Soul Ballads

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Tracklist

CD 1
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1You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman)
recording engineer:
Tom Dowd
producer:
Jerry Wexler
bass guitar:
Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-02-16)
drums (drum set):
Gene Chrisman (on 1967-02-16)
piano:
Spooner Oldham (on 1967-02-16)
trumpet:
Bernie Glow (on 1967-02-16), Melvin Lastie (on 1967-02-16) and Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1967-02-16)
choir vocals:
Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-02-16), Erma Franklin (on 1967-02-16) and The Sweet Inspirations (on 1967-02-16)
vocals:
Aretha Franklin (on 1967-02-16)
arranger:
Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1967) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-02-16)
part of:
RuPaul’s Drag Race Lip Sync Performances (season 4) (number: 10) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 90)
cover recording of:
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (on 1967-02-16)
lyricist:
Gerry Goffin
additional writer:
Jerry Wexler
composer:
Carole King
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
sub-publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部
Aretha Franklin4.252:41
2It’s a Man’s Man’s World
recording of:
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
writer:
James Brown (“The Godfather of Soul”) and Betty Jean Newsome
James Brown8:55
3Warm and Tender Love
cover recording of:
Warm and Tender Love
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Robinson
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell North America
Percy Sledge3:10
4Bring It on Home to Me
The Drifters2:36
5When Something Is Wrong With Ma Baby
recording of:
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby
composer:
Isaac Hayes and David Porter (US soul musician, producer & songwriter)
Sam & Dave3:15
6Good to Me
Otis Redding3:55
7Drown in My Own Tears
Etta James4:31
8Only Sixteen
recording of:
Only Sixteen
writer:
Barbara Campbell (collective songwriter pseudonym for Sam Cooke, Lou Adler and Herb Alpert)
Sam Cooke1:58
9Right Now
recording of:
Right Now
writer:
Elaine Jasper
The Isley Brothers3:15
10Cherry Red
recording of:
Cherry Red
writer:
Pete Johnson (US Boogie-woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
Little Richard2:35
11I Better Get Steppin’
Ike & Tina Turner2:49
12The More
Solomon Burke3:36
13Down to My Last Heartbreak
Wilson Pickett2:38
14The Soul of a Man
Fontella Bass3:30
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