Authors: Mark Bego
“The Way We Were” [Duet with Ron Isley]
“New Day”
“Put It Back Together Again”
“Faithful” [featuring Karen Clark-Sheard]
“His Eye Is on the Sparrow” [piano by Aretha, sung by Eddie Franklin]
“When Two Become One”
“My Country âTis of Thee”
Aretha Franklin Appearances on Other Albums:
Here's JohnnyâMagic Moments from “The Tonight Show”
by Johnny Carson
(Casablanca Records / 1974)
“Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)” by Aretha Franklin [live version]
The Blues Brothers
[Soundtrack] by Various Artists
(Atlantic Records / 1980)
Produced by Bob Tischler
“Think” [New Version] by Aretha Franklin
Back Where I Belong
by the Four Tops
(Motown Records / 1983)
Produced by Willie Hutch
“What Have We Got to Lose” by the Four Tops and Aretha Franklin
Indestructible
by the Four Tops
(Arista Records / 1988)
Produced by Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman
“If Ever a Love There Was” by the Four Tops and Aretha Franklin
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!
[Soundtrack]
(Arista Records / 1988)
Produced by Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman
“If Ever a Love There Was” by the Four Tops and Aretha Franklin
A Very Special Christmas 2
by Various Artists
(A&M Records / 1992)
Produced by Marty & David Paich
“O Christmas Tree” by Aretha Franklin
White Men Can't Jump
[Soundtrack] by Various Artists
(EMI Records / 1992)
Produced by Bennie Wallace
“If I Lose You” by Aretha Franklin
Duets
by Frank Sinatra & Friends
(Capital Records / 1993)
Produced by Phil Ramone
“What Now My Love” by Aretha Franklin with Frank Sinatra
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
[film soundtrack] by Various Artists
(Hollywood Records / 1993)
Produced by Robert Clivillés & David Cole
“Deeper Love” by Aretha Franklin
A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield
by Various Artists
(Warner Brothers Records / 1994)
Produced by Arif Mardin
“The Makings of You” by Aretha Franklin
Tapestry Revisited / A Tribute to Carole King
by Various Artists
(Lava / Atlantic Records / 1995)
Produced by Arif Mardin
“You've Got a Friend” by BeBe & CeCe Winans, featuring Aretha Franklin
Waiting to Exhale
[film soundtrack] by Various Artists
(Arista Records / 1995)
Produced by Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds
“It Hurts Like Hell” by Aretha Franklin
Christmas Here with You
by the Four Tops
(Motown Records / 1995)
Produced by Lawrence Payton, Levi Payton, Abdul Fakir, Obie Benson, and Ronnie McNeir
“Christmas Here with You”
The Four Tops featuring Aretha Franklin
“White Christmas”
The Four Tops featuring Aretha Franklin
“Silent Night”
The Four Tops featuring Aretha Franklin
Songs of West Side Story
by Various Artists
(BMG/RCA Records / 1996)
Produced by David Pack
“Somewhere” by Aretha Franklin
Diana: Princess of Wales / Tribute
by Various Artists
(Sony Records / 1997)
Produced by Aretha Franklin
“I'll Fly Away” by Aretha Franklin
Blues Brothers 2000
[Soundtrack] by Various Artists
(Universal Records / 1998)
Produced by Paul Shaffer
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T”
(1998 version) by Aretha Franklin
“New Orleans” by Aretha Franklin
VH1 Divas Live
by Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, Aretha Franklin, and Celine Dion [special guest star: Carole King]
(Epic Records / 1998)
Produced by Wayne Isaak
“Chain of Fools” by Aretha Franklin and Mariah Carey
“A Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, and Carole King
“Testimony” by Aretha Franklin, featuring Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, and Carole King
Ultimate Christmas
by Various Artists
(Arista Records / 1998)
Produced by Belford C. Hendricks
“Winter Wonderland” by Aretha Franklin (1964 studio recording)
Ultimate Broadwa
y
by Various Artists
(Arista Records / 1998)
Produced by David “Pic” Conley
“I Dreamed a Dream” by Aretha Franklin
[NOTE: Although this is listed as being from “President Clinton's Inaugural Gala, 1993,” it is still the studio recording that appears on both albums
What You See Is What You Sweat
and
Greatest Hits 1980â 1994
. For the
Hits
album, the actual Inaugural intro was tacked onto the start of the 1991 studio recording. What is heard here is the end of the applause from the Inaugural, and then the same studio recording with a bit of echo added to it.]
