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"Steal Away" is a standard Gospel song, and is found in the hymnals of many Protestant denominations. An arrangement of the song is included in the oratorio A Child of Our Time , first performed in 1944, by the classical composer Michael Tippett (1908–98).
The release of "Steal Away" on Fame in May 1964 was occasioned by a visit to FAME Studios by "Mr Atlanta Music" Bill Lowery, on whose say-so Hall made an initial one thousand copy pressing of "Steal Away", Hall and FAME Studios sideman Dan Penn - then twenty-three years old [6] - distributing the discs to radio stations throughout the South in ...
Many popular sources claim that spirituals and other songs, such as "Steal Away" or "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd", contained coded information and helped individuals navigate the railroad, but these sources offer little traditional archival evidence to support their claims. Some scholars who have examined these claims tend to believe that while ...
Steal Away might refer to: "Steal Away", an American spiritual "Steal Away" (Jimmy Hughes song), a 1964 song "Steal Away" (Robbie Dupree song), a 1980 song
Jimmy J. Hughes (born February 3, 1938) [1] is an American former rhythm and blues singer, whose biggest successes in the mid-1960s, notably his hit "Steal Away", were important in the early development of the Muscle Shoals music industry.
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A Spiritual (chorus and soli): "Steal Away" Part II. Chorus: "A star rises in midwinter" The Narrator (bass solo): "And a time came" Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted: "Away with them!" The Narrator (bass solo): "Where they could, they fled" Chorus of the Self-righteous: "We cannot have them in our Empire"
Pages in category "African-American spiritual songs" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. ... Steal Away; Swing Down Sweet Chariot;