Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin

Producer: Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Tom Dowd

[Chorus 1: Aretha Franklin]
I love you (I love you
And I love you (I love you
And I love you too (and I love you
Baby will you call me the moment you get there?
Hey baby, um-hum
I love you (I love you
And I love you (I love you
And I love you too (and I love you
Baby will you call me the moment you get there?
Hey baby, um-hum

[Chorus 2: Aretha Franklin]
Call me (the moment
The moment (you get there
You get there? yeah, yeah, baby, yeah

[Verse: Aretha Franklin]
My dearest, my dearest of all darling (ah-ooo
I know, I know, I know, I know we’ve got to part (ah-ooo
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
It really doesn’t hurt me that bad yeah (ah-ooo
Because you’re taking me with you
And I’m keeping you right-a here in my heart
It’s all because I love you (I love you
Woo-hoo, and I love you (I love you
And I love you too (and I love you
Baby will you call me the moment you get there, baby?
Will you do that? Will you do that for me now?

[Chorus 2: Aretha Franklin]
Call me (the moment
The moment (you get there
You get there? yeah, yeah, baby, yeah
Call me (the moment
The moment (you get there
You get there? yeah, yeah, baby, yeah
Call me (the moment
The moment (you get there
You get there? yeah, yeah, baby, yeah

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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