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
- If You Don’t Think – Aretha Franklin
- A Song for You – Leon Russell
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