Authors: Mark Bego
Aretha Franklin (68 page)
“Eleanor Rigby”
“Make It with You”
“Don't Play That Song (For Me)”
“Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)”
“Spirit in the Dark” [Solo / Unedited Version]
“Spirit in the Dark” [Duet with Ray Charles / Unedited Version]
“Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)”
DISC TWO
“Respect”
“Call Me”
“Mixed-Up Girl”
“Love the One You're With”
“Bridge over Troubled Water”
“Share Your Love with Me”
“Eleanor Rigby”
“Make It with You”
“You're All I Need to Get By”
“Don't Play That Song (For Me)”
“Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)”
“Spirit in the Dark”
“Spirit in the Dark” [Reprise]
Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of The Queen of Soul
(Atlantic / Rhino Records / 2-Disc Set / 2007)
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Quincy Jones, and Aretha Franklin
DISC ONE
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” [Demo Version]
“Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)” [Demo Version]
“Sweet Bitter Love” [Demo Version]
“It Was You” [Outtake]
“The Letter” [Outtake]
“So Soon” [Outtake]
“Mr. Big” [Outtake]
“Talk to Me, Talk to Me” [Outtake]
“The Fool on the Hill” [Outtake]
“Pledging My Love / The Clock” [Single B-Side]
“You're Talking Up Another Man's Place” [Outtake]
“You Keep Me Hangin' On” [Outtake]
“I'm Trying to Overcome” [Outtake]
“My Way” [Outtake]
“My Cup Runneth Over” [Outtake]
“You're All I Need to Get By” [Take 1]
“You're All I Need to Get By” [Take 2]
“Lean on Me” [Single B-Side]
DISC TWO
“Rock Steady” [Alternate Mix - Outtake]
“I Need a Strong Man (The To-To Song)” [Outtake]
“Heavenly Father” [Outtake]
“Sweetest Smile and the Funkiest Style” [Outtake]
“This Is” [Outtake]
“Tree of Life” [Outtake]
“Do You Know” [Outtake]
“Can You Love Again” [Outtake]
“I Want to Be with You” [Outtake]
“Suzanne” [Outtake]
“That's the Way I Feel About Cha” [Alternate VersionâOuttake]
“Ain't But the One” [Duet with Ray Charles]
“The Happy Blues” [Outtake]
“At Last” [Outtake]
“Love Letters” [Outtake]
“I'm in Love” [Alternate Vocal / Outtake]
“Are You Leaving Me” [Demo Version]
Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live in Philly 1972
(Atlantic / Rhino Records / 2008)
Produced by Jerry Wexler
“Introduction: âAlso Sprach Zarathustra' / âRock Steady'”
“This Girl's in Love with You”
“Medley: âI Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)' / âI Say a Little Prayer'”
“Medley: âDay Dreaming' / âThink'”
“Spanish Harlem”
“Medley: âChain of Fools' / âSee Saw'”
“Don't Play That Song (For Me)”
“Respect”
“Medley: âBridge over Troubled Water' / âWe've Only Just Begun'”
“Young, Gifted and Black”
“Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool for You Baby)”
“That's the Way I Feel About Cha”
“April Fools”
“Spirit in the Dark”
On Arista Records
Aretha
(Arista Records / 1980)
Produced by Chuck Jackson, Arif Mardin, and Aretha Franklin
“Come to Me”
“Can't Turn You Loose”
“United Together”
“Take Me with You”
“Whatever It Is”
“What a Fool Believes”
“Together Again”
“Love Me Forever”
“School Days”
Love All the Hurt Away
(Arista Records / 1981)
Produced by Arif Mardin, and Aretha Franklin
“Love All the Hurt Away” [Duet with George Benson]
“Hold On I'm Comin'”
“Living in the Streets”
“There's a Star for Everyone”
“You Can't Always Get What You Want”
“It's My Turn”
“Truth and Honesty”
“Search On”
“Whole Lot of Me”
“Kind of Man”
Jump to It
(Arista Records / 1982) [Gold]
Produced by Luther Vandross, and Aretha Franklin
“Jump to It”
“Love Me Right”
“If She Don't Want Your Lovin'”
“This Is for Real”
“(It's Just) Your Love”
“I Wanna Make It Up to You” [with the Four Tops]
“It's Your Thing”
“Just My Daydream”
Get It Right
(Arista Records / 1983)
Produced by Luther Vandross
“Get It Right”
“Pretender”
“Every Girl (Wants My Guy)”
“When You Love Me Like That”
“I Wish It Would Rain”
“Better Friends than Lovers”
“I Got Your Love”
“Giving In”
Who's Zoomin' Who?
