Songs that sample

Songs that sample “Color Him Father”

The Winstons’ 1969 Grammy-winning soul A-side — the same single whose B-side, “Amen, Brother,” carried the world’s most sampled drum break. Here the A-side has its own sampling lineage, traced in the songs below.

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4 songs
The Greatest Love
Allen Toussaint (first by Lee Dorsey) · 1966
Documented Sampling History
New Orleans R&B1960s
4 sources
I've Gotta Be Me
Walter Marks (pop. Sammy Davis Jr.) · 1967
Documented Sampling History
Broadway1960s
4 sources
The Chokin' Kind
Harlan Howard (pop. Joe Simon) · 1967
Documented Sampling History
Country1960s
5 sources
Amen, Brother
The Winstons · 1969
No Payment Mechanism
Funk1960s
6 sources