Aretha Franklin

Released: June 14, 1968

Songwriter: Sam Cooke

Producer: Jerry Wexler

[Verse 1]
Darling you send me
Darling you send me
Darling you send me
Honest you do
Honest you do
Honest you do
Woah-Oh-Oh
You thrill me, darling you thrill me
Baby you, you thrill me
Honest you do
Honest you do
Honest you do

[Bridge]
At first I thought it was infatuation
But it lasted so long, so long
Now I find myself wanting
I want you to marry me, please take me home
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]
You, you send me
Darling you send me
Darling you, send me
Honest you do
Honest you know ya did
Ya know, ya did
Ya know ya, do know (you-ooh-hoo send me)
You got everything it takes to wed me (you-ooh-hoo send me)
And when you do the things you do you know that send me (do-ooh-hoo send me)
Honestly, you send me
You send me, baby, you send me
You move me (do)
You groove me (do)
Whoooo, you send me
Ah yes, ah yes, ah yes, thank you to send me
Guess I'm a, a sinner
Make me a longer
I, I, I, I, I, I, I just can't stand any it
Thrill me, kill me
Oooh, send me, send me baby
Pretty baby, oooh 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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