Aretha Franklin
22 songs or works across all MusicAtlas lists. Distinct recording versions remain separate.
About Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin developed as a singer and pianist in the gospel life of her father's Detroit church. Her early recordings for Columbia drew on pop, blues and jazz before her Atlantic work brought gospel phrasing and rhythm into a defining run of soul records. Respect and the albums Lady Soul and Aretha Now belong to that late-1960s period. She also continued recording gospel, including Amazing Grace, and later explored dance-oriented pop during her Arista years.
Artist background sources
Aretha Franklin - Rhino artist history
Detroit gospel upbringing, singing and piano, Columbia and Atlantic eras, late-1960s albums, Amazing Grace and later Arista recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
All songs for this credit
Recording years are first-release years where available; * marks a reported year awaiting verification. Classical work dates are labeled comp., prem. or pub.. Open an entry for its date evidence and background. Artists sort without a leading "The"; composers sort by surname.
- (year unknown) A Rose Is Still a Rose
- (1968*) Ain't No Way
- (1967*) Baby I Love You
- (1971*) Bridge over Troubled Water
- (1970*) Call Me
- (1967) Chain of Fools
- (1972*) Day Dreaming [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1972) Day Dreaming [Original full Young, Gifted and Black album recording]
- (1985*) Freeway of Love [Catalog version; exact edition not established]
- (1985) Freeway of Love [Original 1985 single mix]
- (1967) I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
- (1968) I Say a Little Prayer
- (1967) Respect
- (1971) Rock Steady
- (year unknown) Spanish Harlem
- (1970*) Spirit in the Dark
- (year unknown) (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
- (1968) Think
- (1973) Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
- (year unknown) Walk On By
- (1985*) Who's Zoomin' Who
- (1967) (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
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