Medley: The Declaration / A Change Is Gonna Come / People Gotta Be Free

~ Recording by The 5th Dimension

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Medley: The Declaration / A Change Is Gonna Come / People Gotta Be Free10:10The 5th DimensionPortrait ('BW' Pitman pressing)The 5th DimensionAlbum
  • US1970-04-01
Bell Records (50s-70s US/UK pop, later became Arista)BELL 6045

Relationships

sound engineer, engineer and producer:Bones Howe
assistant engineer:Johnny Golden (mastering engineer)
Larry Cox (US engineer/producer)
Rik Pekkonen
bass:Joe Osborn (American bass guitar player, session musician and songwriter)
membranophone:Hal Blaine (U.S. studio drummer and percussionist)
solo vocals:Billy Davis, Jr.
performer:Billy Davis, Jr.
Florence LaRue Gordon
Lamonte McLemore
Marilyn McCoo Davis
Ron Townson
engineered at:Wally Heider Recording Studio (@ 1604 North Cahuenga, Hollywood) in Hollywood
recording of:A Change Is Gonna Come (cover, medley)
People Got to Be Free (cover, medley)
The Declaration (medley)

A Change Is Gonna Come

lyricist and composer:Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
Kags Music Corp.

People Got to Be Free

writer:Eddie Brigati
Felix Cavaliere (American singer, songwriter, record producer, and musician)
publisher:Eddie Brigati Music
EMI April Music Inc.
EMI Jamaxal Music Inc.
Huna Music
Slacsar Pub. Co. Ltd.
later parody versions:Seek Out God to Be Free

The Declaration

composer:Julius Johnsen
Rene De Knight
publisher:Fifth Star Music
Mocart Publishing