The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet

~ Release by The Golden Gate Quartet (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Oh Happy Day
arranger:
Orlandus Wilson (in 1969)
cover recording of:
Oh Happy Day (Hawkins' 1967 gospel arrangement) (in 1969)
lyricist:
Philip Doddridge
composer:
Edward Francis Rimbault (in 1854)
arranger:
Edwin Hawkins (in 1967)
publisher:
Edwin R Hawkins Music Co, EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
arrangement of:
Oh Happy Day
version of:
O Happy Day, That Fixed My Choice (mid‐19th century version, with new melody and a chorus by Rimbault)
4:42
2When the Saints Go Marchin' In
arranger:
The Golden Gate Quartet (in 1960)
cover recording of:
When the Saints Go Marching In (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13983)
2:47
3Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
arranger:
The Golden Gate Quartet (in 1955)
cover recording of:
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:19
4Shadrack
cover recording of:
Shadrack (in 1955)
writer:
R. McGimsey
2:41
5Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
3:18
6Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
2:53
7Invisible Hands
cover recording of:
Invisible Hands (in 1956)
writer:
Bill Harrington (British saxophone player), Buddy Kaye, Frederick Patrick and Frank Lebby Stanton
2:50
8Down by the Riverside
arranger:
Caleb Ginyard (in 1958) and Orlandus Wilson (in 1958)
2:50
9Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
2:51
10'Round the Bay of Mexico
2:41
11Alabama Bound
arranger:
Orlandus Wilson
cover recording of:
I'm Alabama Bound (in 1960)
composer:
Robert Hoffman (Wrote "I'm Alabama Bound") (in 1909)
2:31
12Roll Jordan, Roll
arranger:
The Golden Gate Quartet
cover recording of:
Roll Jordan Roll (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6697)
2:22
13Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
arranger:
The Golden Gate Quartet
cover recording of:
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel (in 1960)
composer:
William Levi Dawson (composer)
2:06
14Saint Louis Blues
cover recording of:
St. Louis Blues (in 1960)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
2:29
15The World Outside (Warsaw Concerto)
cover recording of:
Warsaw Concerto (Dangerous Moonlight) (in 1961)
orchestrator:
Roy Douglas (British composer, pianist)
composer:
Richard Addinsell (composer)
part of:
Dangerous Moonlight (film soundtrack)
2:26
16Rock My Soul
arranger:
Orlandus Wilson
cover recording of:
Rock My Soul (in 1964)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:30
17Glory Hallelujah!
2:59
18Basin Street Blues
cover recording of:
Basin Street Blues (in 1965)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
2:08
19Honey Pie
cover recording of:
Honey Pie
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
2:04
20The Dock of the Bay
cover recording of:
(Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay (in 1969)
writer:
Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
publisher:
East Publishing Inc., East/Memphis Music Corp., Irving Music (BMI), Irving Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division, Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division, Yamaha Music EH(CM) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company - do not use as release label)
2:58