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Aretha Franklin

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Aliases
Aretha Franklin and Members of the FAME Freedom Choir
Real name
Aretha Louise Franklin
Born
March 25, 1942
Died
August 16, 2018
Country
United States
IPI
00010764709 20 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Singer, songwriter and pianist often called "The Queen of Soul" or "Lady Soul". She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and in 2016 into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.
Family
Erma Franklin Sister
Carolyn Franklin Sister
Teddy Richards Son
Ted White Husband (1961-1969)
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
August 4, 1967 ? & The Mysterians
March 19, 1971 Jerry Butler
  March 19, 1962 Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
March 10, 1967 Sam Cooke
1994 Clivillés & Cole
2005 Brook Benton
February 24, 1969 Edith Piaf, Bob Sands with Orchestra conducted by Bill Loose
July 24, 1985 Narada Michael Walden
  February 1974 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell REL,REC
June 1972 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
June 13, 1966 Roy Hamilton - Orch. under the dir. of O. B. Masingill
January 24, 1972 Percy Faith His Orchestra and Chorus
  February 27, 1961 Tammy Grimes, Jack Harrold and Ensemble - Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Herbert Greene PRF,REC,REL
October 16, 1975 Carolyn Franklin
February 1974 Leon Russell
  October 16, 2007 Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Stuart Foster REL, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra REC,BRD
November 1987 (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
March 19, 1962 The Shirelles
October 27, 1970 Elton John
March 19, 1971 Simon and Garfunkel
January 17, 1969 Charles Brown & Amos Milburn, Sam Cooke
February 24, 1969 Bing Crosby
October 1980 Otis Redding
April 1964 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
January 22, 1968 Walter Davis, Ray Charles and His Band
October 1980 Roy Head
January 17, 1969 Billie Holiday
January 15, 1970 James Carr
January 24, 1972 The Delfonics
listen on Internet Archive June 1, 1962 Bessie Smith - James P. Johnson at the Piano
November 1974 Burt Bacharach and His Orchestra & Chorus
August 24, 1970 Ben E. King - Arranged & conducted by Jimmie Haskell
April 1964 Dinah Washington
April 1964 Gloria Lynne with The Earl May Trio
March 10, 1967 Sonny Thompson - Vocal by Lula Reed
February 1974 Howard Tate
October 23, 1969 The Beatles
January 17, 1969 Bob Lind
1991 Siedah Garrett
1991 Sly & The Family Stone
November 16, 1964 Brenda Holloway
April 1964 Hot Lips Page Trio, Sextet with Dinah Washington
  March 19, 1962 Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra REC, Harry Richman PRF
Follow Your Heart Aretha Franklin June 13, 1966 Unverified
  August 12, 1963 Hal Kemp and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
February 24, 1969 Pat Boone with Orchestra
January 17, 1969 John Hartford
listen on Internet Archive August 13, 1962 Billie Holiday
June 1972 (unknown)
July 16, 1967 St. Louis Jimmy
March 10, 1967 Sam Cooke
January 22, 1968 The Young Rascals
January 24, 1966 Jay McShann's Orchestra - Vocalist Priscilla Bowman
March 22, 2011 Roy Fox and His Orchestra (Vocal Refrain by Barry Gray)
  October 14, 2008 Waltham Abbey Choir PRF, Columbia Male Quartet REL
June 14, 1968 Wilson Pickett
March 1967 Vikki Carr - Arranged & Conducted by Perry Botkin, Jr.
August 1981 Sam & Dave
August 24, 1970 Jimmy Reed
listen on Internet Archive August 13, 1962 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
September 20, 2011 James Ingram and Patti Austin
November 16, 1964 Nancy Wilson - Orchestra arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson
June 1972 (unknown)
March 10, 1998 Jordan Hill
listen on Internet Archive August 13, 1962 Bing Crosby
November 16, 1964 Justine Washington
listen on Internet Archive August 13, 1962 Jackie Wilson
1991 Rose Laurens, Patti LuPone
  August 12, 1963 Robert Goulet PRF,REC
May 17, 1965 The Weavers
April 1964 Gladys Swarthout & John Boles
January 17, 1969 James Ray with The Hutch Davie Orch.
