Today is the fifth anniversary of the passing of the undisputed 'Queen of
Soul', the one and only, never to be replaced, Aretha Franklin.
We would have loved to post a playlist but with
Spotify now restricting music outside their web player to 30 second
samples it somewhat hinders it. Rather than embedding the playlist (which
is a bit pointless) we've provided
a link to listen in full on Spotify.
Playlist with tracks in (more or less) chronological order
| No | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Soulville |
| 2 | One Step Ahead |
| 3 | I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face |
| 4 | Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It For The Door) |
| 5 | Cry Like A Baby |
| 6 | Only the One You Love |
| 7 | A Little Bit of Soul |
| 8 | Walk On By |
| 9 | My Guy |
| 10 | Don't Let Me Lose This Dream |
| 11 | Save Me |
| 12 | A Change Is Gonna Come |
| 13 | Satisfaction |
| 14 | 96 Tears |
| 15 | Prove It |
| 16 | So Soon (Aretha Arrives Outtake) |
| 17 | Ain't No Way |
| 18 | Niki Hoeky |
| 19 | Come Back Baby |
| 20 | Groovin' |
| 21 | Chain of Fools (Alternate Version) |
| 22 | (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone |
| 23 | The House That Jack Built |
| 24 | I Can't See Myself Leaving You |
| 25 | I Say a Little Prayer |
| 26 | If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody |
| 27 | Gentle on My Mind |
| 28 | Elusive Butterfly |
| 29 | This Girl's in Love With You |
| 30 | Call Me (Alternate Version) |
| 31 | Don't Play That Song |
| 32 | Oh No Not My Baby |
| 33 | Why I Sing the Blues |
| 34 | Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby) |
| 35 | Day Dreaming |
| 36 | Young, Gifted and Black (Alternate Longer Take) |
| 37 | Brand New Me (Alternate Take 6) |
| 38 | April Fools |
| 39 | Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) |
| 40 | You'll Never Walk Alone |
| 41 | Angel - Work Tape |
| 42 | Until You Come Back to Me (Demo) |
| 43 | Sister From Texas |
| 44 | Mister Spain |
| 45 | That's the Way I Feel About Cha |
| 46 | Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes) |
| 47 | I'm in Love (Alternate Vocal - Let Me in Your Life Outtake) |
| 48 | Til It's Over - Demo |
| 49 | Oh Baby (aka There's Something Magic About You Demo) |
| 50 | A Song for You |
| 51 | You |
| 52 | I Get High |
| 53 | Sparkle |
| 54 | Hooked on Your Love |
| 55 | Look into Your Heart |
| 56 | Rock with Me |
| 57 | Break It to Me Gently |
| 58 | The Wind |
We've tried to avoid the blindingly obvious tracks (but have included
alternate versions of some) and dug a little deeper to highlight lesser
known B sides and album tracks and alternate takes.
Aretha's big breakthrough came in 1967 with a cover version of Otis
Redding's "Respect", now probably her signature song, which topped both
Billboard's R&B chart and Hot 100 and made it to #10 on UK pop chart.
That wasn't her first #1 though, as she had already topped the R&B
chart with "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" which also reached
#9 Hot 100.
She had spent several years languishing at Columbia, releasing around
nine albums between 1961-67 without a great deal of commercial success
before being signed to Atlantic Records announcing her arrival
with "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" followed by "Aretha Arrives" in 1967.
It's a bit of a sad indictment that in the UK her biggest selling single (and only #1 hit) was a duet with George Michael and another, of only five UK Top 10 hits,
was with Annie Lennox! ("Respect", "I Say A Little Prayer" and "A Deeper
Love" being the other three).
With just so much great music that she has left us with it's difficult
knowing where to start, or more importantly where to stop, so we've
limited this selection to tracks between 1964-76.
The exception is her beautiful rendition of The Diablos feat, Nolan
Strong "The Wind" (1954) which was unreleased until appearing on the 81
track compilation "Aretha" in 2021 (it may have previously featured on a compilation?). It was recorded in 1983 for the Luther Vandross produced "Get
It Right" album but left off. The song was also recorded by Laura Nyro for
her 1971 album "Gonna Take A Miracle" which had LaBelle on backing vocals
(the album was actually credited as Laura Nyro & LaBelle).
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