(Arista Records / 1985) [Platinum]
Produced by Narada Michael Walden, Aretha Franklin, and Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics)
“Freeway of Love
“Another Night”
“Sweet Bitter Love”
“Who's Zoomin' Who”
“Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves” [with Eurythymics]
“Until You Say You Love Me”
“Push” [Duet with Peter Wolf of J. Giles Band]
“Ain't Nobody Ever Loved You”
“Integrity”
Aretha
(Arista Records / 1986) [Gold]
Produced by Narada Michael Walden, Aretha Franklin, and Keith Richards
“Jimmy Lee”
“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” [Duet with George Michael]
“Do You Still Remember”
“Jumpin' Jack Flash”
“Rock-A-Lott”
“An Angel Cries”
“He'll Come Along”
“If You Need My Love Tonight” [Duet with Larry Graham]
“Look to the Rainbow”
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
(Arista Records / 2-Album 2-Disc Set / 1987)
Produced by Aretha Franklin
“Walk in the Light”
“Prayer Invocation by Rev. Cecil Franklin (July 27)”
“Introduction of Aretha and the Franklin Sisters by Rev. Jesse Jackson”
“Jesus Hears Every Prayer” [with the Franklin Sisters]
“Surely as God Is Able” [with the Franklin Sisters]
“The Lord's Prayer”
“Introduction of Aretha and Mavis Staples by Rev. Jesse Jackson”
“Oh Happy Day” [Duet with Mavis Staples]
“We Need Power” [Duet with Mavis Staples]
“Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson (July 27)”
“Ave Maria”
“Introduction to âHigher Ground' by Rev. Jaspar Williams”
“Higher Ground” [Duet with Rev. Jaspar Williams]
“Prayer Invocation by Rev. Donald Parsons”
“I've Been in the Storm Too Long” [Duet with Joe Ligon of the Mighty Clouds of Joy]
“Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go” [with Mavis Staples, Joe Ligon of the Mighty Clouds of Joy, and the Franklin Sisters]
[NOTE: The 2003 reissue of this album adds three new tracks: “Beams of Heaven (Someday),” “Father I Stretch My Hands to Thee,” and “Packing Up, Getting Ready to Go” (Alternate Version).]
Through the Storm
(Arista Records / 1989)
Produced by Narada Michael Walden, Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin, Jerry King, and Aaron Zigman
“Gimme Your Love” [Duet with James Brown]
“Mercy”
“He's the Boy”
“It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be” [Duet with Whitney Houston]
“Through the Storm” [Duet with Elton John]
“Think (1989)”
“Come to Me”
“If Ever a Love There Was” [with the Four Tops]
What You See Is What You Sweat
(Arista Records / 1991)
Produced by Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Bruce Roberts, David “Pic” Conley, Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber, Aretha Franklin, Michel Legrand
“Everyday People”
“Ever Changing Times” [Duet with Michael McDonald]
“What You See Is What You Sweat”
“Mary Goes Round”
“I Dreamed a Dream”
“Some Else's Eyes”
“Doctor's Orders” [Duet with Luther Vandross]
“You Can't Take Me For Granted”
“What Did You Give”
“Everyday People (Remix)”
Aretha Franklin Greatest Hits 1980â1994
(Arista Records / 1994) [Platinum]
Produced by Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds & Daryl Simmons, Chuck Jackson, Robert Clivillés & David Cole, Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager, Ken Ehrlich, David “Pic” Conley
“Freeway of Love”
“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” [Duet with George Michael]
“Jump To It”
“Willing To Forgive”
“Doctors Orders” [Duet with Luther Vandross]
“United Together”
“Who's Zoomin' Who”
“A Deeper Love”
“Honey”
“Get It Right”
“Another Night”
“Ever Changing Times” [Duet with Michael McDonald]
“Jimmy Lee”
