On March 19, 1962, “Columbia” label released “The Electrifying Aretha Franklin”, the second Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded July – December 1961, January 1962, at “Columbia Recording Studios” in New York City, and was produced by John H. Hammond.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin– vocals, piano
- John H. Hammond– personal supervisor
- Richard Wess – arrangements
Track listing:
- You Made Me Love You – Joe McCarthy, James Vincent Monaco
- I Told You So – John Leslie McFarland
- Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody – Sam M. Lewis, Jean Schwartz, Joe Young
- Nobody Like You – James Cleveland
- Exactly Like You – Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields
- It’s So Heartbreakin’ – John Leslie McFarland
- Rough Lover – John Leslie McFarland
- Blue Holiday – Willie Denson, Luther Dixon
- Just for You – Bailey, John Leslie McFarland
- That Lucky Old Sun(Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) – Haven Gillespie, Harry Beasley Smith
- I Surrender, Dear – Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive – Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer