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