Rise Again
Gospel & Spirituals
p. 116
First Line: 
People get ready, there’s a train a comin’

Artist & Tune

Composed by: 
Curtis Mayfield

Reference

Genre: 
Rhythm & Blues
Culture: 
African-American

About the Song

Print source: 
Sing for Freedom (ed. by Guy Carawan)

written in 1964 by Curtis Mayfield.

First released by The Impressions in February 1965 on their album of that title.

Secondhandsong list of covers: https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/4860/versions

Notable covers include:

  • Chambers Brothers - May 1965 (live)
  • Everly Brothers - Aug 1965
  • Aretha Franklin - 1968
  • Staples Singers - 1968
  • Curtis Mayfield - 1971 (live)
  • The Persuasions - - 1972
  • Sonnie Terry & Brownie Maghee - 1973
  • Maria Muldaur - 1980 (live - with The Chambers Bros.)
  • Al Green - 1981
  • Ladysmith Mambazo - 1997
  • Eva Cassidy - 1996 (live)
  • Ziggy Marley - 1997
  • Blind Boys of Alabama - 2002
  • Alicia Keys & Lyfe Jennings - 2006 (Glory Road soundtrack album)
  • Seal - 2008
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