“You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman)” [Trio with Bonnie Raitt and Gloria Estefan]
“I Dreamed a Dream”
A Rose Is Still a Rose
(Arista Records / 1998) [Gold]
Produced by Lauryn Hill, Sean “Puffy” Combs, Daryl Simmons, Jermaine Dupri, Dallas Austin, Michael J. Powell, Narada Michael Walden, Aretha Franklin
“A Rose Is Still a Rose”
“Never Leave You Again”
“In Case You Forgot”
“Here We Go Again”
“Every Lil' Bit Hurts”
“In the Morning”
“I'll Dip”
“How Many Times”
“Watch My Back”
“Love Pang”
“The Woman”
Aretha Franklin: Platinum and Gold Collection
(Arista Records / 2003)
Various Producers from Atlantic and Arista Records
“Respect”
“Think”
“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” [Duet with George Michael]
“Who's Zoomin' Who”
“It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be” [Duet with Whitney Houston]
“Freeway of Love”
“Jump to It”
“Jimmy Lee”
“A Rose is Still a Rose”
“Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves' [with Eurythymics]
“Get It Right”
“Jumpin' Jack Flash”
So Damn Happy
(Arista Records / 2003)
Produced by Troy Taylor, Ron Lawrence, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, James Wright, Aretha Franklin, Burt Bacharach, Gordon Chambers, Barry J. Eastmond, and Norman West
“The Only One Missin'”
“Wonderful”
“Holdin' On”
“No Matter What”
“Everybody's Somebody's Fool”
“So Damn Happy”
“You Are My Joy”
“Falling Out of Love”
“Ain't No Way”
“Good News”
“You Are My Joy (Reprise)”
Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with The Queen
(Arista Records / 2007)
Produced by Keith Richards, Dave Stewart, Narada Michael Walden, Phil Ramone, the Underdogs, Devo Springsteen, Ken Erlich, Luther Vandross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Sean Murphy, Babyface, and Arif Mardin
“Jumpin' Jack Flash” [with Keith Richards on lead guitar]
“Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves” [with Eurythmics]
“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” [Duet with George Michael]
“What Now My Love” [Duet with Frank Sinatra]
“Put You Up on Game” [Duet with Fantasia]
“What Y'All Came to Do” [Duet with John Legend]
“Never Gonna Break My Faith” [Duet with Mary J. Blige]
“Through the Storm” [Duet with Elton John]
“It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be” [Duet with Whitney Houston]
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” [Trio with Bonnie Raitt and Gloria Estefan]
“Doctor's Orders” [Duet with Luther Vandross]
“Ever Changing Times” [Duet with Michael McDonald]
“Chain of Fools” [Duet with Mariah Carey]
“Don't Waste Your Time” [Duet with Mary J. Blige]
“Love All the Hurt Away” [Duet with George Benson]
“Nessun Dorma” [with the New York Recording Orchestra]
“If Ever a Love There Was” [with the Four Tops and Kenny G]
Aretha Albums on Other Record Labels
This Christmas ARETHA
(DMI / Rhino Records / 2009)
Produced by Tena Clark, and Aretha Franklin
“Angels We Have Heard On High”
“This Christmas”
“My Grown-Up Christmas List”
“The Lord Will Make a Way”
“Silent Night”
“Ave Maria”
“Christmas Ain't Christmas (Without the One You Love)”
“Angels”
“One Night with the King”
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
“âTwas the Night Before Christmas”
A Woman Falling Out of Love
(Aretha's Records / Wal-mart / 2011)
Executive Produced by Aretha Franklin. Produced by Aretha Franklin, Curtis Boone, Marty Paich, Brian Garrett, Joseph Hall, Jacqui Whittman
“How Long I've Waited”
“Sweet Sixteen”
“This You Should Know”
“U Can't See Me”
“Theme from
A Summer Place
” [with spoken word Billy Dee Williams]