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  • this is IT!

  • valla pastelon

    

  • SINGING FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS. THANKS ARETHA,

  • Thanks for sharing this without the record scratches!!

  • I'm pretty sure that a photo from this recording session is hanging in the entrance to the exhibits at the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame. Exhibit #4, right next to Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Lennon & McCartney. Anyone know..?

  • @40Waxx Yes that is the picture. I was thrilled to see it upon walking into the Hall Of Fame for the first time.

  • RIP Nick Ashford. he and Valerie wrote this song.

  • Aretha is Americas greatest treasure

  • Aretha is Americas greatest treasrure

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  • great zoom use!

  • sounds good, but thank god she left columbia ans signed with atlantic.

  • @alexalot23 Amen!

  • SHE IS JUST AS THE ALBUM TITLE SAYS-SOUL SISTER.

  • Lol, that one person who disliked this... it a dumb hater! xD

  • what is the name of this old aretha franklin song about a woman with a burnt face and a little boy i think.i vaguely remember the lyrics because it was 9 years ago when i heard it.touched my soul

  • Wow...I was trying to play "Drinking again", but got the "Do not play in your country" nag thingie hell... But glad to discover this little gem. Interesting to hear her voice, when she was young.....

  • Written by Ashford and Simpson, this song went #27 on the r&b charts. Then Atlantic Records came calling and the rest is history

  • Men!... this is the shit... nice nice song... great singer...

  • Sending out prayers to the Queen for a complete healing. I pray that you will be well again. Love You ReRe!!

  • Josh Stone who?

  • In 1966 I received this song (mono) on an EP with a variety of artists. It was a free promotion by Great Shakes milkshake powder. Even better in stereo. Should have been a big hit. Thanks for posting this Yaskam.

  • nice song!

  • @Yaskam: In a world that seems to have lost it's mind, i must say that you posting all this great Aretha music seems to make it a little more pleasant. Thank you for taking the time to do this for us.

  • i was just 3 years old take me back when a family had fun together danceing and just have fun now, i know why we had big family ,yes she is the queen of soul makes me feel in love with my baby,year of the baby boom

  • One of those lost Gems. I loved this song when I was a teenager in the 60's. They don't make them like this anymore.

  • I felt in love with this song... and I'm still wondering.. why.. I say why..., there's no artist like Her... only lady gagas.. shit.... shit shit.... where's artist's like Aretha???????? Demure woman... with voice like .. i don't know... voice like bird... just perfect...

  • What a find! Thanks for sharing this treasure.

  • I love this song, it's my favourite song off that album.

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  • @WettCigarette What are you talking about she never was with Ike.

  • @WettCigarette Such a dumb ass! You're trying to make a dumb ass ignorant joke and you got the wrong woman. Tina Turner was with Ike Turner. So, shut up and enjoy the music. Otherwise, click the small "x" in the right hand corner. Thanks.

  • @apachette07 yo baby only assholes; try to compare one thing against another.

    they are unaware, that everything is beautiful in its own time and space. enjoy this life and leave that bullshit baggage at home

  • @lzo1953 I agree. But what gets me, is that he was trying to insult the Queen of R&B. And had the wrong woman smh lol.

  • my favorite song! :)

  • Ave Maria !!!!! Que voz !!!!

  • Does somebody know if a live recording of this song exists?

  • Nice ^^ !

  • Also, T-Q-A, in her "authorized" bio, she talks about the father of her first son. Long story/short, she and her brothers are the only ones alive who know who the father of her eldest child is. Longer story/even shorter, I believe it was Sam Cooke. According to her dad, Aretha was forbidden to see the father whom she referrs to as "Mr. Romeo." Another long story/short, she always had a crush on Sam Cooke, a known womanizer, who had no shame to "be with" even minor girls. It remains...

  • Wow, you guys had great insight to what was going on back

    then... Sam Cook, WOOOOOOOOO.

  • @SouLoveReal I doubt that Sam Cooke would mess around with 14 year old though, but who knows. I have heard that rumor before.

  • She was going through things that young girls go through when they lack guidance of a mother in the house. All those women that the Rev. C.L. had over to the house were not just humble, holy, church-going gospel-singing sisters. Well, they were to their congregations and the public, but to him, so many of them were hot dates, so influencing Aretha, that later in life when it came to love and marriage, it was all about her. I love her music.. As of right now, I'll stay out of her private life.

