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Aretha Franklin: Runnin’ Out of Fools

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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::

  1. Mockingbird – Charlie Foxx, Inez Foxx
  2. How Glad I Am – Jimmy Williams, Larry Harrison
  3. Walk On By – Hal David, Burt Bacharach
  4. Every Little Bit Hurts – Ed Cobb
  5. The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss) – Rudy Clark
  6. You’ll Lose a Good Thing – Barbara Lynn Ozen
  7. I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face – Chip Taylor, Norman Meade
  8. It’s Just a Matter of Time – Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis, Brook Benton
  9. Runnin’ Out of Fools – Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert
  10. My Guy – Smokey Robinson
  11. Two Sides of Love – Roy Alfred
  12. One Room Paradise – John Leslie McFarland

Aretha Franklin: Soul Sister

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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:

  1. Until You Were Gone – Joy Byers
  2. You Made Me Love You – James V. Monaco, Joseph McCarthy
  3. Follow Your Heart – Van McCoy, Belford Hendricks
  4. Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern
  5. Sweet Bitter Love – Van McCoy
  6. A Mother’s Love – Cliff Owens
  7. Swanee – Irving Caesar, George Gershwin
  8. (No, No) I’m Losing You – Joy Byers
  9. Take a Look – Clyde Otis
  10. Can’t You Just See Me – Belford Hendricks
  11. Cry Like a Baby – Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson

Nat King Cole: Dear Lonely Hearts

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In December 1962, “Capitol” label released “Dear Lonely Hearts”, the 31st Nat King Cole album. It was recorded June – November 1962, and was produced by Lee Gillette.

Personnel:

  • Nat King Cole– vocal
  • Belford Hendricks– arranger, orchestra conductor

Track listing:

  1. Dear Lonely Hearts – Bob Halley, E.J. Anton
  2. Miss You – Charles Tobias, Harry Tobias
  3. Why Should I Cry Over You? – Chester Conn, Nathan “Ned” Miller
  4. Near You – Francis Craig, Kermit Goell
  5. Yearning (Just for You) – Benny Davis, Joe Burke
  6. My First and Only Lover – Artie Kaplan, Paul Kaufman, Jack Keller
  7. All Over the World – Al Frisch, Charles Tobias
  8. Oh, How I Miss You Tonight – Benny Davis, Joe Burke, Mark Fisher
  9. Lonesome and Sorry – Con Conrad, Benny Davis
  10. All by Myself – Irving Berlin
  11. Who’s Next in Line? – Clyde Otis, Rose Marie McCoy
  12. It’s a Lonesome Old Town – Charles Kisco, Charles Tobias