The Electrifying Aretha Franklin

Album by Aretha Franklin

Released 19 March 1962

Tracklist

1
You Made Me Love You
2:21
3.0 ★
2
Told You So
2:44
4.0 ★
3
Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
2:25
4.0 ★
4
Nobody Like You
2:23
4.0 ★
5
Exactly Like You
2:37
4.0 ★
6
It’s So Heartbreakin’
2:40
4.0 ★
7
Rough Lover
2:48
4.0 ★
8
Blue Holiday
2:54
4.5 ★
9
Just for You
2:21
5.0 ★
10
That Lucky Old Sun
3:30
3.0 ★
11
I Surrender, Dear
2:47
4.0 ★
12
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
2:18
5.0 ★
13
Don’t Cry, Baby
3:22
14
Try a Little Tenderness
3:17
4.0 ★
15
I Apologize
2:55
16
Without the One You Love
2:49
17
Look for the Silver Lining
3:06
18
I’m Sitting on Top of the World
2:43
19
Just for a Thrill
2:34
20
God Bless the Child
3:04
4.0 ★
21
I’m Wandering
3:28
22
How Deep Is the Ocean?
2:50
23
I Don’t Know You Anymore
2:51
24
Lover Come Back to Me
2:36
25
Trouble in Mind
2:16
26
Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
3:09
27
When They Ask About You
3:02
28
Operation Heartbreak
2:58

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

Al Grey
trombone [4-5, 8, 12]
Al Kasha
producer [3, 11, 27-28]
Aretha Franklin
piano [1, 3-8, 11-12, 16, 26, 28]
Arnold Eidus
violin [1, 9-10]
Bernard Eichenbaum
violin [3, 11, 28]
Bernie Glow
trumpet [2, 6-7, 26]
Bernie Privin
trumpet [2, 6-7, 26]
Bill Lee
bass [2, 6-7, 26]
Bucky Pizzarelli
guitar [2-3, 6-7, 11, 26, 28]
C. Massey
saxophone [3, 11, 28]
Charles Libove
violin [3, 11, 28]
Don Arnone
guitar [2, 6-7, 26]
Ernest Hayes
piano [3, 11, 28]
Gary Chester
drums (drum set) [3, 28]
Gene Orloff
violin [1, 9-10]
George Koutzen
cello [1, 9-10]
George Ockner
violin [3, 11, 28]
Harold Furmansky
viola [1, 9-10]
Harry Katzman
violin [1, 3, 9-11, 28]
Harry Lookofsky
violin [3, 11, 28]
Hinda Barnett
violin [1, 9-10]
Jerome Richardson
saxophone [2, 6-7, 26]
Jerry Dodgion
saxophone [4-5, 8, 12]
Jimmy Cleveland
trombone [2, 6-7, 26]
Jimmy Cobb
drums (drum set) [4-5, 8, 12]
Jimmy Nottingham
trumpet [2, 6-7, 26]
Jimmy Rowser
bass [1, 9-10]
Joe Newman
trumpet [4-5, 8, 12]
Joe Wilder
trumpet [1-2, 6-7, 9-10, 26]
John Hammond
producer [4, 8, 12, 26]
Julius Schachter
violin [1, 9-10]
Larry Gales
bass [4-5, 8, 12]
Leon Frengut
viola [1, 9-10]
Moe Wechsler
piano [2, 6-7, 26]
Morty Bowman
trombone [2, 6-7, 26]
Mundell Lowe
guitar [1, 4-5, 8-10, 12]
Oliver Nelson
saxophone [4-5, 8, 12]
Peter Makas
cello [1, 9-10]
Phil Bodner
saxophone [1, 9-10]
Richard Wess
arranger [1-12, 26, 28], conductor [1-12, 26, 28]
Robert Alexander
trombone [2, 6-7, 26]
Robert Ascher
trombone [3, 11, 28]
Robert Mersey
arranger [13-24], conductor [13-24], producer [13-24]
Romeo Penque
saxophone [2, 6-7, 26]
Russ Savakus
bass [3, 11, 28]
Stanley Webb
saxophone [2, 6-7, 26]
Ted Sommer
drums (drum set) [1-2, 6-7, 9-10, 26]
Tommy Flanagan
piano [1, 9-10]
Tony Bambino
violin [1, 9-10]
Toots Mondello
saxophone [2, 6-7, 26]
Urbie Green
trombone [2, 6-7, 26]
Wynton Kelly
piano [4-5, 8, 12]
[unknown]
background vocals [3, 11, 28]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
12" Vinyl
19 March 1962
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
Vinyl
1962
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
Digital Media (expanded edition)
22 March 2011
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
CD
2013
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
Vinyl
2016
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
CD
2016
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That Lucky Old Sun
Digital Media
18 August 2021
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Vintage Selection: The Electrifying (2021 Remastered)
Digital Media
3 September 2021
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The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (original best album)
Digital Media