1972 Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted And Black
Young, Gifted And Black is the eighteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Aretha Franklin, released in early 1972, by Atlantic Records. The album climbed to number 2 on Billboard’s R&B albums survey and peaked at Number 11 on the main album chart. It was quickly certified Gold by the RIAA. Its title was cut from “To Be Young, Gifted and Black”, recorded and released by Nina Simone in 1969.
Franklin won a 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Tracks
1 Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby) (Jim Doris) 03:42
2 Day Dreaming (Aretha Franklin) 04:02
3 Rock Steady (Aretha Franklin) 03:16
4 Young, Gifted And Black (Nina Simone) 03:34
5 All The King’s Horses (Aretha Franklin) 03:56
6 A Brand New Me (Jerry Butler; Kenneth Gamble; Thom Bell) 04:26
7 April Fools (Burt Bacharach; Hal David) 03:29
8 I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (Jerry Butler; Otis Redding) 03:36
9 First Snow In Kokomo (Aretha Franklin) 04:04
10 The Long And Winding Road (John Lennon; Paul McCartney) 03:38
11 Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) (Thom Bell; William Hart) 03:42
12 Border Song (Holy Moses) (Elton John; Bernie Taupin) 03:19
Biography
Musicians
1 Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby)
| Bass | Eric Gale |
| Drums | Al Jackson Jr |
| Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
| Organ | Donny Hathaway |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Background Vocals | The Sweet Inspirations |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
2 Day Dreaming
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Acoustic Guitar | Don Arnone |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Flute | Hubert Laws |
| Background Vocals | Carolyn Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Erma Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Ann S Clark |
| Background Vocals | Margaret Branch |
| Background Vocals | Pat Smith |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
3 Rock Steady
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Organ | Donny Hathaway |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Sax | Andrew Love |
| Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
| Percussion | Mac Rebennack |
| Percussion | Bob Popwell |
| Background Vocals | Carolyn Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Erma Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Ann S Clark |
| Background Vocals | Margaret Branch |
| Background Vocals | Pat Smith |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
4 Young, Gifted And Black
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Ray Lucas |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Electric Piano | Donny Hathaway |
| Organ | Billy Preston |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Background Vocals | The Sweet Inspirations |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
5 All The King’s Horses
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Celeste | Aretha Franklin |
| Organ | Donny Hathaway |
| Vibraphone | Neil Rosengarden |
| Background Vocals | Carolyn Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Erma Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Ann S Clark |
| Background Vocals | Margaret Branch |
| Background Vocals | Pat Smith |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
6 A Brand New Me
| Bass | Eric Gale |
| Drums | Al Jackson Jr |
| Guitar | Hugh McCracken |
| Organ | Donny Hathaway |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Background Vocals | The Sweet Inspirations |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
7 April Fools
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Electric Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Flute | Hubert Laws |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
8 I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
| Bass | Bob Popwell |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Organ | Donny Hathaway |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Sax | Andrew Love |
| Trumpet | Wayne Jackson |
| Background Vocals | Carolyn Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Erma Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Ann S Clark |
| Background Vocals | Margaret Branch |
| Background Vocals | Pat Smith |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
9 First Snow In Kokomo
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Organ | Donny Hathaway |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Trumpet | Neil Rosengarden |
| Background Vocals | Carolyn Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Erma Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Ann S Clark |
| Background Vocals | Margaret Branch |
| Background Vocals | Pat Smith |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
10 The Long And Winding Road
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Ray Lucas |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Organ | Billy Preston |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Carolyn Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Erma Franklin |
| Background Vocals | Ann S Clark |
| Background Vocals | Margaret Branch |
| Background Vocals | Pat Smith |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
11 Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Flute | Hubert Laws |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
12 Border Song (Holy Moses)
| Bass | Chuck Rainey |
| Drums | Ray Lucas |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Organ | Billy Preston |
| Piano | Aretha Franklin |
| Background Vocals | JR Bailey |
| Background Vocals | Ronnie Bright |
| Background Vocals | Sammy Turner |
| Background Vocals | The Sweet Inspirations |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
Other Musicians
Background Vocals – The Sweethearts Of Soul (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11)
Liner Notes
Producer – Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler
Producer – Tom Dowd (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
Arranged By (Horns) – Arif Mardin (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 11, 12)
Arranged By (Horns) – Tom Dowd (Tracks 3, 8)
Arranged By (String) – Arif Mardin
Arranged By (Woodwind) – Arif Mardin
Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
Engineer (Recording) – Gene Paul (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10 11, 12)
Engineer (Recording) – Chuck Kirkpatrick, Howie Albert, Ron Albert (Tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 9)
Engineer (Additional Recordings) – Don Cassale, Jack Adams, Jimmy Douglass, Lew Hahn
Engineer (Remixed) – Arif Mardin
Design – Alyse Koylan, Stanislaw Zagorski
Photography – Ken Cunningham
Mastered At Presswell
Recorded At Atlantic Studios
Recorded At Criteria Recording Studios
Phonographic Copyright Atlantic Recording Corporation