Sam Cooke – vocals
Clifton White, Don Arnone, Everett Barksdale, Al Chernet – guitar
Milt Hinton – bass guitar
Jimmy Crawford, Bunny Shawker – drums
Hank Jones – piano
Seldon Powell – saxophone
Hinda Barnett, Fred Fradkin, Archie Levin, Harry Lookofsky, Ben Miller, David Nadien, Sylvan Shulman – violin
George Ricci – cello
Al Brown – viola
Steve Lipkins, Leon Marian – trumpet
Henderson Chambers, Albert Godlis, Frank Saracco – trombone
Sammy Lowe – conductor
Glenn Osser – conductor on “Chain Gang”
Bob Simpson – recording engineer