Artist: Birmingham Jubilee Singers
Author: traditional
Label: Columbia
Year: 1929
First line: I got a robe in that Kingdom. Reissued on Document.
Covers:
Bat & her Quartet with Monroe Bowdrey [John A. Lomax recording on Smithers plantation in Huntsville, TX for the L.o.C.]
Pilgrim Travelers [first line: I've got a home in that Kingdom; the version Sam Cooke knew]
Bells Of Joy [as Let's Talk About Jesus for Peacock; labelboss Don Rowey was responsible for the beat]
Bailey Gospel Singers [as I've Got A Saviour for Columbia, crediting Thomas Ward]
Southern Tones [Texas gospel as It Must Be Jesus, for Duke]
Ray Charles [n°1 R&B as I've Got A Woman; the idea to link R&B with gospel came from his trumpet player Renald Richard, who was credited all right]
Jo Stafford [as I Got A Sweetie]
Elvis Presley [as I Got A Woman on his debut LP; the first in line to appreciate this R&B-gospel link; millionseller]
Little Walter [as Walkin' On; instrumental with Muddy Waters on guitar]
Staple Singers [as Good News with the intro of What'd I Say]
Jimmy McGriff [as I Got A Woman]
Beatles [idem; for the BBC]
Rick Nelson [idem]
Freddie Scott [idem]
Sam Cooke [knew The Pilgrim Travelers' version]
Them [as I Got A Woman]
Delaney Bramlett [as I've Got A Woman]
Kanye West [as Gold Digger; n°1 US, n°1 AUS, n°2 UK; vocals by Jamie Foxx from the Ray biopic]
Amy Helm [as Good News]
Ray Charles' I've Got A Woman borrows lyrically from spiritual Ain't That Good News, where the "got a woman"-line was an "I've got a crown, a harp, a robe..." and "I got a father, a mother..." in that John A. Lomax field recording.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
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