Ol’ Man River

~ Recording by Sam Cooke

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Ol’ Man River2:39Sam CookeSongs by Sam CookeSam CookeAlbum
KeenA-2001
1.4Ol’ Man River2:39Sam CookeSongs by Sam CookeSam CookeAlbum
  • US2004-09-14
Get Back (Italy)GET 8042
1.4Ol’ Man River2:37Sam CookeThe Keen Records StorySam CookeAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-01-25
Not Now MusicNOT3CD037
1.4Ol’ Man River2:37Sam CookeThe Complete Remastered Keen CollectionSam CookeAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-07-25
Keen
1.4Ol’ Man River2:36Sam Cooke8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus SinglesSam CookeAlbum + Compilation
Real Gone (UK budget label active 2010–2015, issued mainly compilations of public domain music)RGRNBCD001
1.16Ol’ Man River2:36Sam CookeEncore / Songs by Sam Cooke (debut album)Sam CookeAlbum + Compilation
Hoodoo Records263485
1.4Ol’ Man River2:36Sam Cooke8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus SinglesSam CookeAlbum + Compilation
Reel to Reel RecordsRTRCD50
1.4Ol’ Man River (mono)2:40Sam CookeSam CookeSam CookeAlbum
  • XW2020-01-24
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. (not an imprint, please use “ABKCO” instead)

Relationships

recording of:Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (cover)

Related works

Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)

lyricist:Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)
T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
referred to in medleys:Lilla Amerika
later translated versions:Ol’ Man River (french lyrics)
part of:Show Boat (1951 film)
Show Boat: Act I
orchestrations:Ol’ Man River (orchestrated by R. Williams)