Sweet Chariot

~ Recording by B.B. King

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Sweet Chariot?:??B.B. KingB.B. King Sings SpiritualsB.B. KingAlbum
Crown Records (Bihari bros. budget label 1954-1972)CST 152
1.3Medley: Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Rock Me Lord2:07B.B. KingB.B. King Sings GospelB.B. KingAlbum
Kent (Los Angeles soul)
1.4Sweet Chariot2:11B.B. KingB.B. King Sings SpiritualsB.B. KingAlbum
Diabolo RecordsDIAB853
4.4Sweet Chariot2:09B.B. KingMilestones Of A Blues LegendB.B. KingAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2015-10-30
The Intense Media600267

Relationships

recording of:Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (cover)

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

lyricist and composer:Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton)
Throat Music
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
referred to in medleys:Medley 1: Brazil / You Are Too Beautiful / Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) / Love Walked In / You Made Me Love You / Nothing Could Be Finer / Please Be Kind / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes / Maria / Try Little Tenderness / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / What Is This Thing Called Love / Did You Ever See a Deer Walking (order: 11)
later parody versions:Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
later versions:Swing Down Sweet Chariot
is the basis for:Fantasy and Fugue on Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Sweet Chariot (march)
Swing Low (Run With the Ball)
Vieux chariot
arrangements:Swing Low ’99 (1999 Rugby World Cup version, arr. C. Skarbek / T.R. Evans)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arrangement from “The Spiritual Medley”)