The Complete Releases 1956-62

~ Release by Aretha Franklin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood
cover recording of:
There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood
lyricist:
William Cowper (English poet)
composer:
Lowell Mason
4:28
2Precious Lord, Pt. 1
cover recording of:
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
lyricist:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
arranger:
Roy Ringwald (songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
arrangement of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
3:26
3Precious Lord, Pt. 2
cover recording of:
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
lyricist:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
arranger:
Roy Ringwald (songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
arrangement of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
2:53
4You Grow Closer
cover recording of:
You Grow Closer
writer:
Joe B. Junior
2:44
5Never Grow Old
recording of:
Never Grow Old
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:57
6The Day Is Past and Gone
cover recording of:
The Day Is Past and Gone
writer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”), Joe B. Junior and Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
4:58
7He Will Wash You White as Snow4:18
8While the Blood Runs Warm
cover recording of:
While the Blood Runs Warm
writer:
Ralph Bass and Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist)
3:05
9Yield Not to Temptation
recording of:
Yield Not to Temptation
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:59
10Right Now
bass:
Bill Lee (bassist, composer, father of Spike Lee) (on 1960-08-01)
drums (drum set):
James Osie Johnson (on 1960-08-01)
guitar:
Skeeter Best (on 1960-08-01)
trombone:
Tyree Glenn (on 1960-08-01)
recording of:
Right Now (on 1960-08-01)
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:23
11Today I Sing the Blues
cover recording of:
Today I Sing the Blues
writer:
Curley Hamner
composer:
Curtis Lewis (US songwriter)
publisher:
Bess Music and BMG Music Publishing Ltd.
2:47
12Love Is the Only Thing
cover recording of:
Love Is the Only Thing
lyricist and composer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:40
13Over the Rainbow
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司 (EMI Music Publishing (S E Asia) Ltd., Taiwan Branch), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc. SBK Division) (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
2:39
14By Myself
2:39
15Won’t Be Long
cover recording of:
Won’t Be Long
lyricist and composer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
publisher:
World Song Publishing Inc.
3:09
16All Night Long
cover recording of:
All Night Long
writer:
Curtis Reginald Lewis (US songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Six Continents Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019)
2:58
17It Ain’t Necessarily So
cover recording of:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
2:54
18Sweet Lover
recording of:
Sweet Lover
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer) and Sid Wyche
3:22
19Who Needs You?
cover recording of:
Who Needs You?
writer:
Jeanne Burns and Billie Holiday
2:47
20Are You Sure?
cover recording of:
Are You Sure
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
2:40
21Maybe I’m a Fool
cover recording of:
Maybe I’m a Fool
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
3:17
22Kissin’ by the Mistletoe
recording of:
Kissin’ by the Mistletoe
lyricist and composer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:24
23Operation Heartbreak
cover recording of:
Operation Heartbreak
writer:
Al Kasha (composer, songwriter and arranger), Alan Thomas (songwriter for Aretha Franklin) and Curtis Williams (1950s doo-wop singer, member of The Penguins)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
2:57
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