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Spanish HarlemAretha Franklin

Producer: Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Tom Dowd

[Intro - Aretha Franklin ]
(La-la-la la la la la la la la)
(La-la-la la la la la la la la)

[Chorus - Aretha Franklin ]
(There's a rose in black at spanish harlem)
(A rose in black at spanish harlem)

[Verse 1 - Aretha Franklin ]
It is the special one
It never sees the sun
It only comes up
When the moon is on the run
And all the stars are gleaming
It's growing in the street
Right up through the concrete
But soft sweet and dreamy

[Chorus - Aretha Franklin ]
(There is a rose in spanish harlem)
(A rose in black at spanish harlem)

[Verse 2 - Aretha Franklin ]
With eyes as black as coal
That look down in his soul
It start a fire there and then he looses control
I'm gonna beg his par-ar-ar-ardon yeah
He's going to pick that rose
And watch her as she grows
In his garden

[Chorus - Aretha Franklin ]
(There is a rose in spanish harlem uum uum)
(A rose in black at spanish harlem uum uum)

[Verse 3 - Aretha Franklin ]
With eyes as black as coal
That look down in his soul
And start a fire there and then he loses control
And i wanna beg his par-ar-ar-don
He's going to pick that rose
And watch her as she grows
In his garden

[Outro - Aretha Franklin ]
(La-la-la- la la la la la la la)
(La la la-la-la la-la-la la)
(La la la-la-la la-la-la la)
(La la la-la-la la-la-la la)

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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