Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Aretha Franklin

Producer: Jerry Wexler Arif Mardin Tom Dowd

Everyday I’m making my way to Matty’s in the morning
Everyday I’m making my way to Matty’s in the morning
Matty’s is kind of lowdown
And I hear there’s gonna be a showdown in Matty’s this morning

What’s happening, Miller?
I wonder, are you on your way to Matty’s this morning?
I’m gonna be all up in there
There’s gonna be a group of people from everywhere in Matty’s this morning
So go on and do your do
Try to hurry up, get through and meet me at Matty’s this morning, yeah

(What’s going on?) What’s going on? It’s got the people talking
(What’s going on?) What’s going on? It’s got them riding and walking
(What’s going on?) What’s going on? It’s got them so mystified, yeah
Early in the morning, late in the evening
Check it out yourself if you can get inside at Matty’s this morning

(Try Matty’s) Try Matty’s when your money is running low
(Try Matty’s) Try Matty’s when you’ve gone everywhere you’d go
(Try Matty’s) Try Matty’s when your true love is gone
(Try Matty’s) Try Matty’s when you can’t go home

(You, try Matty’s) Try Matty’s early in the morning
(Try Matty’s) Oh, try Matty’s late in the evening
(Try Matty’s) Oh

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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