- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Instrumental
- Released on
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Color Him Father
Single
May 1969 - Other release
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Color Him Father
Album
July 1969 - Comments
- A six-second drum break in the middle of the song, performed by the band's drummer Gregory R. Coleman, was picked up by New York's hip-hop scene in the late 1980s. Slowed from its original 135bpm (beats per minute), the looped break - later known as 'The Amen Break' - offered the perfect backdrop for laid-back rap songs. According to the WhoSampled website it would become the most used sample in history, featuring in more than 6000 performances.
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Amen written by [Traditional] English
Amen written by [Traditional] instrumental
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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i | Main Title [Lilies of the Field] | Jerry Goldsmith | April 1964 | Unverified | |
i | Theme from Lilies of the Field (Amen) | Ken Lauber | 1964 | Unverified | |
i | Amen ( エーメン) | 山本邦山 (Hozan Yamamoto) | 1968 | ||
i | Amen | Boots Randolph | 1968 | Vocalise version | |
i | Amen, Brother | The Winstons | May 1969 | Sampled by (2 artists) | |
i | Bridge over Troubled Water / Amen | Dick Morgan | 1997 | Medley | |
i | Amen | Bernard Purdie | July 1, 1998 | ||
i | Amen | Stones River Ranch Boys | 2002 | ||
i | Amen | Soweto String Quartet | 2005 | ||
i | Children, Go Where I Send Thee - Amen | Chicago Bronze | 2007 | Medley | |
i | Amen | David T. Walker | 2009 | ||
i | Amen | Saxtet | November 2011 | Unverified |
Amén written by Enrique Martín Garea Spanish
Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
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Amén | Los H. H. | 1965 | First release |