On May 28, 2008, Jerald Kolbrak aka Jerry Cole died aged 68. He was musician (guitar), started the career in the bands The Champs (together with Glen Campbell), and Gee Cee’s. He has worked as session musician with many famous musicians and bands including The Byrds, Nancy Sinatra, The Beach Boys, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Roger McGuinn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, The Righteous Brothers, Little Richard, Dean Martin, Merle Haggard, Ray Charles, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Lou Rawls, Johnny Rivers, Gregg Allman, Lee Hazlewood, Blood Sweat & Tears, Kenny Rogers, Neil Diamond, Steely Dan and Isaac Hayes.
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Aretha Franklin: With Everything I Feel in Me
On November 25, 1974, “Atlantic” label released “With Everything I Feel in Me”, the twenty-first Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded January–April, 1974, at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City and “Criteria Studios” in Miami, FL, and was produced by Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler and Tom Dowd.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
- Ken Bichel– synthesizer, piano, Fender Rhodes
- Margaret Branch – background vocals
- Brenda Bryant – background vocals
- Cornell Dupree– guitar
- Gordon Edwards – bass guitar
- Steve Gadd– drums
- Albhy Galuten– synthesizer
- Ralph MacDonald– percussion
- Arif Mardin– string arrangements, horn arrangements, synthesizer arrangements
- Hugh McCracken– guitar
- Robbie McIntosh– percussion
- The Memphis Horns– horns
- Andrew Love– tenor saxophone, tenor sax solo
- Ed Logan– tenor saxophone
- Wayne Jackson– trumpet
- James Mitchell– baritone saxophone
- Jack Hale– trombone
- Gene Orloff– concertmaster
- Leon Pendarvis– Hammond organ
- Bernard Purdie– drums
- Chuck Rainey– bass
- Pat Rebillot– mellotron
- Pat Smith – background vocals
- Hamish Stuart– percussion
- Grady Tate– drums
- Richard Tee– piano, Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ
- Gene Paul, Karl Richardson – recording
- Lew Hahn – additional engineering
- Arif Mardin, Gene Paul – mixing
- Bob Defrin – art direction
- Joel Brodsky – photography
Track listing:
- Without Love – Carolyn Franklin, Ivy Jo Hunter
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- When You Get Right Down to It – Barry Mann
- You’ll Never Get to Heaven – Burt Bacharach, Hal David
- With Everything I Feel in Me – Aretha Franklin
- I Love Every Little Thing About You – Stevie Wonder
- Sing It Again – Say It Again – Carolyn Franklin
- All of These Things – James Cleveland
- You Move Me – Glen Murdock, Mike Keck
Aretha Franklin: Runnin’ Out of Fools
On November 16, 1964, “Columbia” label released “Runnin’ Out of Fools”, the sixth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1964, and was produced by Clyde Otis.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – vocal
- Belford C. Hendricks – arrangements, conductor
- Dee Dee Warwick – backing vocals
Track listing::
- Mockingbird – Charlie Foxx, Inez Foxx
- How Glad I Am – Jimmy Williams, Larry Harrison
- Walk On By – Hal David, Burt Bacharach
- Every Little Bit Hurts – Ed Cobb
- The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss) – Rudy Clark
- You’ll Lose a Good Thing – Barbara Lynn Ozen
- I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face – Chip Taylor, Norman Meade
- It’s Just a Matter of Time – Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis, Brook Benton
- Runnin’ Out of Fools – Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert
- My Guy – Smokey Robinson
- Two Sides of Love – Roy Alfred
- One Room Paradise – John Leslie McFarland
Aretha Franklin: Spirit in the Dark
On August 24, 1970, “Atlantic” label released “Spirit in the Dark”, the seventeenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded May – October 1969, March 1970, and was produced by Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, piano
- Dave Crawford– organ
- Buzz Feiten– guitar
- Jimmy Johnson– guitar
- Jimmy O’Rourke – guitar
- Charlie Freeman – guitar
- Duane Allman– guitar
- Cornell Dupree– guitar
- Eddie Hinton– guitar
- Tommy McClure – bass guitar
- Harold “Hog” Cowart – bass guitar
- David Hood– bass guitar
- Sammy Creason– drums
- Ron Ziegler – drums
- Roger Hawkins– drums
- Ray Lucas – drums
- Jim Dickinson– additional keyboards
- Michael Utley– additional keyboards
- Barry Beckett– additional keyboards
- The Sweet Inspirations– backing vocals
- Wylene Ivy – backing vocals
- Margaret Branch – backing vocals
- Almeda Lattimore – backing vocals
- Pat Lewis– backing vocals
- Evelyn Green – backing vocals
- Brenda Bryant – backing vocals
Track listing:
- Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegün, Betty Nelson
- The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss) – Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins
- Pullin’ – Carolyn Franklin, Jimmy Radcliffe
- You and Me – Aretha Franklin
- Honest I Do – Jimmy Reed, Ewart Abner
- Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
- When the Battle Is Over- Jessie Hill, John
- One Way Ticket – Jessie Hill, John
- Try Matty’s – Aretha Franklin
- That’s All I Want from You – Fritz Rotter
- Oh No Not My Baby – Gerry Goffin, Carole King
- Why I Sing the Blues – B. King, Dave Clark
Aretha Franklin: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin
On August 13, 1962, “Columbia” label released “The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin”, the third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded April 27; May 4–5; May 11, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Robert Mersey.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – vocals, piano
- Robert Mersey – personal supervisor, arrangements, conductor
- Don Hunstein – cover photography
Track listing:
- Don’t Cry, Baby – Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger
- Try a Little Tenderness – James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods
- I Apologize – Al Hoffman, Al Goodhart, Ed Nelson
- Without the One You Love – Aretha Franklin
- Look for the Silver Lining – Jerome Kern, B.G. DeSylva
- I’m Sitting on Top of the World – Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
- Just for a Thrill – Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye
- God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.
