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Aretha Franklin at her 72nd Birthday Celebration |
It’s so hard to pick just one Aretha Franklin song that’s a
favorite because I love her entire catalogue. From the songs she’s written like
“Think”, “Daydreaming”, and “Call Me”. To the songs that she’s borrowed from
others and created something new out of like “Respect”, “Bridge Over Trouble
Waters” and “Don’t Play That Song For Me”. To those unbelievable songs written
for her and she took them places the songwriter couldn’t imagine like “Natural
Woman”, “I Never Loved A Man”, and “Until You Come Back To Me”.
I decided to go with her first charted song in 1960 which
was “Today I Sing The Blues” recorded when she was on Columbia Records. The
song charted #10 on the R&B charts. It wasn’t considered a big deal at Columbia
because they were focus on the Pop charts trying to market her as a Pop singer
and not the Soul singer she’s known for today. When you listen to it you can
hear the Soul singing popping out and her Gospel back.
Aretha would rerecord this song in 1969 on her album with
Atlantic Records “Soul ‘69”. Just sit back and listen to a genius at work.
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