Aretha Franklin - The Great American Songbook (Audio CD - 2011)

2011 marks the 50th anniversary of Aretha Franklin's signing with Columbia Records. Legacy Recordings commemorates this occasion with a series of releases, including The Great American Songbook. Aretha Franklin is a legend of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomizes soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits earned her the title "Queen of Soul," which she has worn uncontested ever since. With these songs by America's greatest composers, Aretha Franklin paved the path to her own greatness. From standards to bebop to gospel and blues, these recordings are indelible snapshots of a special time in the career of a musical legend; a portrait of the artist as a young woman.
Condition: NEW.

TRACK LISTING

1 My Little Brown Book 3:19
2 Trouble In Mind previously unreleased 2:56
3 Try a Little Tenderness 3:16
4 It Ain't Necessarily So 2:53
5 How Deep is the Ocean 2:48
6 Cold, Cold Heart 4:37
7 Love For Sale previously unreleased 2:32
8 How Glad I Am 2:33
9 Skylark 2:53
10 This Bitter Earth 4:35
11 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive 2:17
12 What a Diff'rence a Day Made 3:33
13 Only the Lonely 4:55
14 Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody 2:24
15 God Bless the Child 3:03
16 Say It Isn't So 3:09
17 Are You Sure 2:41
18 That Lucky Old Sun 3:17