Essential Recordings 1956–62

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

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
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1Right Now
recording of:
Right Now
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:26
2Today 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.
2:46
3Love Is the Only Thing
recording of:
Love Is the Only Thing
lyricist and composer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:43
4Over 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 (Electric & Musical Industries 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:
EMI Music Publishing (S.E. Asia) Ltd., Taiwan (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: 12)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
2:41
5(Blue) By Myself
recording of:
(Blue) By Myself
writer:
Joe Bailey (US double bassist and songwriter) and J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:41
6Won’t Be Long
recording of:
Won’t Be Long
lyricist and composer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
publisher:
World Song Publishing Inc.
3:12
7All Night Long
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)
3:00
8It 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 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”
2:56
9Sweet Lover
recording of:
Sweet Lover
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer) and Sid Wyche
3:25
10Who Needs You?
recording of:
Who Needs You?
writer:
Jeanne Burns and Billie Holiday
2:49
11Are You Sure?
cover recording of:
Are You Sure
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
2:44
12Maybe I’m a Fool
recording of:
Maybe I’m a Fool
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
3:20
13Kissin’ by the Mistletoe
recording of:
Kissin’ by the Mistletoe
lyricist and composer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:22
14When They Ask About You
recording of:
When They Ask About You
lyricist and composer:
Sam H. Stept
3:00
15I Surrender, Dear
cover recording of:
I Surrender Dear
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
2:48
16Rock‐A‐Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
recording of:
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Jean Schwartz
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
2:26
17Operation Heartbreak
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.
3:00
▼ CD 2
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1I Told You So
recording of:
I Told You So
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:45
2Rough Lover
recording of:
Rough Lover
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:49
3It’s So Heartbreakin’
recording of:
It’s So Heartbreakin’
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
3:42
4Hard Times
3:08
5You Made Me Love You
cover recording of:
You Made Me Love You (arr. Barry Manilow & Doug Walter)
lyricist:
Joseph McCarthy (lyricist, 1885–1943)
composer:
James V. Monaco
arranger:
Barry Manilow and Doug Walter
publisher:
Obbligato Music
arrangement of:
You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)
2:30
6Just for You
recording of:
Just for You
writer:
J. Bailey and J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:22
7Blue Holiday
cover recording of:
Blue Holiday
writer:
Willie Denson and Luther Dixon
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Kilynn Music Publishing, Inc.
2:55
8That Lucky Old Sun
cover recording of:
That Lucky Old Sun
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1949)
composer:
Beasley Smith (in 1949)
publisher:
Beasley Smith Music, Haven Gillespie Music Publishing Co. and Robbins Music Corp.
3:21
9AC‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive
cover recording of:
Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1944)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1944)
publisher:
Harwin Music Corporation, Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:18
10Exactly Like You
cover recording of:
Exactly Like You
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist) (in 1930)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) (in 1930)
2:38
11Nobody Like You
recording of:
Nobody Like You
writer:
Rev. James Cleveland
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
2:24
12Try a Little Tenderness
cover recording of:
Try a Little Tenderness
lyricist:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) and Reginald Connelly
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (on 1932-11-04)
3:19
13I Apologize
cover recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp. and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
2:56
14Without the One You Love
recording of:
Without the One You Love
writer:
Aretha Franklin
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
2:51
15Don’t Cry, Baby
cover recording of:
Don’t Cry Baby
writer:
Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson and Stella Unger
publisher:
Advanced Music corp. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:25
16I’m Wandering
cover recording of:
I’m Wandering
writer:
Tyran Carlo and Berry Gordy
publisher:
Merrimac Music Corp.
3:30
17I Don’t Know You Anymore
cover recording of:
I Don’t Know You Anymore
lyricist:
Peter Udell
composer:
Gary Geld
2:52
▼ CD 3
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1Lover Come Back to Me
cover recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) 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 New Moon: Act II
2:36
2How Deep Is the Ocean
cover recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2:51
3I’m Sitting on Top of the World
cover recording of:
I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Leo Feist, Inc.
2:45
4Look for the Silver Lining
cover recording of:
Look for the Silver Lining
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and T.B. Harms Co.
part of:
Sally (1920 musical)
3:07
5Trouble in Mind
cover recording of:
Trouble in Mind
lyricist and composer:
Richard M. Jones
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc., Universal Studios, Inc. (formerly known as MCA Inc.) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
2:16
6Just for a Thrill
cover recording of:
Just for a Thrill
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
arranger:
Vance Thompson
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:35
7God Bless the Child
cover recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:05
8I Surrender, Dear [mono]
cover recording of:
I Surrender Dear
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
2:48
9There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood
recording of:
There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood
lyricist:
William Cowper (English poet)
composer:
Lowell Mason
4:29
10Precious Lord (Part 1)
partial cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
3:23
11Precious Lord (Part 2)
partial cover recording of:
Take My Hand, Precious Lord
lyricist and arranger:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
additional composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
previously attributed to:
George Nelson Allen (American composer from the 1800s)
2:53
12You Grow Closer
recording of:
You Grow Closer
writer:
Joe B. Junior
2:44
13Never Grow Old
recording of:
Never Grow Old
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:57
14The 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
15He Will Wash You White as Snow
recording of:
He Will Wash You White As Snow
writer:
Joe B. Junior
4:18
16While the Blood Runs Warm
recording of:
While the Blood Runs Warm
writer:
Ralph Bass and Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist)
3:00
17Yield Not to Temptation
recording of:
Yield Not to Temptation
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:57