The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years

Original Release Date:  October 25, 2010

Track Listing

• 1. Nobody Like You
• 2. Once in a While [aka Please Answer Me]
• 3. Maybe I'm a Fool
• 4. Muddy Water
• 5. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? [Alternate Version] [Alternate
• 6. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
• 7. Today I Sing the Blues
• 8. Won't Be Long
• 9. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
• 10. Evil Gal Blues
• 11. Lee Cross
• 12. Walk on By
• 13. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
• 14. God Bless the Child
• 15. Blue Holiday
• 16. Looking Through a Tear
• 17. Tiny Sparrow
• 18. Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
• 19. Little Brown Book
• 20. Without the One You Love
• 21. This Bitter Earth
• 22. Just for a Thrill
• 23. Skylark
• 24. Skylark [Alternate Version] [Alternate Take][Version]
• 25. Trouble in Mind
• 26. Runnin' Out of Fools
• 27. Drinking Again
• 28. Laughing on the Outside
• 29. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
• 30. Soulville
• 31. You'll Lose a Good Thing
• 32. Take a Look
• 33. Cry Like a Baby
• 34. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
• 35. Only the Lonely
• 36. People [From Funny Girl]
• 37. Mockingbird
• 38. Until You Were Gone
• 39. My Coloring Book
• 40. Try a Little Tenderness

Credits

• Hoagy Carmichael: Composer
• Ray Charles: Composer
• Aretha Franklin: Piano
• Ray Bryant: Piano
• Teddy Charles: Vibraphone
• Al Sears: Sax (Tenor)
• Tyree Glenn: Trombone
• John Hammond, Sr.: Producer
• Ernie Royal: Trumpet
• Burt Bacharach: Composer
• Gary Chester: Drums
• Nikki Giovanni: Liner Notes
• George Duvivier: Bass
• Frank Loesser: Composer
• Bob Asher: Trombone
• Kenny Burrell: Guitar
• Sammy Cahn: Composer
• Hal David: Composer
• Sticks Evans: Drums
• Paul Griffin: Organ
• Ernie Hayes: Organ, Piano
• Arthur Herzog, Jr.: Composer
• Milt Hinton: Bass
• Osie Johnson: Drums
• Bob Johnston: Producer
• Frank Laico: Engineer
• Ellis Larkins: Piano
• Bill Lee: Bass
• Buddy Lucas: Sax (Tenor)
• Johnny Mercer: Composer
• Robert Mersey: Arranger, Conductor, Producer
• Clyde Otis: Producer
• Fred Plaut: Engineer
• Jule Styne: Composer
• James Van Heusen: Composer
• Lord Westbrook: Guitar
• Mark Wilder: Mastering, Mixing
• David Ritz: Liner Notes
• Leo Sacks: Producer, Compilation, Mixing
• Stan Weiss: Engineer
• Don Hunstein: Photography
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• Warren Vincent: Engineer
• Hank Parker: Photography, Cover Photo
• Curtis Lewis: Arranger
• J. Leslie McFarland: Arranger, Composer
• A. Franklin: Composer
• L.C. Cooke: Composer
• Seth Foster: Digital Editing
• Barabra Lynn Ozen: Composer
• John Christiana: Packaging Manager
• Darren Salmieri: A&R
• Bobby Scott: Arranger, Conductor, Producer
• Steve Berkowitz: A&R
• John Jackson: Project Director
• R.M. Jones: Composer
• Michael Boland: Design
• Stanley Tonkel: Engineer
• R. Connelly: Composer
• B. Raleigh: Composer
• H. Richman: Composer
• J. Cleveland: Composer
• J. Byers: Composer
• B. Scott: Composer
• B. Holiday: Composer
• A. Resnick: Composer
• R. Ahlert: Composer
• H. Woods: Composer
• L. Armstrong: Composer
• J. Campbell: Composer
• J. Armstead: Composer
• L. Feather: Composer
• B. Wayne: Composer
• T. Turner: Composer
• Belford C. Hendricks: Arranger, Conductor
• H. Glover: Composer
• Keeter Best: Guitar
• James "Beans" Richardson: Bass
• Hindel Butts: Drums
• Teddy Harris: Piano