January 17, 1969 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
November 25, 1974 Stevie Wonder
1969 Don Gibson
October 21, 2014 Otis Redding, Chaka Khan
February 1974 Wilson Pickett
October 16, 1975 Sandra Wright
Impossible Aretha Franklin May 17, 1965 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive August 13, 1962 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
listen on Internet Archive August 13, 1962 Jackie Wilson
June 14, 1968 Dionne Warwick
Sampled by Oddisee
January 5, 1962 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bing Crosby
October 23, 1969 Ben E. King
  February 27, 1961 John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
June 14, 1968 Sam & Dave
November 16, 1964 Brook Benton
August 1981 Diana Ross
1982 The Isley Brothers
January 24, 1972 Otis Redding
August 12, 1963 Wynona Carr
October 21, 2014 Gloria Gaynor
February 24, 1969 Betty Hutton with Joe Lilley and His Orchestra
  1983 The Temptations [US1] REL, Earl Van Dyke REC
August 4, 1967 Cecil Gant
September 5, 1967 Little Jimmy Scott
February 24, 1969 Dinah Shore with Orchestra under the direction of Paul Wetstein
1994 (unknown), (unknown)
1986 The Rolling Stones
listen on Internet Archive August 3, 1962 Lil Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra
  August 12, 1963 Lou Bring & Orchestra - Vocal by Teddy Walters REL, Dinah Shore REC
September 9, 1971 Vivian Reed
February 1974 Bill Withers
listen on Internet Archive August 13, 1962 Marilyn Miller and Leon Errol
1986 Russ Case and His Orchestra with Audrey Marsh and The Guild Choristers
  May 17, 1965 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
  October 16, 2007 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
October 1980 Kenny Moore
listen on Internet Archive   August 13, 1962 Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
May 19, 1971 Stephen Stills
May 19, 1971 Bread
  August 12, 1963 John Reardon & Nancy Dussault PRF, Perry Como REC,REL
June 1972 Fisk University Male Quartette
October 21, 2014 Jim Weatherly
May 17, 1965 Erroll Garner Trio, Dakota Staton
Mixed Up Girl Aretha Franklin 2006 Unverified
November 16, 1964 The Weavers, Inez Foxx with Charlie Foxx
January 22, 1968 James Brown and The Famous Flames
June 25, 1973 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Luther REC, Frances Langford BRD, James Moody and His Swedish Crowns, King Pleasure with Teacho and Band
  1969 Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
May 17, 1965 Riz Ortolani e Nino Oliviero, Steve Lawrence
May 17, 1965 Papa Freddie
May 19, 1977 Oscar Peterson Trio + Clark Terry, The Kiki Dee Band
February 24, 1969 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Robert Mersey
October 14, 2008 David Foster - Natalie Cole
November 16, 1964 Mary Wells
November 1, 1968 Johnny Ace with The Beale Streeters
June 6, 2006 Claude François, Frank Sinatra
Nessun dorma Aretha Franklin 2007 Missing information
1956 The Jenkins Family
August 4, 1967 Johnny Ace - Johnny Board and His Orchestra
August 4, 1967 Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
June 14, 1968 The Honey Dripper, Nappy Brown
January 22, 1968 P.J. Proby
April 1964 Margaret Johnson - Accomp. by Clarence Williams' Hamonizers
October 21, 2014 Alicia Keys
  October 21, 2014 Prince REC, The Family [US] REL
October 20, 1992 (unknown), (unknown)
November 1987 Trinity Choir, Edwin Hawkins' Singers
October 1971 Lulu
  August 24, 1970 Maxine Brown REL, The Shirelles REC
  June 13, 1966 Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
May 17, 1965 Anthony Newley
February 24, 1969 Frank Sinatra - Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
Ooo Baby Baby Aretha Franklin July 30, 2021 Unverified
February 27, 1961 Judy Garland
  February 24, 1969 Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
January 22, 1968 The Impressions
Pitiful Aretha Franklin January 17, 1969 Unverified
July 10, 1969 Johnny Ace - The Beale Streeters, Johnny Ace - Johnny Otis Orchestra
1956 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
August 4, 1967 Mary Wheeler
May 19, 1971 Diana Ross
March 1967 Ruby and The Romantics
March 10, 1967 Otis Redding
1997 Otis Redding