So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross
by Various Artists
(J Records / 2005)
Produced by Arif Mardin
“A House is Not a Home” by Aretha Franklin
Mr. I
by Ronald Isley
(Def Jam Records / 2010)
Produced by Jerry “Wonda” Duplessis
“You've Got a Friend” [Duet by Ronald Isley and Aretha Franklin]
Duets II
by Tony Bennett
(Columbia Records / 2011)
Produced by Phil Ramone and Dae Bennett
“How Do You Keep the Music Playing” [Duet by Tony Bennett and Aretha Franklin]
Anthologies and Repackaged Hits Albums
[NOTE: There are several compilations on the market that utilize Aretha recordings from her three major record labels. These are a few of the most significant ones.]
“Respect” and Other Hits
(Rhino Records / 1997) [Gold]
“Respect”
“You Send Me”
“The Weight”
“Baby, I Love You”
“Do Right WomanâDo Right Man”
“Chain of Fools”
“Ain't No Way”
“My Song”
“Tracks of My Tears”
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)”
“Natural Woman” and Other Hits
(Rhino Flashback Records / 1997)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”
“The House That Jack Built”
“Son of a Preacher Man”
“Spirit in the Dark”
“I Say a Little Prayer”
“Bridge over Troubled Water”
“Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing”
“Without Love”
“Eleanor Rigby”
“Rock Steady”
“Think” and Other Hits
(Rhino Flashback Records / 1998)
“Think”
“Call Me”
“I Can't See Myself Leaving You”
“You're All I Need to Get By”
“(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone”
“Don't Play That Song (For Me)”
“All the King's Horses”
“Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)”
“Look into Your Heart”
“I'm in Love”
Aretha Franklin: Greatest Hits
(Global Television/Warners / 1998) [England Only]
DISC ONE
“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” [Duet with George Michael]
“Respect”
“I Say a Little Prayer”
“Think”
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)”
“You're All I Need (To Get By)”
“Chain of Fools”
“Spanish Harlem”
“Angel”
“Let It Be”
“Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)”
“Son of a Preacher Man”
“Don't Play That Song (For Me)”
“Rock Steady”
“See Saw”
“Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing”
“Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”
“Save Me”
“The House That Jack Built”
“People Get Ready”
“Day Dreaming”
DISC TWO
“Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves” [with Eurythmics]
“A Deeper Love”
“What a Fool Believes”
“Who's Zoomin' Who?”
