Aretha Franklin With The Ray Bryant Combo – Aretha
Columbia CL 1612
US 1961
00:00 A1 Won't Be Long (J.Leslie McFarland)
03:08 A2 Over The Rainbow (E.Y.Harburg,H.Arlen)
05:49 A3 Love Is The Only Thing (J.Leslie McFarland)
08:28 A4 Sweet Lover (J.Leslie McFarland, S.Wyche)
11:52 A5 All Night Long (C.Lewis)
14:50 A6 Who Needs You? (B.Holiday,J.Burns)
17:38 B1 Right Now (J.Leslie McFarland)
20:00 B2 Are You Sure (M.Willson)
22:41 B3 Maybe I'm A Fool (J.Leslie McFarland)
25:59 B4 It Ain't Necessarily So (I.Gershwin-G.Gershwin)
28:56 B5 (Blue) By Myself (J.Leslie McFarland,J.Bailey)
31:35 B6 Today I Sing The Blues (C.Lewis)
Arranged By – Curtis Lewis (tracks: A5, B6), J.Leslie McFarland (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B5)
Bass – Bill Lee (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B4 to B6), Milt Hinton (tracks: A6, B2, B3)
Drums – Belton Evans (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Osie Johnson (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6), Sticks Evans (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5)
Guitar – Lord Westbrook(tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B6), Skeeter Best (tracks: B1)
Piano – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A1, A6, B2, B3), Ray Bryant (tracks: A1, A2 to A5, B1, B4 to B6)
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5), Warren Luckey (tracks: B4)
Trombone – Quentin Jackson (tracks: A5, B5), Tyree Glenn (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6)
Recorded in New York at Columbia Records, August 1, november 29
and december 19, 1960; january 10, 1961