Red Rooster" "Ain't That Good News" "Good Times" / "Tennessee Waltz" "That's Where It's At" "Shake" / "A Change Is Gonna Come"
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