Ethel Waters – His Eye is on the Sparrow

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW

1. HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
2. GOSPEL MEDLEY: HE’S MY ROCK, MY SWORD, MY SHIELD and JESUS IS MINE
3. DEEP RIVER
4. IN HIS CARE
5. JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
6. I JUST CAN’T STAY HERE BY MYSELF
7. MAMMY
8. NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I SEE
9. JOY TO MY SOUL
10. STAND BY ME
11. WHEN THE TRUMPET SOUNDS
12. CRUCIFIXION
13. MEDLEY: I DO, DON’T YOU? and PARTNERS WITH GOD

REMINISCES

14. I AM A PILGRIM (Wayfaring Stranger)
15. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD
16. MEDLEY: HERE IS ONE and A CITY CALLED HEAVEN
17. MEDLEY: CHOOSE NOW and SHALL YOU, SHALL I?
18. LITTLE BLACK BOY
19. CABIN IN THE SKY
20. HE’S WITH ME EACH STEP OF THE WAY
21. CRYING HOLY UNTO THE LORD
22. MEDLEY: OH, HOW I LOVE JESUS and TO ME IT’S WONDERFUL
23. I CANNOT FAIL THE LORD
24. MY SAVIOR WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
25. IS IT WELL WITH YOUR SOUL?

• Ethel Waters was one of the greatest African-American stars of the 20^th Century!
• She introduced such classic hit songs as Am I Blue, There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Dinah, Sweet Georgia Brown, I Got Rhythm, Three Little Words and Tiger Rag.
• Major star of Broadway: “As Thousands Cheer,” “At Home Abroad,” “Mamba’s Daughters,” “Rhapsody in Black.”
• Hollywood films include: “Cairo,” “Pinky,” “The Member of the Wedding,” and “The Sound and the Fury.”
• First African-American performer to star in her own television series – “Beulah.” Dozens of other television guest star appearances.
• All of her recordings have been issued on LP or CD except for our current release of her inspirational tracks recorded in stereo in 1959.
• Our set is filled with some of the most powerful sacred pieces of all time: “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I See”, “Deep River”, “Cabin in the Sky”, “His Eye Is on the Sparrow”, many more.