back, landmark, also, known, landmark, gospel, song, sometimes, credited, traditional, written, william, herbert, brewster, published, 1949, arrangement, virginia, davis, recorded, brewster, group, brewster, singers, many, other, gospel, performers, including,. Let Us Go Back to the Old Landmark also known as The Old Landmark is a gospel song Sometimes credited as traditional it was written by William Herbert Brewster Sr 1 and published in 1949 in an arrangement by Virginia Davis 2 It was recorded by Brewster s own group the Brewster Singers and by many other gospel performers including Edna Gallmon Cooke Clara Ward Sister Rosetta Tharpe and The Staple Singers Later recordings were made by Aretha Franklin Dionne Warwick and Sweet Honey in the Rock Some of the recordings credit the writing of the song to Adeline Brunner as A M or A H Brunner It is featured in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers where it is performed by James Brown with the Rev James Cleveland Choir It also appears on the film s soundtrack album Let Us Go Back to the Old Landmark SongLanguageEnglishPublishedPhiladelphia Ward s House of Music 1949Songwriter s W Herbert BrewsterReferences edit William Herbert Brewster Sr Tennessee Encyclopedia Retrieved 2020 01 18 EmoryFindingAids African American sheet music collection circa 1880 1960 Emory University Retrieved 2020 01 18 nbsp This gospel music article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Let Us Go Back to the Old Landmark amp oldid 1167059507, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
