Aretha Franklin

Released: October 12, 1968

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin Teddy White

Producer: Jerry Wexler

I don't want nobody
Always sittin' around me and my man
I tell you that I don't won't nobody
Always sittin' right there looking at me and that man
Be it my mother, my father, my brother or my sister
Would you believe I get up, put on some clothes
Go out and help them find somebody for their self if I can
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yes I will

Now, I don't mind company
Because company's alright with me
Every once in a while
Don't get me wrong, people
I really don't mind company
Because company's alright with me
Every once in a great while
But, oh
When me and that man get to lovin'
I tell you, girls, I dig you, but I don't have time
To sit, and sit, and just sit and chit chat and smile

Now, don't send me no doctor
Filling me up with all of those pills
I got me a man named Dr. Feelgood, yeah
And oh, yeah, oh, oh
That man takes care of all of my pains and my ills
His name is Dr. Feelgood, feel good in the morning
And taking care of business
Is really this man's game
And after one visit to Dr. Feelgood
You'd understand why Feelgood is his name
Oh! Oh! Oh!
Good God Almighty, that man sure makes me feel real good, yeah

Thank you, thank you
Ah, I see you got your Dr. Feelgoods out there with you tonight, girls
Alright

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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