Aretha Franklin

Released: June 14, 1968

Songwriter: Big Bill Broonzy

Producer: Jerry Wexler

You know the night time
Is the right time
Oh to be, to be with the one you love

Come on babe
I wanna be with the one I love
And you know
Yes, who I'm thinking of
I tell you night time (night time)
Yes, is the right time (right time)
Oh, to be with the one you love
Yes, it is

You know my mother, now
Had to die
And left, and left her poor child Crying
Oh, come on babe I need you

Hold my hand
And I want you to squeeze me
Yeah, just tight as you can

I tell you night time (night time)
Yes, the night time is the right time (right time)
I believe it is to be with the one you love
Oh yes, it is

I gotta call you babe (babe)
Oh babe (babe)
Babe (babe)
Oh babe now (babe)
You know that I love you (babe)
And I put no one above you (babe)
Hold on to my hand (babe)
Oh say (Babe)
I tell you that night time (night and day)
I believe, I believe, I believe is the right time (right time)
To be, to be with the one you love

Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
Hold on

Babe, won't you? Babe won't you please me
(No don't do it) tease me, but don't leave me
(No don't do it) but don't leave me
(No don't do it) oh babe
(No don't do it) take my hand
(No don't do it) but don't leave me
(No don't do it) I wanna show you
(No don't do it) I don't want no other men
(No don't do it) because they tell me that night time
(Right time) yeah is the right time
(Right time) yeah is to be with the one you love

Yeah, yeah, oh yeah
Babe (babe, babe babe)
Babe (oh babe)
Babe (babe, babe babe babe babe)
(Babe) I want you to keep (babe)
Keep ?? on your side (babe)
And whenever we, babe
I'll keep you satisfied
(babe) because at night time (night time)
Right time
You know is the right time to be with somebody you love
Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah)
Yeah yeah yeah babe (no) ooh please me

(No don't do it) please me
(No don't do it) yeah yeah babe
(No don't do it) hold my hand
(No don't do it) and keep me right by your side
(No don't do it) and every every every

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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