  • Once again, to my knowledge, all your fact are correct. But there are other things (good ones, kind of) that I found out aobut her. One was that when she was sent to NYC after giving birth at (?what was it) 16 or so, that she wanted to forget music for a while (to punish the Rev. C.L. for punishing her), and a serious secular endeavor was to become a dancer. Yes, a dancer! Aretha was a great fan of Katherine Dunham, though she never studied with her. But anyway, you know your facts well!

  • Rev. C.L for punishing her! What does that supose to mean. Yes i am aware that Aretha wanted to became a dancer. Ella Fitzgerald started out as a dancer herself.

  • I'm not "really" disagreeing with you, it's just that I read both of ther auto-bios: the 1st co-written with Mark Bego (unauthorized), and the 2nd written with David Ritz (authorized). I just don't recall reading that Berry wanted her to sign because her sound was too big for Motown. (Think "Kim Weston"... Motown's most talented female singer, but Berry just "didn't know what to do with her.") I do agree with you, that Aretha was Berry's loss, though.

  • It is true. Motown wanted her on board. Aretha is more than just a soul singer, she was more diverse than those singers at Motown. Aretha would have never enjoyed being at Motown anyway. Aretha, at Motown you had to sing whatever they gave you, the way they gave you and rarely didn't they let there artist write, produce, or arrange their music. Aretha needed freedom to be herself. That is way she is the legend she is today. She didn't have anyone controling what she sung.

  • @SouLoveReal ..I remember reading that Barry wanted to sign Aretha but Aretha and her father went with Columbia because of its rich history plus Mahalia was on the label. Also Erma recorded some stuff with Barry in the very early days of Motown but I never heard if the records were ever completed.

  • @neededsaying ... I, too, have "heard" that information, and I believe YOU. I'm only quoting Mary Wilson's "Dreamgirl: My Life As A Supreme." Aretha, according to Gordy, would not have sold as a "Motown assemblyline package." She was too rich in talent. In these comments, someone even wrote that, "...it wasn't necessarily Aretha who "crossed over (to wider and Whiter audiencs)," the "cross-over" audiences "crossed over" to her. What can I say? It was in the Master Plan.

  • Berry Gordy used to also go to her dad's church to hear her and her sisters sing. I think he may have been known to say that because he would be sitting in a predominantly (probably all) Black congregation. Seeing that would crowd Gordy's vision of what he wanted for a "buying audience" (it's a business). He wanted to cross over, and Aretha, someone you cannot categorize nor constrain, did not fit Berry's cross-over image or sound. Berry wanted that winder (and Whiter) buying audience.

  • Look the fact is Berry Gordy wanted Aretha to be apart of Motown. Aretha and her father didn't. Aretha got offers from three record companies Motown, RCA, and Columbia Records (which was the biggest record company in the world at that time) Aretha picked Columbia. No matter what you think or he must of saw something in Aretha because he wanted her to sign with him. Also Aretha is a crossover success, not only did she crossover into mainstream america, mainstream america crossed over to her.

  • Also, when you say "... mainstream American crossed over to her," you couldn't have said it better. Soul fans wanted to hear SOUL from SOUL artists. And one other major thing... Any "British Invation" type artists could cover just about any Motown song (and most did so with Motown songs in order to initially establish American popularity)... They couldn't do that with Aretha's song!

  • Aretha was the first female singer to have 6 one million sellers in a row. By she was outselling the Supremes and was the best selling female artist fromn 1967 to 1972 by Billboard Magazine. He wasn't doing Aretha or anyone a favor, Aretha even as a young teen was very known. New of her talent spread around Detroit and the country. Aretha has stated herself that Motown wanted her to sign with her. She picked Columbia her father wanted with a more established company.

  • This is one of my favorite songs that Aretha recorded at Columbia. Also love her version of "Walk On By'!

  • I love "Columbia" Aretha

  • Dorothy Moore "Misty Blue" has the best version of this song I've every heard. It came out in the 70's. Its a real upbeat dance version. I have it on a 45 record. I can't find it on a CD or mp3 file. But it's great!!!

  • I wish you would upload Dorothy Moore's version. I'd love to hear it!

  • tears for the sheep atmos:D<3

  • It's interesting how Stax, Motown and Atlantic were all selling the same product but sounded so different. Because of technology we've lost one our most precious musical resources...style!

