On July 14, 1983, “Arista” label released “Get It Right”, the twenty-ninth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1983, and was produced by Luther Vandross.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, vocal arrangements
- Doc Powell – guitar
- Georg Wadenius – guitar
- Teddy F. White – guitar
- Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards, rhythm arrangements
- Marcus Miller – synthesizers, bass guitar, rhythm arrangements
- Yogi Horton – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion, congas, bongos
- Steve Kroon – congas, triangle
- Dave Friedman – vibraphone
- David Carey – timpani
- George Young – soprano saxophone
- Alan Rubin, George Young, Gregory Williams, Jim Pugh, John Clark, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Lou Marini, Peter Gordon, Ronnie Cuber, Tom Malone – horns
- Alfred Brown, Barry Finclair, Elena Barere, Emanuel Vardi, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Zaratzian, Homer Mensch, Jan Mullen, Jean R. Dane, Jesse Levy, John Beal, John Pintavalle, Jonathan Abramowitz, Joseph Rabushka, Judy Geist, Julien Barber, Kathryn Kienke, Kermit Moore, Lamar Alsop, Lewis Eley, Margaret Ross, Marilyn Wright, Regis Landiorio, Richard Sortomme, Richard Young, Sanford Allen, Sue Pray, Winterton Garvey – strings
- Rob Mounsey – string arrangements, horn arrangements
- Paul Riser – string and horn arrangements
- Luther Vandross – vocal arrangements, backing vocals
- Michael Love Smith – vocal arrangements, backing vocals
- Brenda White – backing vocals
- Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
- Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals
- Phillip Ballou – backing vocals
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
- Yvonne Lewis – backing vocals
- Cissy Houston – backing vocals
- Darlene Love – backing vocals
- Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals
- Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
- Margaret Branch – backing vocals
- Sandra Richardson – backing vocals
- Aaron T. Smith – backing vocals
- Danny Dedusual Smith – backing vocals
- Myrna Smith – backing vocals
- Don Cuminale – engineer
- Paul Brocek, Michael Christopher – additional engineering, engineer assistant
- Mark Cobrin – engineer assistant
- Michael H. Brauer – mixing
- Donn Davenport – art direction
- Howard Fritzson – design
Track listing:
All tracks written by Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller, except where noted.
- Get It Right
- Pretender
- Every Girl (Wants My Guy)
- When You Love Me Like That
- I Wish It Would Rain – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield, Roger Penzabene
- Better Friends Than Lovers – Michael Lovesmith
- I Got Your Love – Luther Vandross
- Giving In – Clarence Franklin
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