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Today I Sing The BluesAretha Franklin

Songwriter: Curtis Lewis

Producer: Billy Jackson

[Verse 1]
Without a word of warning
The blues walked in this morning
And circled around my lonely room
I didn't know why I had that sad and lonely feeling
Until my baby called and said we were through, ooh

[Chorus]
For yesterday this time I sang a love song
But today I'm singing the blues

[Verse 2]
Now, it strikes me kind of funny how love can be this way
We were lovers last night, honey
But I'm alone again today
And it strikes me kind of funny how fate can be unfair
I come right on the losing end in every, every love affair
Yes, it must be, it must be meant for me that I should be the one
Be the one to always lose

[Chorus]
For yesterday, yesterday this time I sang a love song
Oh, oh, but right now I'm singing the blues, oh yeah

Aretha Franklin

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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