Purlie [Original Broadway Cast]

• Artist: Original Broadway Cast
• Release Date: 1970
• Total Time: 46:26
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

This musical comedy adaptation of Ossie Davis's play about a Black preacher who returns to his Southern hometown has a boisterous gospel score written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell and also boasts a cast including Cleavon Little, Melba Moore, Linda Hopkins, and Sherman Hemsley. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Walk Him up the Stairs	Gary Geld	Linda Hopkins, Cast	(6:03)
New Fangled Preacher Man	Gary Geld	Cleavon Little	(2:17)
Skinnin' a Cat	Gary Geld	Sherman Helmsley	(1:52)
Purlie	Gary Geld	Melba Moore	(3:49)
The Harder They Fall	Gary Geld	Melba Moore	(2:46)
The Barrels of War: Unborn Love	Gary Geld	Helene Martin, C.David Colson	(:46)
Big Fish Little Fish	Gary Geld	C.David Colson, John Heffernan	(2:23)
God's Alive	Gary Geld	Helene Martin, C.David Colson	(:31)
I Got Love	Gary Geld	Melba Moore	(3:17)
Great White Father	Gary Geld		(2:37)
Down Home	John Hiatt, McCoy Tyner, Gary Geld	Novella Nelson, Cleavon Little	(6:00)
First Thing Monday Mornin'	Gary Geld		(4:48)
He Can Do It	Gary Geld	Melba Moore, Novella Nelson	(4:11)
The World Is Comin' to a Start	Gary Geld	C.David Colson, Cast	(2:47)
Walk Him up the Stairs (Epilogue)	Gary Geld	Cleavon Little, Cast	(2:19)

Credits

Barbara Christopher (Vocals), Milt Grayson (Vocals), Friedman Abeles (Photography), Garry Sherman (Orchestration), Cleavon Little (Vocals), Ray Pollard (Vocals), Novella Nelson (Vocals), Luther Henderson (Arranger), Bobby Arnold (Engineer), Bill Rosenfield (Producer), Sherman Helmsley (Vocals), Jay Newland (Engineer), Linda Hopkins (Vocals), C.David Colson (Vocals), Luther Henderson (Orchestration), Carolyn Byrd (Vocals), Helene Martin (Vocals), Luther Henderson (Choir Arrangement), John Heffernan (Vocals), Tony Middleton (Vocals), Bill Rosenfield (Liner Notes), Alyce Webb (Vocals), Garry Sherman (Music Supervisor), Melba Moore (Performer), Linda Hopkins (Performer), Andy Wiswell (Producer), Mildred Pratcher (Vocals), Garry Sherman (Choir Arrangement), Bill Rosenfield (Remastering), Sherman Helmsley (Performer), Helene Martin (Performer), Melba Moore (Vocals), Peter Udell (Photography), Mildred Lane (Vocals)