artistsong
Crate record

Independence Church congregation feat. Louise Green

(I’m a) Soldier in the Army of the Lord
1959 · via Prince
From the counter

No one signed this one; it was handed down, and the first recording on file is an entire church congregation with Louise Green out front. Play that before the Prince take and you hear a song nobody owns, passed hand to hand.

Find it on YouTube ↗

Liner notes

Written by [traditional].

First recorded by Independence Church congregation feat. Louise Green in 1959.

Also recorded by The Soul Stirrers (1970), Peerless Four (1997).

How you get here
Prince recorded (I'm a) Soldier in the Army of the Lord, a song a church congregation first put on tape. Who gets the songwriting credit?[traditional]
a knot from Prince · next: [traditional]
Pull this thread →

Facts from MusicBrainz and the Rabbit Hole Records crate. The counter notes are written by the clerk, an AI, from those facts only. General Admission 4 Us: start with an artist, leave with a record.