- I’m Wandering – Berry Gordy, Jr., Tyran Carlo
- How Deep Is the Ocean – Irving Berlin
- I Don’t Know You Anymore – Gary Geld, Peter Udell
- Lover Come Back to Me – Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
Aretha Franklin: Aretha Arrives
On August 4, 1967, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Arrives”, the eleventh Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in June 1967 at “Atlantic Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead and background vocals, piano
- Jimmy Johnson, Joe South– guitar
- Tommy Cogbill– bass guitar
- Roger Hawkins– drums
- Ted Somers – vibraphone
- Spooner Oldham, Truman Thomas – piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
- Charles Chalmers, King Curtis– tenor saxophone
- Tony Studd – bass trombone
- Melvin Lastie– trumpet
- Gene Orloff– director of string section
- The Sweet Inspirations– backing vocals
- Carolyn Franklin, Erma Franklin– backing vocals
Track listing:
- Satisfaction – Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
- You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell
- Never Let Me Go – Joe Scott
- 96 Tears – Rudy Martinez
- Prove It – Randy Evretts, Horace Ott
- Night Life – Willie Nelson, Walt Breeland,Paul Buskirk
- That’s Life – Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon
- I Wonder – Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen
- Ain’t Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around) – Carolyn Franklin
- Going Down Slow – Louis Jimmy Oden
- Baby, I Love You – Ronnie Shannon
Aretha Franklin: Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
On July 9, 1995, “Arista” label “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?”, the thirtieth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded October 1984 – May 1995,at “The Automatt” in San Francisco, “The Plant Recording Studios” in Sausalito, “United Sound Systems” in Detroit, “Right Track Recording” and “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Aretha Franklin, David A. Stewart and Narada Michael Walden.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals
- Walter Afanasieff– keyboards
- Preston Glass– backing vocals, keyboards, keyboard vibes
- Peter Wolf– lead vocals
- Nat Adderley Jr.– keyboards
- Robbie Kondor – synthesizer
- Annie Lennox– lead vocals, keyboards
- David A. Stewart– keyboards, rhythm guitar
- Benmont Tench– Hammond organ
- Corrado Rustici– guitar, guitar synthesizer
- Ray Gomez – guitar solo
- Doc Powell– guitar
- Steve Khan– guitar
- Mike Campbell– lead guitar
- Carlos Santana– guitar solo
- Randy Jackson– synth bass, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Louis Johnson– bass guitar
- Nathan East– bass guitar
- Narada Michael Walden– drums, percussion, acoustic piano, keyboards
- Yogi Horton– drums
- Stan Lynch– drums
- Shelly Yakus – drums
- Steve Kroon – percussion
- Gigi Gonaway– tambourine
- The Santana Rhythm Section– percussion
- Andy Narell – steel drums
- Clarence Clemons– saxophone
- Dizzy Gillespie– trumpet solo
- Paul Riser– string arrangements
- The Charles Williams Singers – choir
- Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
- Carolyn Franklin– backing vocals
- Jim Gilstrap– backing vocals
- Vicki Randle– backing vocals
- Sylvester– backing vocals
- Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
- Martha Wash– backing vocals
- Laundon Von Hendricks – backing vocals
- Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
- Craig Thomas – backing vocals
- Karen Benington – backing vocals
- Sandra Feva – backing vocals
- Margaret Branch – backing vocals
- Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
- Don Smith – engineer, mixing
- Josh Abbey – engineer
- David Frazer – engineer
- Adam Williams – engineer
- Jay Willis – assistant engineer
- Moira Marquis – second engineer
- Ray Pyle – second engineer
- Paul Hamingson – second engineer
- Gordon Logan – second engineer
- Dana Chappelle – second engineer
- Tim Crich – second engineer
- Maureen Droney – second engineer
- Dominick Celani – engineer assistant
- David A. Stewart – mixing
- Michael Brauer – additional mixing
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Stephen Marcussen– original mastering
- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Artis Lane – painting
- John Pinderhughes – photography
- Sephra Herman – production coordination
- Clive Davis– executive producer
Track listing:
- Freeway of Love – Jeffrey E. Cohen, Narada Michael Walden
- Another Night – Beppe Cantarelli, Roy Freeland
- Sweet Bitter Love – Van McCoy
- Who’s Zoomin’ Who – Aretha Franklin, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden
- Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves – Annie Lennox, David A. Stewart
- Until You Say You Love Me – Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden
- Ain’t Nobody Ever Loved You – Jeffrey E. Cohen, Narada Michael Walden
- Push – Jeffrey E. Cohen, Narada Michael Walden
- Integrity – Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin: Hey Now Hey
On June 25, 1973, “Atlantic” label released “Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)”, the nineteenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded April – August 1972, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Quincy Jones and Aretha Franklin.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, acoustic piano solo
- Spooner Oldham– keyboards
- Billy Preston– acoustic piano solo
- Jimmy Johnson– guitar
- Tommy Cogbill– bass guitar
- Jerry Jemmott– bass guitar
- Roger Hawkins– drums
- Richie Pratt– drums
- Phil Woods– alto saxophone
- Joe Farrell– tenor sax solo, flute solo
- Willie Bridges – saxophone
- Charles Chalmers– saxophone
- Andrew Love– saxophone
- Floyd Newman– saxophone
- Wayne Jackson– trumpet
- Phil Schier – recording
- Gene Paul, Quincy Jones, Phil Schier – remixing
- Ken Cunningham – design
- Jim Dunn – design, cover illustration
Track listing:
- Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) – Aretha Franklin
- Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
- So Swell When You’re Well – James Booker, Aretha Franklin
- Angel – Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders
- Sister from Texas – Aretha Franklin
- Mister Spain – Carolyn Plummer
- That’s The Way I Feel About Cha – Bobby Womack, Jim Grisby, Joe Hicks
- Moody’s Mood – James Moody, Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
- Just Right Tonight – Aretha Franklin, Avery Parrish, Buddy Feyne, Quincy Jones, Robert Bruce
Aretha Franklin: Soul Sister
On June 13, 1966, “Columbia” label released “Soul Sister”, the eighth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1966, and was produced by Bob Johnston and Clyde Otis.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – vocals
- Belford C. Hendricks – arrangements, conductor
- Robert Mersey – arrangements, conductor
- Henry Parker – photography
- Peter J. Levinson – liner notes
Track listing:
- Until You Were Gone – Joy Byers
- You Made Me Love You – James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy
- Follow Your Heart – Van McCoy, Belford Hendricks
- Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
- Sweet Bitter Love – Van McCoy
- A Mother’s Love – Cliff Owens
- Swanee – Irving Caesar, George Gershwin
- (No, No) I’m Losing You – Joy Byers
- Take a Look – Clyde Otis
- Can’t You Just See Me – Belford Hendricks
- Cry Like a Baby – Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Aretha Franklin: Sweet Passion
On May 19, 1977, “Atlantic” label released “Sweet Passion”, the twenty-third Aretha Franklin album. It was recorded 1976 – 1977, at “ABC Recording Studios” in Los Angeles, “Whitney Recording Studios” in Glendale, CA, and was produced by Aretha Franklin, Lamont Dozier, Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – vocals, keyboards
- Ray Parker Jr.– guitar
- Lee Ritenour– guitar
- Craig McMillian – guitar
- Mike Morgan – guitar
- David Paich– keyboards
- Sylvester Rivers– keyboards
- Sonny Burke– keyboards
- Ronald Coleman – keyboards
- B. Barnum– rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements, string arrangements, keyboards
- Ray Brown – bass guitar
- Scott Edwards – bass guitar
- Chuck Rainey– bass guitar
- James Gadson– drums
- Harold Mason – drums
- Joe Clayton – congas, percussion
- Gary Coleman – percussion
- Bob Zimmitti – percussion
- Lamont Dozier– rhythm arrangements
- McKinley Jackson – rhythm arrangements, horn arrangements
- Gene Page– horn and string arrangements
- David Paich, Marty Paich – co-producers
- Frank Kemjar, Reginald Dozier, Barney Perkins – engineer
- Reginald Dozier, Barney Perkins – mixing.
- Dennis King – mastering
- Bob Defrin – photography
- David Alexander – photography
Track listing:
- Break It To Me Gently – Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
- When I Think About You – Aretha Franklin
- What I Did for Love – Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban
- No One Could Ever Love You More – Lamont Dozier
- A Tender Touch – Aretha Franklin
- Touch Me Up – Lamont Dozier
- Sunshine Will Never Be The Same – Lamont Dozier
- Meadows of Springtime – Aretha Franklin
- Mumbles / I’ve Got the Music in Me – Clark Terry, Aretha Franklin, Bias Boshell
- Sweet Passion – Aretha Franklin
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