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Released
  
June 14, 1968

Aretha Now(1968)
  
Aretha in Paris(1968)

Release date
  
14 June 1968

Producer
  
Jerry Wexler

Length
  
29:30

Artist
  
Aretha Franklin

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Recorded
  
December 16, 1967 – April 18, 1968 at Atlantic Studios,(New York City, New York)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Southern soul

Similar
  
Aretha Franklin albums, Soul music albums

Aretha Now is the fifteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on June 14, 1968 by Atlantic Records. The album is gold-certified. It reached No. 5 on Billboard's album chart. In the 1990s this recording was reissued on compact disc through Rhino Records.

Contents

Aretha franklin i say a little prayer


Track listing

  1. "Think" (Franklin, Teddy White) - 2:19
  2. "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:36
  3. "See Saw" (Steve Cropper, Don Covay) - 2:46
  4. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Big Bill Broonzy) - 4:50
  5. "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) - 2:29
  6. "You're a Sweet Sweet Man" (Ronnie Shannon) - 2:19
  7. "I Take What I Want" (Isaac Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, David Porter) - 2:33
  8. "Hello Sunshine" (Jimmy Cliff, King Curtis, Ronald Dean Miller) - 3:03
  9. "A Change" (Dorian Burton, Clyde Otis) - 2:27
  10. "I Can't See Myself Leaving You" (Ronnie Shannon) - 3:01

Personnel

  • Aretha Franklin: lead vocals (all), piano (1-5, 7, 10)
  • Spooner Oldham: organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6, 7, 10), piano (8)
  • Tommy Cogbill: guitar (1-3, 10), bass (6, 8, 9)
  • Jimmy Johnson: guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Bobby Womack: guitar (6, 8, 9)
  • Jerry Jemmott: bass (1-5, 7, 10)
  • Roger Hawkins: drums (all)
  • The Sweet Inspirations: background vocals (all)
  • Carolyn Franklin: background vocals (6, 8, 9)
  • Horns:
  • Wayne Jackson: trumpet
  • Charlie Chalmers: tenor saxophone
  • Andrew Love: tenor saxophone
  • Floyd Newman: baritone saxophone
  • Willie Bridges: baritone saxophone (1, 3-5, 7, 10)
  • Bernie Glow: trumpet
  • Melvin Lastie: trumpet
  • Joe Newman: trumpet
  • Tony Studd: bass trombone
  • King Curtis: tenor saxophone
  • Seldon Powell: tenor saxophone
  • Frank Wess: tenor saxophone, flute
  • Haywood Henry: baritone saxophone (6, 8)
  • All arrangements by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
  • Robert Honablue: engineering

    • Charts

    Billboard Music Charts (North America)

    Songs

    1Think2:18
    2I Say a Little Prayer3:33
    3See Saw2:45

    References

    Aretha Now Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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