In April 1969, “Columbia” label released “Soft and Beautiful”, the fifteenth Aretha Franklin studio album. It was recorded in July 1964, and was produced by Clyde Otis.
Personnel:
- Aretha Franklin – vocal
- Belford C. Hendricks – arrangements, conductor
- Stan Tonkel – engineer
- Stan Weiss – engineer
- Thomas B. Allen – painting
- Linda Solomon – liner notes
Track listing:
- Only the Lonely – Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen
- I Wish I Didn’t Love You So – Frank Loesser
- (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young – Johnny Mercer, M. Philippe-Gérard
- Shangri-La – Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell, Matty Malneck
- A Mother’s Love – Cliff Owens
- My Coloring Book – John Kander, Fred Ebb
- Jim – Nelson Shawn, Caesar Petrillo, Edward Rose
- Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love) – Paul Francis Webster, Dimitri Tiomkin
- But Beautiful – Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen
- People (from Funny Girl) – Jule Styne, Bob Merrill