The Best of Aretha Franklin

Tracklist

• 1
  Think
  2:22
  3.6 ★
• 2
  I Say a Little Prayer
  3:38
  4.4 ★
• 3
  Night Time Is the Right Time
  4:52
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Young, Gifted and Black
  3:36
• 5
  I've Been Loving You Too Long
  3:38
• 6
  The Long and Winding Road
  3:40
• 7
  Son of a Preacher Man
  3:22
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Dark End of the Street
  4:44
• 9
  Eleanor Rigby
  2:40
• 10
  Chain of Fools
  2:48
  4.2 ★
• 11
  (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
  2:43
  4.2 ★
• 12
  Respect
  2:28
  3.9 ★
• 13
  Spanish Harlem
  3:32
  2.0 ★
• 14
  Dr. Feelgood (Love Is Serious Business)
  3:19
  4.6 ★

More by Aretha Franklin

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace 1972

This Girl’s in Love With You

This Girl’s in Love With You 1970

Lady Soul

Lady Soul 1968

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 1967

Respect

Respect 2018

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics 2014

Release credits

• Andrew Love
  tenor saxophone [1, 3, 5]
• Ann S. Clark
  background vocals [5]
• Aretha Franklin
  lead vocals [1-6], piano [1-10, 12-14], vocal [7-14]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [1-3, 10-12, 14], background vocals [13], flute [13], horn [4, 6, 13], mix [4, 13], producer [4-9, 13], strings [5, 13], woodwind [5]
• Barry Beckett
  keyboard [7-9]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [5, 13]
• Bernie Glow
  trumpet [11]
• Billy Preston
  organ [4, 6]
• Carolyn Franklin
  background vocals [5-6, 12-13], choir vocals [10-11]
• Charles Chalmers
  tenor saxophone [1, 3, 12, 14]
• Chuck Kirkpatrick
  engineer [8, 13], recording [13]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass [4, 6, 13]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [4-6, 13]
• David Hood
  bass [7-9]
• Donny Hathaway
  electric piano [13], organ [5, 13]
• Eddie Hinton
  guitar [7-9]
• Ellie Greenwich
  choir vocals [10]
• Erma Franklin
  background vocals [5-6, 12-13], choir vocals [10-11]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [14]
• Floyd Newman
  baritone saxophone [1, 3]
• Gene Chrisman
  drums (drum set) [11, 14]
• Gene Paul
  engineer [4], recording [4, 6]
• Jerome Gasper
  engineer [7]
• Jerry Jemmott
  bass [2], bass guitar [1, 3]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer
• Jimmy Johnson
  guitar [1, 7-10, 12]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [11]
• Joe South
  guitar [10]
• King Curtis
  tenor saxophone [12, 14]
• Margaret Branch
  background vocals [5-6]
• Melvin Lastie
  cornet [12, 14], trumpet [11]
• Pat Smith
  background vocals [5]
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set) [4, 6]
• Robert Popwell
  bass [5]
• Roger Hawkins
  drums (drum set) [1-3, 7-10, 12]
• Ron Albert
  engineer [8, 13], recording [5, 13]
• Spooner Oldham
  electric piano [10], organ [1, 12, 14], piano [11]
• The Sweet Inspirations
  background vocals [1-4, 7], choir vocals [10-11]
• The Sweethearts of Soul
  background vocals [13]
• Tom Dowd
  arranger [1-3, 10-12, 14], conductor [12, 14], engineer [7], horn [5], mix [7-8, 10], producer [4-9, 13], recording [1-3, 10-12, 14]
• Tommy Cogbill
  bass guitar [10-12, 14], guitar [1-2]
• Wayne Jackson
  trumpet [1, 3, 5]
• Willie Bridges
  baritone saxophone [1, 3, 12, 14]
• Show all credits (43)

Issues

• 

  T
  The Best of Aretha Franklin

  CD
  2005