WADE IN THE WATER
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| (o): | Sunset Four Jubilee Singers (1925) | label: Paramount |
| Reissued on Document cd Black Vocal Groups Vol. 1. Slave song created for survival: shouted by plantation workers to guide escaping fellows. The song was a warning for approaching dogs, so the escapee knew when to dive and confuse the chase. This Underground Railroad classic doubles for baptising rituals. | ||
| (c): | A.W. Adams (1926) , Lincoln Quartet (1928) , Empire Jubilee Quartet (1929) , Birmingham Jubilee Singers (1930) , Mitchell Jubilee Singers (1930) [as The Lord's Gonna Trouble The Water], Charioteers (1942) , Golden Gate Quartet (1946) , Singing Crusaders (1947) , Dixieaires (1950) , Odetta (1954) , Georgia Sea Island Singers (1959) [in the old way], Johnny Griffin Orch. (1960) [as a jazz instrumental following the Fever arrangement], Harmonizing Four (1961) , Norman Luboff Choir (1962) , Cleo Kennedy & Carlton Reece (1963) [as Yes, We Want Our Freedom], Graham Bond Organisation (1965) , Ramsey Lewis Trio (1966) [inspired by Johnny Griffin], Marlena Shaw (1967) [as Let's Wade In The Water], Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (1967) [inspired by Ramsey Lewis], Harvey Mandel (1968) , Willie Mitchell (1970) , Lewis Cowdrey (1994) , Eva Cassidy (1996) , Mary Mary (2000) , Blind Boys Of Alabama (2002) , Fisk Jubilee Singers (2003) [celebrating the sheet music's centennial], Dr. John & The Lower 911 (2005) [in Wade: Hurricane Suite on mini album Sippiana Hericane], Dede Priest (2007) , Asylum Street Spankers (2009) , Tedeschi Trucks Band (2012) , | |
| There's a different Wade In The Water by the Soul Stirrers, written by Sam Cooke and J.W. Alexander, the first cut on Sam's SAR label in '59. | ||