On May 19, 1971, “Atlantic” label released “Aretha Live at Fillmore West”, the third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in March 1971, at “Filmore West Concert Hall”, in San Francsico, and was produced by Jerry Wexler.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – vocals, Fender Rhodes
Cornell Dupree – guitar
Truman Thomas – piano
Ray Charles – piano
Billy Preston – organ
Jerry Jemmott – bass
Bernard Purdie – drums
Pancho Morales – congas
King Curtis – saxophone, orchestra leader
Memphis Horns – horns
Brenda Bryant, Margaret Branch, Pat Smith – backing vocals
Arif Mardin – horn arrangements
Larry Wilcox – horn arrangements
Tom Dowd – horn arrangements
Track listing:
Respect – Otis Redding
Love the One Youy’re With – Stephen Stills
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Paul Simon
Eleanor Rigby – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Make It with You – David Gates
Don’t Play That Song – Ahmet Ertegun, Betty Nelson
Dr. Feelgood – Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark – Aretha Franklin
Spirit in the Dark (reprise with Ray Charles) – Aretha Franklin
Reach Out and Touch – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
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
On June 25, 1991, “Arista” label released “What You See Is What You Sweat”, the thirty-third Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1990, and was produced by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, David “Pic” Conley, Aretha Franklin, Michel Legrand, Oliver Leiber, Gene Lennon, Bruce Roberts, Joshua Thompson, David Townsend, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden and Elliot Wolff.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead and backing vocals, piano
Rick Iantosca – acoustic guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
Dean Parks – guitar
Vernon Black – guitar
David Townsend – guitar
Jean-Marc Benais – guitar
Teddy F. White – guitar
Al Turner – bass guitar
Marcus Miller – bass guitar
Dominique Bertram – bass guitar
Rudolph Stansfield – piano
Thierry Eliez – piano
Skip Anderson – keyboards
Burt Bacharach – keyboards
Oliver Leiber – keyboards, drum programming, guitar
Jason Miles – keyboards
Louis Biancaniello – keyboards, programming
David Foster – keyboards, programming
Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards
Bobby Wooten – keyboards, electric piano, drum programming, synthesizer
Michael Boddicker – keyboards, programming
Hubert Eaves III – keyboards, drum programming
Elliot Wolff – keyboards, drum programming
Joshua Thompson – keyboards, guitar, synthesizer
Peter Schwartz – additional keyboards
Charles Scales – synthesizer
Michel Legrand – synthesizer
Guy Vaughn – drum programming
Narada Michael Walden – drums, programming
Buster Marbury – drums
André Ceccarelli – drums
Paulinho da Costa – percussion
Larry Fratangelo – percussion
Larry Williams – programming
Franck Thore – Pan pipes
Onita Sanders – harp
Candy Dulfer – saxophone
David Boruff – saxophone
Gene Lennon – programming
Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
Jesse Richardson – backing vocals
Sandra Feva – backing vocals
Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals
Diane Green – backing vocals
Sherry Fox – backing vocals
Portia Griffin – backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Jarvis Barker – backing vocals
Nikita Germaine – backing vocals
Skyler Jett – backing vocals
Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
Tony Lindsay – backing vocals
Gwen Guthrie – backing vocals
Tawatha Agee – backing vocals
Donna Davis – backing vocals
Marj Harber – backing vocals
Esther Ridgeway – backing vocals
Gloria Ridgeway – backing vocals
Gracie Ridgeway – backing vocals
Clive Davis – executive producer
Track listing:
Everyday people – Sly Stone
Ever Changing Times – Burt Bacharach, Bill Conti, Carole Bayer Sager
What You See Is What You Sweat – David Conley, Derrick Culler, Gene Lennon, Joshua Thompson
Mary Goes Round – Elliot Wolff, Oliver Leiber
I Dreamed a Dream – Alain Boubill, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean Marc Natel, Claude Michel Schonberg
Someone’s Else’s Eyes – Bruce Roberts, Burt Bacharach, Bayer Sager
Doctor’s Orders – Luther Vandross, Hubert Eaves III
You Can’t Take Me for Granted – Aretha Franklin
What You Give – Aretha Franklin
Everyday People (Shep Pettibone Remix) – Sly Stone
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
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
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.
