Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo

 

Columbia records 1962  CL 1612

notes:
Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo is the second album
(and debut for Columbia Records) of the future "Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin, released in 1961. The album is also
known under its working title Right Now It's Aretha.

The album was recorded at the New York studios
of Columbia Records, 207 East 30th Street,
except tracks 1 and 4 which were recorded at
the company's studios at 799 Seventh Avenue

August 1, 1960 - January 10, 1961

credits:

    Arranged By  Curtis Lewis (3) (tracks: A5, B6),
J. Leslie McFarland (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B5)
 Bass  Bill Lee (2) (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B4 to B6),
Milt Hinton (tracks: A6, B2, B3)
    Drums  Belton Evans (tracks: A1, A4, B4),
Osie Johnson (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6),
Sticks Evans (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5)
Guitar  Lord Westbrook* (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B6),
Skeeter Best (tracks: B1)
Piano  Aretha Franklin (tracks: A1, A6, B2, B3),
Ray Bryant (tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, B1, B4, B5, B6)
Saxophone [Tenor]  Al Sears (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5),
Warren Luckey (tracks: B4 Trombone  Quentin Jackson (tracks: A5, B5),
Tyree Glenn (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6)


tracklist:

A1 Won't Be Long
Written-By  J. Leslie McFarland         
A2 Over The Rainbow
 Written-By  E. Y. Harburg*, H. Arlen*         
A3 Love Is The Only Thing
 Written-By  J. Leslie McFarland         
A4 Sweet Lover
 Written-By  J. Leslie McFarland, S. Wyche*         
A5 All Night Long
 Written-By  C. Lewis*         
A6 Who Needs You?
 Written-By  B. Holiday*, J. Burns*         
B1 Right Now
 Written-By  J. Leslie McFarland         
B2 Are You Sure
 Written-By  M. Willson*         
B3 Maybe I'm A Fool
 Written-By  J. Leslie McFarland         
B4 It Ain't Necessarily So
 Written-By  I. Gershwin-G. Gershwin*     
B5 (Blue) By Myself
 Written-By  J. Leslie McFarland, J. Bailey*         
B6 Today I Sing The Blues
 Written-By  C. Lewis* 

 

 

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