''Eva by Heart'' is the first solo studio album (third overall) by American singer

Eva Cassidy Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and guitarist known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice. In 1992, she released her first album ...

. It was released in 1997, a year after Cassidy's death.

Track listing

#"I Know You by Heart" (Eve Nelson, Diane Scanlon) – 3:57 #"Time Is a Healer" (Diane Scanlon, Greg Smith) – 4:14 #" Wayfaring Stranger" (Traditional) – 4:26 #"

Wade in the Water "Wade in the Water" (Roud 5439) is an African American jubilee song, a spiritual—in reference to a genre of music "created and first sung by African Americans in slavery." The lyrics to "Wade in the Water" were first co-published in 1901 in ...

" (Traditional) – 4:00 #" Blues in the Night" (

Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ...

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Glenn E. Wallich ...

) – 4:05 #"

Songbird A songbird is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as the scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ''oscen'', "songbird". The Passeriformes contains 500 ...

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Christine McVie Christine Anne McVie (; née Perfect; 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022) was an English musician and songwriter. She was best known as keyboardist and one of the vocalists of the band Fleetwood Mac. McVie was a member of several bands, nota ...

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Need Your Love So Bad "Need Your Love So Bad", sometimes known as "I Need Your Love So Bad", is a song first recorded by Little Willie John in 1955. Called a "unique amalgam of gospel, blues and rhythm & blues", it was John's second single as well as his second reco ...

" ( Little Willie John, Mertis John Jr.) – 4:36 (duet with

Chuck Brown Charles Louis Brown (August 22, 1936 – May 16, 2012) was an American guitarist, bandleader and singer known as "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed around the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in the mid-197 ...

) #"Say Goodbye" ( Steven Digman, Andrew Hernandez) – 3:55 #"Nightbird" ( Doug MacLeod) – 5:27 #" Waly, Waly" (Traditional) – 4:45 #"

How Can I Keep from Singing? "How Can I Keep From Singing?" (also known by its first line "My Life Flows On in Endless Song") is an American folksong originating as a Christian hymn. The author of the lyrics was known only as 'Pauline T', and the original tune was composed ...

" (Traditional) – 4:24 #"

Dark End of the Street "The Dark End of the Street" is a 1967 soul song, written by songwriters Dan Penn and Chips Moman and first recorded by James Carr. History and original recording The song was co-written by Penn, a professional songwriter and producer, and Mo ...

" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) - 3.54

Personnel

Musicians

*Eva Cassidy –

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, guitar, strings, cello, keyboards, vocals, background vocals, wah wah guitar *Chris Biondo – acoustic guitar, bass *Keith Grimes – electric guitar *Raice McLeod – drums *Chuck Brown – background vocals *Mark Carson – piano, background vocals *Dan Cassidy – violin *Doug Elliot –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

*Anthony Flowers – organ *John Gillespie – organ, background vocals *Dan Haverstock – trombone *William "JuJu" House – drums *Larry Melton – bass *Leigh Pilzer –

baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use - the bass, contra ...

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

*Mike Stein – violin *Karen Van Sant – violin *Chris Walker – trumpet *Lenny Williams – organ, strings, keyboards *Kent Wood – piano

Production

*Producer: Chris Biondo *Engineers: Chris Biondo, Lenny Williams, Kent Wood *Remastering: Robert Vosgien *Arranger: Eva Cassidy *Horn arrangements: Leigh Pilzer *String arrangements: Lenny Williams *Drum programming: Chris Biondo *Liner notes: Joel Siegel *Design: Eileen White

Charts

References

{{Authority control Eva Cassidy albums 1997 debut albums Albums published posthumously