“Willing to Forgive”
“Jumpin' Jack Flash”
“Freeway of Love”
“Border Song (Holy Moses)”
“Oh No Not My Baby”
“Call Me”
“Ain't No Way”
“Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)”
“Baby I Love You”
“The Long and Winding Road”
“Today I Sing the Blues”
“Love All the Hurt Away” [Duet with George Benson]
“It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be” [Duet with Whitney Houston]
“Through the Storm” [Duet with Elton John]
“A Rose Is Still a Rose”
Aretha's Best
(Atlantic Records / 2001)
“Respect”
“Think”
“Freeway of Love”
“Baby, I Love You”
“(You Make Me Fell Like) A Natural Woman”
“Day Dreaming”
“I Say a Little Prayer”
“The House That Jack Built”
“(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone”
“Spanish Harlem”
“Jump to It”
“I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” [Duet with George Michael]
“Chain of Fools”
“Rock Steady”
“Who's Zoomin' Who”
“Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)”
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)”
“Call Me”
“Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”
“Bridge over Troubled Water”
A Deeper Love: The Best of Aretha Franklin
(Sony Records / 2011) [Europe Only]
DISC ONE
“Freeway of Love”
“Who's Zoomin' Who”
“Willing to Forgive”
“Love All the Hurt Away” [Duet with George Benson]
“Another Night”
“Here We Go Again”
“Everyday People”
“Get It Right”
“Gimme Your Love” [Duet with James Brown]
“Rock-A-Lott”
“Sweet Bitter Love”
“If She Don't Want Your Lovin'”
“Jimmy Lee”
“It's Your Thing”
“It's My Turn”
“Love Me Right”
DISC TWO
“A Deeper Love”
“A Rose Is Still a Rose”
“Jump to It”
“Through the Storm” [Duet with Elton John]
“What a Fool Believes”
“Come to Me”
“United Together”
“If Ever a Love There Was” [with the Four Tops]
“Honey”
“Jumpin' Jack Flash”
“Never Leave You Again”
“This Is for Real”
“Ever Changing Times” [Duet with Michael McDonald]
“Every Girl Wants My Guy”
“Doctor's Orders”
“I Dreamed a Dream”
SINGLE RELEASES:
“Today I Sing the Blues” (Columbia / 1960)
“Won't Be Long” (Columbia / 1961)
“Are You Sure” (Columbia / 1961)
“Operation Heartbreak” / “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody” (Columbia / 1961)
“I Surrender, Dear” / “Rough Lover” (Columbia / 1962)
“Don't Cry, Baby” (Columbia / 1962)
“Just for a Thrill” / “Try a Little Tenderness” (Columbia / 1962)
“Trouble in Mind” (Columbia / 1962)
“Here's Where I Came In (Here's Where I Walk Out)” / “Say It Isn't So” (Columbia / 1963)
“Skylark” (Columbia / 1963)
“Kissin' by the Mistletoe” (Columbia / 1963)
“Soulville” (Columbia / 1964)
“Runnin' Out of Fools” (Columbia / 1964)
“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” (Columbia / 1964)
“Precious Lord (Part One)” / “Precious Lord” (Part Two)” (Chess / 1964)
“Can't You Just See Me” (Columbia / 1965)
“One Step Ahead” (Columbia / 1965)
“(No, No) I'm Losing You” (Columbia / 1965)
“You Made Me Love You” (Columbia / 1965)
“Runnin' Out of Fools” / “Cry Like a Baby” (Columbia / 1965)
“A Mother's Love” / “Mockingbird” (Columbia / 1965)
“Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket” (Columbia / 1966)
“Until You Were Gone” (Columbia / 1966)
“Follow Your Heart” / “Take a Look” (Columbia / 1966)
“I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” / “Do Right Woman-Do Right Man” (Atlantic / 1967) [Gold]
“Respect” (Atlantic / 1967) [Gold]
“Lee Cross” / “Until You Were Gone” (Columbia / 1967)
“Baby I Love You” (Atlantic / 1967) [Gold]
“Soulville” / “If Ever I Would Leave You” (Columbia / 1967)
“Take a Look” [Reissue] (Columbia / 1967)
“(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (Atlantic / 1967)
“Chain of Fools” (Atlantic / 1967) [Gold]
“Mockingbird” (Columbia / 1967)
“Soulville” [Reissue] (Columbia / 1967)
“Satisfaction” (Atlantic / 1968)
“(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone” / “Ain't No Way” (Atlantic / 1968) [Gold]
“Think” / “You Send Me” (Atlantic / 1968) [Gold]
“The House That Jack Built” / “I Say a Little Prayer” (Atlantic / 1968) [Gold]
“See Saw” / “My Song” (Atlantic / 1968) [Gold]
“Jim” Columbia / 1969)