Aretha Franklin - Laughing on the Outside ( 1963 )

Track listing

Side One

1. "Skylark" (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael) 2:49
2. "For All We Know" (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots) 3:25
3. "Make Someone Happy" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) 3:48
4. "I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) 3:16
5. "Solitude" (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) 3:50
6. "Laughing on the Outside" (Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh) 3:14

Side Two

1. "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) 3:05
2. "Until The Real Thing Comes Along" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman) 3:04
3. "If Ever I Would Leave You" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) 4:04
4. "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) 3:50
5. "Mr. Ugly" 3:22 (Norman Mapp)
6. "I Wanna Be Around" (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) 2:25

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin – vocals
• Robert Mersey – producer, arranger, conductor
• Earl Van Dyke, Dave Grusin, Andrew Acker, Leon Russell – piano
• C. Bosler, Ray Pohlman, Melvin Pollan – bass guitar
• Hindel Butts, Hal Blaine – drums
• Don Arnome, Tommy Tedesco, Billy Strange – guitar
• Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet
• Robert Ascher – trombone
• Plas Johnson – saxophone
• Bernard Eichenbaum, Julius Schacter, Leo Kahn, Berl Senofsky, Felix Gigol, Max Pollikoff, George Ockner, John Rublowsky, Sid Sharp, Tibor Zelig, George Poole, Irving Lipschultz, Irving Weinper, Darrel Terwilliger – violin
• R. Dickler, Theodore Israel, Jacob Glick – viola
• Jesse Erlich, Anthony Twardowsky, Joseph Tekula – cello

Aretha Franklin - The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin ( 1962 )

Track listing

Side One

1. "Don't Cry, Baby" (Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) 3:23
2. "Try a Little Tenderness" (James Campbell and Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods) 3:16
3. "I Apologize" (Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Ed Nelson) 2:53
4. "Without the One You Love" (Aretha Franklin) 2:48
5. "Look for the Silver Lining" (Jerome Kern, B.G. DeSylva) 3:04
6. "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young) 2:42

Side Two

1. "Just for a Thrill" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) 2:33
2. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) 3:03
3. "I'm Wandering" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Tyran Carlo) 3:27
4. "How Deep Is the Ocean" (Irving Berlin) 2:48
5. "I Don't Know You Anymore" (Gary Geld, Peter Udell) 2:50
6. "Lover Come Back to Me" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) 2:35

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin - vocals, piano
• Robert Mersey - producer, personal supervisor, arrangements, conductor

Aretha Franklin - The Electrifying Aretha Franklin ( 1962 )

Track listing

Side One

1. "You Made Me Love You" (Joe McCarthy, James Vincent Monaco) 2:19
2. "I Told You So" (John Leslie McFarland) 2:44
3. "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young) 2:24
4. "Nobody Like You" (James Cleveland) 2:23
5. "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) 2:36
6. "It's So Heartbreakin'" (John Leslie McFarland) 2:39

Side Two

1. "Rough Lover" (John Leslie McFarland) 2:48
2. "Blue Holiday" (Willie Denson, Luther Dixon) 2:53
3. "Just for You" (J. Bailey, John Leslie McFarland) 2:20
4. "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" (Haven Gillespie, Harry Beasley Smith) 3:20
5. "I Surrender, Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) 2:46
6. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) 2:18

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin - vocals, piano
• John H. Hammond - producer, personal supervisor

Aretha Franklin - Aretha with the Ray Bryant Combo ( 1961 )

Track listing 

Side One

1. "Won't Be Long" (J. Leslie McFarland) 3:12

Recorded on November 29, 1960
With John McFarland, piano; William (Bill) Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums

2. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) 2:42

Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone

3. "Love Is The Only Thing" (J. Leslie McFarland) 2:44

Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; James Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone; Paul Owens, vocal obbligato

4. "Sweet Lover" (J. Leslie McFarland, Sidney Wyche) 3:26

Recorded on December 19, 1960
With William (Bill) Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums

5. "All Night Long" (Curtis Lewis) 3:01

Recorded on November 17, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, guitar; Bill Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Quentin Jackson, trombone

6. "Who Needs You?" (Billie Holiday, Jeanne Burns) 2:50

Recorded on January 10, 1961
With Aretha Franklin, piano; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lloyd) Westbrook, guitar; Milton John (Milt) Hinton, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums

Side Two

1. "Right Now" (J. Leslie McFarland) 2:27

Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; James Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone

2. "Are You Sure" (Meredith Willson) 2:44

From the Broadway musical production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Recorded on January 10, 1961
With Aretha Franklin, piano; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lloyd) Westbrook, guitar; Milton John (Milt) Hinton, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums

3. "Maybe I'm A Fool" (J. Leslie McFarland) 3:20

Working title: "Baby, I'm A Fool"
Recorded on January 10, 1961
With Aretha Franklin, piano; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lloyd) Westbrook, guitar; Milton John (Milt) Hinton, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums

4. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 2:57

With Lucky Warren, tenor saxophone; Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums

5. "By Myself" (J. Leslie McFarland, J. Bailey) 2:42

Working title: "(Blue) By Myself"
Recorded on November 17, 1960
With Chauncey (Lloyd) Westbrook, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; Belton (Sticks) Evans, drums; Al Sears, tenor saxophone; Quentin Jackson, trombone

6. "Today I Sing the Blues" (Curtis Lewis) 2:47

Recorded on August 1, 1960
With Chauncey (Lord) Westbrook, Clifton (Skeeter) Best, guitar; William (Bill) Lee, bass; James Osie Johnson, drums; Tyree Glenn, trombone

Aretha Franklin - Songs of Faith ( 1956 )

Track listing

Side One

1. "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" (William Cowper)
2. "Precious Lord (Part One)" (Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey)
3. "Precious Lord (Part Two)" (Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey)
4. "You Grow Closer"
5. "Never Grow Old"

Side Two

1. "The Day Is Past and Gone"
2. "He Will Wash You White As Snow"
3. "While the Blood Runs Warm"
4. "Yield Not to Temptation"

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin - vocals, piano