January 17, 1969 Percy Mayfield and Orchestra
September 1, 1961 Jockers Brothers
September 29, 2014 Adele, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
2011 (unknown)
August 4, 1967 The Rolling Stones
August 12, 1963 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
June 14, 1968 Don Covay & The Goodtimers
February 24, 1969 Matty Malneck and His Orchestra
July 10, 1969 Bobby Bland
October 14, 2008 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
October 23, 1995 Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, Haydn Quartet
August 12, 1963 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
August 12, 1963 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
January 17, 1969 Russ Morgan and His Orchestra
1992 Donny Hathaway
  June 25, 1973 Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
January 15, 1970 Dusty Springfield
March 10, 1967 King Curtis
April 1964 Dinah Washington
September 9, 1971 Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
Sampled by En Vogue
May 19, 1971 Aretha Franklin
November 1987 Ward Singers
  October 16, 2007 Judy Collins REL, The Stormy Clovers PRF
June 13, 1966 Jos. Samuels Dance Orchestra
1986 Mable John
October 16, 2007 Little Willie John
October 21, 2014 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
March 19, 1962 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
August 24, 1970 Jaye P. Morgan with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
August 4, 1967 Marian Montgomery
June 25, 1973 Bobby Womack
  November 1964 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
1965 (unknown)
October 16, 2007 The Beatles
August 1968 Thelma Jones
Sampled by Big Daddy Kane
  January 24, 1972 Bud Shank with The Bob Alcivar Singers REL, The Beatles REC
November 1987 (unknown), John Charles Thomas
1994 Curtis Mayfield
February 1974 Larry Clinton and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
May 17, 1965 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
October 16, 1975 Delores Hall
November 16, 1964 Merry Clayton - Arranged and conducted by Jack Nitzsche
August 24, 1970 Roy Hawkins
February 4, 1969 The Band
Things Go Better with Coke Aretha Franklin 2000 Unverified
Things Go Better with Coke Ray Charles & Aretha Franklin (Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles [US1]) 2000 Unverified
1980 Aretha Franklin
April 1964 Dinah Washington
October 14, 2008 Donny Hathaway
May 17, 1965 Mark Murphy
January 15, 1970 Danny Williams [ZA]
September 1960 Helen Humes and Buck Clayton's Orchestra
January 17, 1969 The Miracles
November 1962 Thelma La Vizzo
listen on Internet Archive August 3, 1962 Jack Payne & His Band
October 14, 2008 (unknown)
April 1964 Nat King Cole
August 12, 1963 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
May 22, 1967 Betty Everett
November 16, 1964 Dionne Warwick
October 16, 1975 Carl Graves
April 1964 Pedro Via y su orquesta, Jimmie Ague
October 1980 Kenny Loggins
June 1972 J.J. Fisher
  May 19, 1977 Lopez, Company REL, Priscilla Lopez and Company PRF
September 6, 1979 Gladys Knight & The Pips
November 2, 1993 Gilbert Bécaud - Orch. dir. : Raymond Bernard, Jane Morgan
November 25, 1974 The Delfonics
  August 12, 1963 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
  October 23, 1995 Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
June 1972 Marvin Gaye
August 24, 1970 B.B. King
  March 1967 Helen Morgan REC,REL,PRF
November 1964 Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
  February 1974 Johnny Darrell REC, Bobby Goldsboro REL
October 16, 1975 Natalie Cole
August 4, 1967 The Pine Ridge Boys
August 1981 The Rolling Stones
October 16, 2007 The Supremes [US1]
You Light Up My Life Aretha Franklin June 23, 2021 Unverified
November 16, 1964 Barbara Lynn
November 25, 1974 Dionne Warwick
  June 1972 Christine Johnson with Carousel Chorus and Orchestra under direction of Joseph Littau PRF,REL
March 19, 1962 William J. Halley
November 25, 1974 Mother's Finest
January 24, 1972 Nina Simone - Cond. and Orchestrated by Weldon Irvine
February 3, 1971 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
May 2, 1968 Sam Cooke (Bumps Blackwell Orch.)
November 30, 2010 Carole King
October 31, 1995 Carole King