The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin

• 1Don't Cry, Baby03:21
• 2Try a Little Tenderness03:15
• 3I Apologize02:53
• 4Without the One You Love02:47
• 5Look for the Silver Lining03:04
• 6I'm Sitting on Top of the World02:41
• 7Just for a Thrill02:31
• 8God Bless the Child03:02
• 9I'm Wandering03:26
• 10How Deep Is the Ocean02:48
• 11I Don't Know Anymore02:48
• 12Lover Come Back to Me02:34
• 13Trouble In Mind02:15
• 14Without the One You Love02:46
• 15Don't Cry, Baby03:14
• 16I'm Wandering03:25
• 17Try a Little Tenderness03:14
• 18I Apologize02:52
• 19Lover Come Back to Me02:34
• 20I Don't Know Anymore02:47
• Total Runtime58:17

Info for The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin

Aretha's third studio album proved to be the most successful of her career, up to that point. Unlike it predecessors, it managed to make an appearance on the chart, albeit at a lowly #69, even though the only single lifted, Try A Little Tenderness barely troubled the Hot 100, peaking at #100! Yet Tender proved that Aretha was at last getting access to the type of material with which she could excel, and whilst her Columbia repertoire has been largely overlooked, simply because of the sheer quality of her later Atlantic recordings, there is still much to enjoy.

Aretha Franklin, vocals, piano

Recorded April 27, May 4–5, May 11, 1962 at Columbia Recording Studios, New York City, NY Produced by Robert Mersey

Digitally remastered

Aretha Franklin
She is known the world over by her first name and as the undisputed, reigning 'Queen Of Soul,' Aretha Franklin is peerless. This 2005 recipient of a Presidential Medal Of Freedom honor (the U.S.A.'s highest honor), 17 Grammy Awards (and counting), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Grammy Living Legend Award. She has received countless international and national awards and accolades. Aretha has achieved global recognition on an unprecedented scale. She has influenced generations of singers from Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole and Mary J. Blige to 'American Idol' winner Fantasia Burrino and Oscar- winning Jennifer Hudson. Her ever-distinctive soulful, to-the-bone vocal style has graced the music charts for over four decades and while her 'live' performances have touched the hearts of literally millions since she began her musical journey as a gospel-singing child prodigy, it is her rich legacy of recordings that are a testament to the power, majesty and genius of this one-of-a-kind artist of the first order.

Beyond the timeless classic hits such as 'Respect,' 'A Natural Woman,' 'Chain Of Fools,' 'Think,' 'Daydreaming' and 'Freeway Of Love' among the dozens of chart-topping records that have established her as a cultural icon, Aretha Franklin's catalog of over forty albums informs listeners of her unmatched, unparalleled artistry as an interpreter of song, bar none. Her elevation to 'royal' status is indeed not just a function of her hitmaking ability but of her unique inventiveness as a musician who fuses art and soul seamlessly. Indeed, it's often been said that Aretha could take 'happy birthday' and turn it into a veritable opus and while those who know her will testify to her culinary skills in the kitchen, it is her mastery as a musical chef that is evident on each and every one of those forty-plus albums, many of which have achieved gold and platinum status.

As is widely known, Aretha, born in Memphis, (reared in Buffalo but a longtime resident of Detroit,) began her personal musical journey singing at her much-revered father Reverend C.L. Franklin's New Bethel Baptist Church at a very young age. While she was unquestionably influenced by the presence of such gospel luminaries as Clara Ward (a strong influence), Mahalia Jackson and the Reverend James Cleveland in the Franklin household, it was secular performers such as Dinah Washington and Sam Cooke (also visitors to the Franklin residence) who helped shape Aretha's wide-ranging interest in popular music. Young Aretha also heard the doo-wop sounds of Nolan Strong and The Diablos, The Moonglows, The 5 Royales and The Satins as well as popular '50s hitmakers such as Johnny Ace, Little Willie John, Jackie Wilson, Big Maybelle and Little Esther on the radio.

Aretha's interest in a wide range of popular music became evident when she began her own recording career at Columbia Records, although it should be noted that her powerful, emotive style was first heard on a gospel recording made in 1956 with her father and released by Chess Records in the mid-'60s. With the support of her father, Aretha traveled to New York City in 1960 and after a demo which contained her version of a Helen Humes tune titled 'Today I Sing The Blues' made its way to the ears of executive John Hammond (responsible for signing such artists as Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith and Bob Dylan), Aretha was signed to Columbia in 1960. For more information please visit the Aretha Franklin homepage.

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