Soul '69 (1969) Songwriting Credits | Aretha Franklin

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Who wrote the songs?

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Aretha Franklin's roles on this album

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By the Numbers

12

Tracks

18

Lyricists

2

Producers

1969

Released

"Soul '69" by Aretha Franklin, released January 17, 1969, on Atlantic Records, paired her soul vocals with a stronger jazz orientation. Tom Dowd and Jerry Wexler produced the album, recorded in April and September 1968 at Atlantic Studios in New York City. It reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B albums chart, her sixth chart-topper there, while peaking at number 15 on the Billboard 200, which ended her Top Five streak on the pop side. The album drew on cover material and produced the singles "Tracks of My Tears," which reached number 21 on the Black Singles chart, and "Gentle on My Mind," which reached number 50. Music journalist Stanley Booth called it "quite possibly the best record to appear in the last five years," though it has since become one of her most overlooked 1960s albums and was reissued on compact disc by Rhino Records in the 1990s.

Track Listing & Credits 12 tracks

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#	Title	Lyricist(s)	Composer(s)	Producer(s)	Performers
1	Ramblin'	Big Maybelle	Mabel Louise Smith	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
2	Today I Sing the Blues	Curtis Reginald Lewis	Curtis Reginald Lewis	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
3	River's Invitation	Percy Mayfield	Percy Mayfield	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
4	Pitiful	Rose Marie McCoyCharlie Singleton	Rose Marie McCoyCharlie Singleton	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
5	Crazy He Calls Me	Bob Russell	Carl Sigman	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
6	Bring It On Home to Me	Sam Cooke	Samuel Cook	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
7	Tracks of My Tears	Smokey RobinsonPete MooreMarvin Tarplin	William Robinson Jr.Pete MooreMarvin Tarplin	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
8	If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody	Rudy Clark	Rudy Clark	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
9	Gentle on My Mind	John Hartford	John Hartford	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
10	So Long	Russ MorganRemus HarrisIrving Melsher	Russ MorganRemus HarrisIrving Melsher	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
11	I'll Never Be Free	Bennie BenjaminGeorge David Weiss	Bennie BenjaminGeorge David Weiss	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)
12	Elusive Butterfly	Bob Lind	Bob Lind	Jerry WexlerTom Dowd	Aretha Franklin (Lead Vocals)