  • .....And don't forget we have lost TALENT! so much for technology. I remember back in 1962, they tried to make Fabian (who couldn't sing his way out of a bag) into a singing star, and he flopped like the Edsel. So technology improved...and look what we got!...mary j.blige, beyonce, brittany spears...and a host of other non-talents passing as SINGERS....SHAME.

  • berry wasnt interested in aretha. he wanted ti sign her sister carolyn despite advise from aretha's father cl franklin. he told gordy that he should sign aretha. guess he missed out on that

  • I don't think Motown would have been a fit for Aretha. Atlantic gave her the artistic freedom she needed. Jerry Wexler has said that Aretha really produced herself. He gave Aretha and the girls all of the freedom they needed to produce those great records. With Gordy you had to sing what he wanted you to sing and how he wanted you to sing it, especially in those early Motown years.

  • Actually Aretha refused to sign with Berry. Berry wanted her to sign with Motown.

  • In the books I read -- particularly Supreme, Mary Wilson's "Dreamgirl: My Live As A Supreme" -- Berry Gordy was known to have said (paraphrasing), "What? Those Franlin Sisters? They can't sang!" Gordy actually did NOT wat Aretha because she would have -- at the time -- "narrowed" his market.

  • Aretha has stated this as fact and i have never heard of him saying that The Franklin Sister not being able to sing. He adored Aretha mainly. Back in the 70's Aretha visited his home and she was suprise that he had to pictures on his wall, one of Diana and one of Aretha.

  • Ive Always why She never Signed For Berry Gordy's Label Motown at that time She Gre Up with Smokey Robinson and he Sang For motown Ive always wondered If Berry Like Aretha and even if he didn't she has a higher title then all of them at Motown The Queen Of Soul

  • the 60's to the 80's was the best of music, and aretha brought it all.

    Nowadays music sucks more than lady gaga!

  • I love to hear the young Aretha...And I cry like a baby...Hooray for the sweet 60s!

  • not to compare but aretha and chaka song very similar this must be the aretha records that chaka was listening to as a teen.

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  • Yaskam, I feel like I have a found a gold mine at your channel. Thank you for all the hard work. Perhaps, I will link more people to your channel on my video.

  • MERCI... :) :) :)

  • @yaskam i love it! have been listening to this tune (and take a look) on my nakamishi for the last year and a half. well done!

  • SHE WAS SEXY AND CUT E WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG

  • I LOVE THIS SONG

  • my favorite song!!!!

  • I see your point and think that's one way one reacts. Another is to just feel the joy that the gift brings. Whether its a voice or a painting or a book or a brilliant sport performance it makes life beautiful and takes us out of ourselves and out of the mediocre, which I find really crushing. I find myself lifted and awe inspired by genius-- Aretha, anyway!

  • Don't know his name. Anyone on that show gets lots more hits than Aretha or James Brown, my other real favorite-- saw him 5 or 6 times and brought my son to see him two months before he passed. My son went to his funeral, he was so touched. Don't know. I think we would know great when we hear it. It's a physical sensation that mediocre just doesn't produce. Don't you think?

  • eleven ratings? She could not be on American Idol? What, pray, is up?

  • Hey thanks. -2? Aretha gets plus ten million.

    Ever see the ratings on the mailman who sings opera? like 12 million people.... not begrudging him anything... But this is an artist who is unique in not one but many lifetimes. Her voice and Pavarotti's (RIP) are my favorite instruments.

  • Wow the Queen of Soul....

    Im a big fan of Aretha,

    she's a wonderfull singer.

    I love her voice, its so powerful

    i dont think anyone is as good as she is..

    This song is one of my fav songs...

    Thanks for posting it on here...

  • You have posted all of my favorite songs on your page!! Even the obscure gems like this one. This one is truly masterful! Thanks for posting this. Now I don't have anything to post now ;)

  • Sorry :)! Thanks for your comments;

  • @Emeless love it, love it, love it!

  • ZebFANO8: Oh my gosh! I don't think I've heard this one before! I love it!

    Yaskam: I'm glad you like this song.

  • i love her vocals from the Columbia years. and this is a really good one.

  • I'm with you there! Her recordings from those days are my absolute favorites (even more so than those during her time @ Atlantic). I've always thought it was such a tragedy that Columbia didn't understand how to market Aretha more efficiently.

  • ME TOO. GOOD POST YASKAM.

  • You're welcome guy.

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