Aretha Franklin

Released: January 22, 1968

Songwriter: Eddie Brigati Felix Cavaliere

Producer: Jerry Wexler

[Chorus]
Groovin'
On a Sunday afternoon (Sunday, Sunday)
Groovin'
Couldn't get away too soon (Too soon)

[Verse 1]
I can't imagine anything that's better
The world is ours whenever we're together
There is ain't place I'd like to be instead of

[Chorus]
Groovin'
On a crowded avenue
Groovin'
Anything we like to do

[Verse 2]
There's always lots of things that we could see
We could be anyone we wanna be
And all those happy people, we could meet just

[Chorus]
Groovin'
On a Sunday afternoon
Groovin', baby
I couldn't get away too soon (Too soon)

[Verse 3]
(If we can) We'll keep on spending sunny days this way
(Hold my hand) We're gonna talk and laugh our time away
I feel it coming closer day by day
Life would be ecstacy, you and me, we'll just be

[Chorus]
Groovin'
On a Sunday afternoon
Ah, groovin'
I couldn't get away too soon, baby

[Outro]
'Cause darling, you send me
Groovin' (Just groovin', just groovin')

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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