Essential Recordings 1956–62

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
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 (1939 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
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
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