You (Aretha Franklin album)
Encyclopedia
You is an Aretha Franklin
album, released in 1975. It was a commercial failure, stalling at #83 on Billboard
s main album chart. The album's only single to chart, "Mr. D.J.", stalled at #53 on Billboards Hot 100. This recording has been out of print since the early 1980s and has never been issued on compact disc.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
album, released in 1975. It was a commercial failure, stalling at #83 on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s main album chart. The album's only single to chart, "Mr. D.J.", stalled at #53 on Billboards Hot 100. This recording has been out of print since the early 1980s and has never been issued on compact disc.
Track listing
- "Mr D.J. (5 For The D.J.)" (Aretha Franklin)
- "It Only Happens (When I Look At You)" (Ken Gold, Michael Denne)
- "I'm Not Strong Enough To Love You Again" (Frank Johnson)
- "Walk Softly" (Van McCoyVan McCoyVan Allen Clinton McCoy was an accomplished musician, music producer, arranger, songwriter, and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song "The Hustle", which is still played in dance halls and on radio to this day more than thirty years since his death...
) - "You Make My Life" (Bettye Crutcher, Frederick Knight)
- "Without You" (Randy Stewart, Mack Rice)
- "The Sha-La Bandit" (Jerry Ferguson, Wade Davis)
- "You" (Jerry Butler, Marvin Yancy, Randy Stewart)
- "You Got All The Aces" (Ronnie Shannon)
- "As Long As You Are There" (Carolyn FranklinCarolyn FranklinCarolyn Ann Franklin was an American singer and songwriter and the baby sister of musician Aretha Franklin and daughter of prominent preacher C. L. Franklin.-Biography:...
)
Production
- George Annis - copyist
- Norman Dugger - cover photo
- Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
- producer, re-mix - Steve Hall - assistant engineer
- Dave Hassinger - re-mix
- Frank Kejmar - recording engineer
- Jim Nipar - assisting re-mix engineer
- Gene Page - arranger
- Jerry WexlerJerry WexlerGerald "Jerry" Wexler was a music journalist turned music producer, and was regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s...
- producer