Gotta Serve Somebody

~ Recording by Mavis Staples

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2Gotta Serve Somebody6:39Mavis StaplesTangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob DylanVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Platinum Entertainment51416 1458 2

Relationships

assistant engineer:Bill Douglas (engineer)
Will Driscoll
Jason Latshaw
engineer:Matt Martone (recording engineer)
Jeff Powell (engineer)
Chris Shepard
bass:Dave Smith (Memphis bassist)
clavinet:Roosevelt Purifoy
drums (drum set):Steve Potts (Drummer)
guitar:Jack Holder
Rico McFarland (Chicago blues guitarist)
Teenie Hodges (“Teenie”, soul guitarist)
Hammond organ [Hammond B-3 organ]:Charles Hodges
background vocals:Bertram Brown (US vocalist & songwriter)
Jackie Johnson (background vocals)
Susan Powell
William Brown (60s doo wop/soul singer)
vocals:Mavis Staples
recorded at:Ardent Studios in Memphis
Chicago Recording Company in Chicago
recording of:Gotta Serve Somebody (cover)

Gotta Serve Somebody

lyricist and composer:Bob Dylan (in 1979)
publisher:Special Rider Music (from 1979 to present)
later parody versions:Serve Yourself
later translated versions:Il faudra que tu serves quelqu'un
Je zult iemand moeten dienen
Je zult iemand moeten dienen
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