''The Electrifying Aretha Franklin'' is the second

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American singer

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Honored as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Soul", she was twice named by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as the Roll ...

, released on March 19, 1962 by

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...

. The album, which is also known under its working title ''The Incomparable Aretha Franklin'', was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New York. It was produced by John Hammond and arranged by Richard Wess.

Track listing

Side one

#" You Made Me Love You" (Joe McCarthy, James Vincent Monaco) 2:19 #"I Told You So" ( John Leslie McFarland) 2:44 #"

Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular song written by Jean Schwartz, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was introduced by Al Jolson in the Broadway musical '' Sinbad'' and published in 1918. Probably the ...

" ( Sam M. Lewis,

Jean Schwartz Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born Jewish American composer and pianist. He is best known for his work writing the scores for more than 30 Broadway theatre, Broadway musicals, and for his creation of more t ...

, Joe Young) 2:24 #"Nobody Like You" (

James Cleveland James Edward Cleveland (December 5, 1931 – February 9, 1991) was an American gospel singer, musician, and composer. Known as the "King of Gospel," Cleveland was a driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound by incorporating ...

) 2:23 #" Exactly Like You" (

Jimmy McHugh James Francis McHugh (July 10, 1894 – May 23, 1969) was an American composer. One of the most prolific songwriters from the 1920s to the 1950s, he is credited with over 500 songs. His songs were recorded by many artists, including Chet Baker, J ...

Dorothy Fields Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include " The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (193 ...

) 2:36 #"It's So Heartbreakin'" (John Leslie McFarland) 2:39

Side two

#"Rough Lover" (John Leslie McFarland) 2:48 #"Blue Holiday" ( Willie Denson,

Luther Dixon Luther Dixon (August 7, 1931 – October 22, 2009) was an American songwriter, record producer, and singer. Dixon's songs achieved their greatest success in the 1950s and 1960s, and were recorded by Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Jackson 5, B.B ...

) 2:53 #"Just for You" (Joe Bailey, John Leslie McFarland) 2:20 #"

That Lucky Old Sun "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" is a 1949 popular song with music by Beasley Smith and words by Haven Gillespie. Background Like "Ol' Man River", its lyrics contrast the toil and intense hardship of the singer's life ...

(Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" (

Haven Gillespie James Lamont Gillespie (February 6, 1888 – March 14, 1975), known under the pen name Haven Gillespie, was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of " You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", " That Luc ...

, Harry Beasley Smith) 3:20 #" I Surrender, Dear" (

Harry Barris Harry Barris (November 24, 1905 – December 13, 1962) was an American popular singer and songwriter. He was one of the earliest singers to use " scat singing" in recordings. Barris, one of Paul Whiteman's Rhythm Boys, along with Bing Crosby an ...

, Gordon Clifford) 2:46 #" Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (

Harold Arlen Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ' ...

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music Cit ...

) 2:18

Bonus tracks on reissues

#"Introduction To Hard Times" 0:31 #"Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)" 3:08 #"When They Ask About You" 2:59 #" Operation Heartbreak" 2:59

Mono mixes

#"I Surrender, Dear" 2:46 #"Rough Lover" 2:47 #"Kissin' By The Mistletoe" (Also appears on ''An All-Star Christmas'', CL 1699) 2:22

Personnel

– vocals, piano *

John H. Hammond John Henry Hammond Jr. (December 15, 1910 – July 10, 1987) was an American record producer, civil rights activist, and music critic active from the 1930s to the early 1980s. In his service as a talent scout, Hammond became one of the most in ...

– producer, personal supervisor

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Electrifying Aretha Franklin, The Aretha Franklin albums 1962 albums Albums produced by John Hammond (producer) Columbia Records albums