On April 27, 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-second Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, piano, vocal engineer
James Brown – lead vocals
Elton John– lead vocals
Four Tops– lead and backing vocals
Whitney Houston– lead vocals
Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
Steve Khan– guitar
Reggie Griffin – guitar
David Paich– piano
David Foster– piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synthesizer, programming
Aaron Zigman– keyboards, bass vocals
Ren Klyce– additional keyboards, programming
Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, piano
Louis Johnson– bass guitar
Jerry Knight – bass guitar
Jeff Porcaro– drums
John Robinson– drums
Yogi Horton– drums
Sammy Merendino – electronic drums
Narada Michael Walden– electronic drums, sequencer, synthesizer, arrangements
Steve Kroon – percussion
George Devens – percussion
Greg Gigi Gonaway– cymbal
Kenny G– saxophone
Marc Russo– saxophone
Andy Snitzer – tenor saxophone
Kenneth Hitchcock – baritone saxophone
Kent Smith – trumpet
Chris Botti– trumpet
Mike Davis – trombone
Liz Jackson – backing vocals
Skyler Jett – backing vocals
Melisa Kary – backing vocals
Brenda Corbett – backing vocals
Edie Lehman – backing vocals
Marti McCall – backing vocals
Claytoven Richardson– backing vocals
Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Siedah Garrett– backing vocals
“Bongo” Bob Smith – programming
Arif Mardin– arrangements
Rod Hui – recording, mixing
Mike Lacopelli – recording, vocal recording
Lincoln Clapp – engineer
David Frazer – engineer
Darren Klein – engineer, mixing
Joe Mardin– programming, sequencer, recording, mixing
Peter Max – front and back cover art
Marlene Cohen – art direction
Norman Parkinson – photography
Track listing:
Gimme Your Love – Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
Mercy – Siedah Garrett, Glen Ballard
He’s the Boy – Aretha Franklin
It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
Through the Storm – Albert Hammond, Diane Warren
Think (1989) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
Come to Me – Willard Eugene Price
If Ever a Love There Was – Pamela Phillips Oland, Todd Cerney
On December 29, 1987, “Arista” label released “One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism” is Aretha Franklin gospel album. It was recorded July 27, 28 and 30, at “New Bethel Baptist Church” in Detroit, Michigan, and was produced by Aretha Franklin.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin– vocals, arranger, liner notes
Michael Wright – guitar
Nick Johnson – piano
Thomas Whitfield- organ, piano, arranger, vocal arrangement
Earl Wright Jr. – organ
Lanar Brantley – bass
Mavis Staples– vocals
Brenda Corbett – vocals
Carolyn Franklin– vocals
Erma Franklin– vocals
Reverend Jesse Jackson- speaker
Reverend Cecil Franklin – speaker
Ortheia Barnes – backing vocals
Renee Thomas – backing vocals
Sandra Feva – backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Dana Davis – percussion
Joe Ligon – arranger
Frank Fischer – house mix
Brian Leskowicz, David Hewitt, Phil Gitomer, Fritz Lange – engineer
Michael Lacopelli – mixing
Mark Wilder – mastering
Maude Gilman – design
John Hudson – product manager
Track listing:
Walk In The Light – traditional
Prayer Invocation by Rev. Cecil Franklin
Introduction of Aretha and the Franklin Sisters by Rev. Jesse Jackson
Jesus Hears Every Prayer – Clara Ward
Surely God Is Able – Clara Ward
The Lord’s Prayer – traditional
Introduction of Aretha and Mavis Staples by Rev. Jesse Jackson
Oh Happy Day- Edwin Hawkins
We Need Power – traditional
Speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson
Ave Maria- traditional
Introduction To Higher Ground by Rev. Jaspar Williams
In May 1989, “Arista” label released “Through the Storm”, the thirty-fifth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in 1988, and was produced by Narada Michael Walden, Walter Afanasieff, Arif Mardin, Joe Mardin and Aretha Franklin.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin– lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, vocals engineer
James Brown – lead vocals
Whitney Houston– lead vocals
Elton John– lead vocals
Four Tops– vocals
Reggie Griffin – guitar
Corrado Rustici – guitar, rhythm guitar
Steve Khan– guitar
Narada Michael Walden– Simmons drums, synthesizer, arrangements
Aaron Zigman– bass vocal, keyboards
David Foster– electric piano, synthesizer
Robbie Kondor – synthesizer, acoustic piano
David Paich– acoustic piano
Walter Afanasieff– keyboards, synth bass, drum programming
On February 25, 1974, “Atlantic” label released “Let Me in Your Life”, the twenty-first Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded April – September 1973, at the “Whitney Studios” in Glendale, and was produced by Jerry Wexler and Aretha Franklin.
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, acoustic and electric piano
Donny Hathaway- acoustic and electric piano
Bob James- organ, keyboards
David Spinozza- guitar
Cornell Dupree- guitar
Hugh McCracken– guitar
Deodato- arranger, electric piano
Kenneth Bichel- synthesizer
Richard Tee- keyboards
Stanley Clarke– bass
Chuck Rainey- bass
Willie Weeks- bass
Rick Marotta- drums
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie- drums
Pancho Morales – percussion
Ralph MacDonald- percussion
Arif Mardin- string arranger
Gene Orloff- concert master
Joe Farrell- tenor saxophone, flute
Ernie Royal- trumpet
Gwen Guthrie- backing vocals
Margaret Branch – backing vocals
Cissy Houston- backing vocals
Ann S. Clark – backing vocals
Sylvia Shemwell – backing vocals
Myrna Smith- backing vocals
Judy Clay- backing vocals
Deirdre Tuck Corley – backing vocals
Track listing:
Let Me in Your Life – Bill Withers
Every Natural Thing – Eddie Hinton
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
I’m in Love – Bobby Womack
Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) – Clarence Paul,Stevie Wonder, Morris Broadnax
The Masquerade is Over – Herbert Magidson, Allie Wrubel
With Pen in Hand – Bobby Goldsboro
Oh Baby – Aretha Franklin
Eight Days On the Road – Michael Gayle, Jerry Ragovoy
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