The Electrifying (Remastered)

~ Release by Aretha Franklin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Release has same songs as original 1962 album (tracks 1, 2, & 4 to 13), but in a different order.
These original tracks were recorded at Columbia 799 Seventh Avenue Studio, NYC.
Tracks 1 to 3 recorded August 16, 1961.
Tracks 4 to 6 recorded November 7, 1961.
Tracks 7, 8 & 10 recorded December 21, 1961.
Tracks 9 & 11 to 13 recorded January 25, 1962.

Annotation last modified on 2025-07-22 18:59 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1I Surrender, Dear
2:47
2Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
recording of:
Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Jean Schwartz
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946) and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
2:26
3Operation Heartbreak
recording of:
Operation Heartbreak
writer:
Al Kasha (composer, songwriter and arranger), Alan Thomas (songwriter for Aretha Franklin) and Curtis Williams (1950s doo-wop singer, member of The Penguins)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
2:59
4I Told You So
bass:
Bill Lee (bassist, composer, father of Spike Lee) (on 1961-11-07)
drums (drum set):
Teddy Somer (on 1961-11-07)
guitar:
Don Armone (on 1961-11-07) and Bucky Pizzarelli (on 1961-11-07)
piano:
Mo Wechsler (on 1961-11-07)
saxophone:
James Richardson (on 1961-11-07), Toots Mondello (on 1961-11-07), Romero Penque (on 1961-11-07) and Stanley Webb (on 1961-11-07)
trombone:
Robert Alexander (trombone) (on 1961-11-07), Morty Bowman (on 1961-11-07), Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1961-11-07) and Urbie Green (on 1961-11-07)
trumpet:
Bernie Glow (on 1961-11-07), Jimmy Nottingham (on 1961-11-07), Bernie Privin (on 1961-11-07) and Joe Wilder (on 1961-11-07)
conductor:
Richard Wess (on 1961-11-07)
arranger:
Richard Wess
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-11-07)
recording of:
I Told You So (on 1961-11-07)
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
42:45
5Rough Lover
recording of:
Rough Lover
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:49
6It's So Heartbreakin'
recording of:
It’s So Heartbreakin’
writer:
J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:42
7You Made Me Love You
2:21
8Just for You
recording of:
Just for You
writer:
J. Bailey and J. Leslie McFarland (composer)
2:21
9Blue Holiday
recording of:
Blue Holiday
writer:
Willie Denson and Luther Dixon
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and Kilynn Music Publishing, Inc.
2:54
10That Lucky Old Sun
recording of:
That Lucky Old Sun
lyricist:
Haven Gillespie (in 1949)
composer:
Beasley Smith (in 1949)
publisher:
Beasley Smith Music, Haven Gillespie Music Publishing Co. and Robbins Music Corp.
3:21
11AC-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
recording of:
Ac‐cent‐tchu‐ate the Positive
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1944)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1944)
publisher:
Harwin Music Corporation, Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:19
12Exactly Like You
2:38
13Nobody Like You
recording of:
Nobody Like You
writer:
Rev. James Cleveland
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
2:25
14Don't Cry, Baby
recording of:
Don’t Cry Baby
writer:
Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson and Stella Unger
publisher:
Advanced Music corp. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
3:22
15Try a Little Tenderness
3:18
16I Apologise
recording of:
I Apologize
writer:
Ed G. Nelson (Popular music songwriter and bandleader), Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman
publisher:
Crawford Music Corp. and DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, Inc.
2:55
17Without the One You Love
2:49
18Look for the Silver Lining
recording of:
Look for the Silver Lining
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and T.B. Harms Co.
part of:
Sally (1920 musical)
3:06
19I'm Sitting on Top of the World
recording of:
I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Leo Feist, Inc.
2:43
20Just for a Thrill
recording of:
Just for a Thrill
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
arranger:
Vance Thompson
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
2:34
21God Bless the Child
recording of:
God Bless the Child
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
publisher:
Basart Editions (ended) and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
3:05
22I'm Wandering
recording of:
I’m Wandering
writer:
Tyran Carlo and Berry Gordy
publisher:
Merrimac Music Corp.
3:30
23How Deep Is the Ocean
recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean?
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
2:51
24I Don't Know You Anymore
recording of:
I Don’t Know You Anymore
lyricist:
Peter Udell
composer:
Gary Geld
2:52
25Lover Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
2:39
26Trouble in Mind
2:56