The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965)

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The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965)
Compilation album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002
RecordedAugust 1, 1960 – October 12, 1965
Genre
Length2:06:38
LabelLegacy
Aretha Franklin chronology
Respect: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin
(2002) 		The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965)
(2002) 		Platinum & Gold Collection
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (The Queen in Waiting)[1]
AllMusic (The Essential)[2]
AllMusic (The Essential 3.0)[3]

The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965) is a 2002 compilation album of Aretha Franklin's early recordings from 1960 to 1965 when she was signed to Columbia Records. It was repackaged as part of The Essential series in 2010,[4] with a three-disc set containing eight additional songs also being released as The Essential 3.0.[3]

Background[edit]

The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings with Columbia before she became famous after she moved to Atlantic Records.[5] Not knowing how to best utilize Franklin's talent, her producers had her record a mixture of jazz, blues, gospel, pop, and soul, and Columbia was criticized for mismanaging Franklin during her tenure with them.[6][7] Collections such as this one and the more comprehensive Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia are attempts to bring exposure to Franklin's catalog of early recordings.[7]

Track listing[edit]

Disc one[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nobody Like You"James Cleveland2:23
2."Once in a While"L. C. Cook2:31
3."Maybe I'm a Fool"John Leslie McFarland3:15
4."Muddy Water"Harry Richman, Jo Trent, Peter De Rose2:24
5."Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" (alternate version)Hughie Cannon2:14
6."Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)"Ray Charles3:09
7."Today I Sing the Blues"Curtis Lewis2:41
8."Won't Be Long"John Leslie McFarland3:18
9."Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"Tom Delaney, Pearl Delaney5:10
10."Evil Gal Blues"Lionel Hampton, Leonard Feather2:41
11."Lee Cross"Ted White3:22
12."Walk On By"Burt Bacharach, Hal David2:50
13."I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)"Aretha Franklin, Ted White3:21
14."God Bless the Child"Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.3:03
15."Blue Holiday"Willie Denson, Luther Dixon2:54
16."Looking Through a Tear"Arthur Resnick, Bobby Scott3:03
17."Tiny Sparrow"Bobby Scott2:49
18."Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"Babs Gonzales, Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron3:29
19."Little Brown Book"Billy Strayhorn3:18
20."Without the One You Love"Aretha Franklin2:46

Disc two[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Bitter Earth"Clyde Otis4:34
2."Just for a Thrill"Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye2:54
3."Skylark"Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael2:21
4."Skylark" (alternate version)Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael4:04
5."Trouble in Mind"Richard M. Jones2:43
6."Runnin' Out of Fools"Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert2:43
7."Drinking Again"Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber3:28
8."Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)"Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh3:16
9."What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"Stanley Person, María Grever3:31
10."Soulville"Titus Turner, Morris Levy, Henry Glover, Dinah Washington2:26
11."You'll Lose a Good Thing"Huey P Meaux, Barbara Lynn2:40
12."Take a Look"Clyde Otis2:42
13."Cry Like a Baby"Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson2:13
14."I Wish I Didn't Love You So"Frank Loesser2:55
15."Only the Lonely"Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen4:54
16."People"Jule Styne, Bob Merrill4:18
17."Mockingbird"Inez Foxx, Charlie Foxx2:48
18."Until You Were Gone"Joy Byers3:16
19."My Coloring Book"John Kander, Fred Ebb4:08
20."Try a Little Tenderness"James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods3:14

Limited edition 3.0[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(In My) Solitude"Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills3:50
2."Love for Sale"Cole Porter2:31
3."Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer2:18
4."Unforgettable"Irving Gordon3:40
5."All Night Long"Curtis Lewis3:06
6."Every Little Bit Hurts"Ed Cobb2:50
7."Sweet Bitter Love"Van McCoy3:00
8."If Ever I Would Leave You"Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe4:07

Release history[edit]

Date Label Format Catalog
September 24, 2002 Legacy CD C2K 85696
October 26, 2010 Columbia, Legacy CD 88697 68830-2/88697 68830-2

References[edit]

  1. ^ Unterberger, Richie. Aretha Franklin - The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  2. ^ Leggett, Steve. Aretha Franklin - The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Leggett, Steve. Aretha Franklin - The Essential 3.0: The Columbia Years at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  4. ^ Marchese, Joe (September 22, 2010). "Short Takes: Legacy's First Paul Simon Release, James Taylor Goes Gold, and Spector Set Due". The Second Disc. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  5. ^ Kot, Gret (August 16, 2018). "Aretha Franklin's essential recordings". Daily Gazette. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  6. ^ Neal, Mark Anthony (October 17, 2002). "Aretha Franklin: The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960-1965)". PopMatters. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Wang, Oliver (May 12, 2011). "Aretha Franklin: 'Take A Look' Back At The Columbia Years". NPR. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

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