The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965)

The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965) is a 2002 compilation album of Aretha Franklin's early recordings from 1960 to 1965 when she was signed to Columbia Records. It was repackaged as part of The Essential series in 2010,[4] with a three-disc set containing eight additional songs also being released as The Essential 3.0.[3]

The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965)
Compilation album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedSeptember 24, 2002
RecordedAugust 1, 1960 – October 12, 1965
Genre
Length2:06:38
LabelLegacy
Aretha Franklin chronology
Respect: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin
(2002)		 The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965)
(2002)		 Platinum & Gold Collection
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (The Queen in Waiting)[1]
AllMusic (The Essential)[2]
AllMusic (The Essential 3.0)[3]

Background

The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings with Columbia before she became famous after she moved to Atlantic Records.[5] Not knowing how to best utilize Franklin's talent, her producers had her record a mixture of jazz, blues, gospel, pop, and soul, and Columbia was criticized for mismanaging Franklin during her tenure with them.[6][7] Collections such as this one and the more comprehensive Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia are attempts to bring exposure to Franklin's catalog of early recordings.[7]

Track listing

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nobody Like You"James Cleveland2:23
2."Once in a While"L. C. Cook2:31
3."Maybe I'm a Fool"John Leslie McFarland3:15
4."Muddy Water"Harry Richman, Jo Trent, Peter De Rose2:24
5."Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" (alternate version)Hughie Cannon2:14
6."Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)"Ray Charles3:09
7."Today I Sing the Blues"Curtis Lewis2:41
8."Won't Be Long"John Leslie McFarland3:18
9."Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"Tom Delaney, Pearl Delaney5:10
10."Evil Gal Blues"Lionel Hampton, Leonard Feather2:41
11."Lee Cross"Ted White3:22
12."Walk On By"Burt Bacharach, Hal David2:50
13."I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)"Aretha Franklin, Ted White3:21
14."God Bless the Child"Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.3:03
15."Blue Holiday"Willie Denson, Luther Dixon2:54
16."Looking Through a Tear"Arthur Resnick, Bobby Scott3:03
17."Tiny Sparrow"Bobby Scott2:49
18."Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"Babs Gonzales, Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron3:29
19."Little Brown Book"Billy Strayhorn3:18
20."Without the One You Love"Aretha Franklin2:46

Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Bitter Earth"Clyde Otis4:34
2."Just for a Thrill"Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye2:54
3."Skylark"Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael2:21
4."Skylark" (alternate version)Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael4:04
5."Trouble in Mind"Richard M. Jones2:43
6."Runnin' Out of Fools"Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert2:43
7."Drinking Again"Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber3:28
8."Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)"Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh3:16
9."What a Diff'rence a Day Makes"Stanley Person, María Grever3:31
10."Soulville"Titus Turner, Morris Levy, Henry Glover, Dinah Washington2:26
11."You'll Lose a Good Thing"Huey P Meaux, Barbara Lynn2:40
12."Take a Look"Clyde Otis2:42
13."Cry Like a Baby"Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson2:13
14."I Wish I Didn't Love You So"Frank Loesser2:55
15."Only the Lonely"Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen4:54
16."People"Jule Styne, Bob Merrill4:18
17."Mockingbird"Inez Foxx, Charlie Foxx2:48
18."Until You Were Gone"Joy Byers3:16
19."My Coloring Book"John Kander, Fred Ebb4:08
20."Try a Little Tenderness"James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods3:14

Limited edition 3.0
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(In My) Solitude"Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills3:50
2."Love for Sale"Cole Porter2:31
3."Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer2:18
4."Unforgettable"Irving Gordon3:40
5."All Night Long"Curtis Lewis3:06
6."Every Little Bit Hurts"Ed Cobb2:50
7."Sweet Bitter Love"Van McCoy3:00
8."If Ever I Would Leave You"Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe4:07

Release history
Date Label Format Catalog
September 24, 2002 Legacy CD C2K 85696
October 26, 2010 Columbia, Legacy CD 88697 68830-2/88697 68830-2

References
  1. Unterberger, Richie. Aretha Franklin - The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  2. Leggett, Steve. Aretha Franklin - The Essential Aretha Franklin: The Columbia Years at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  3. Leggett, Steve. Aretha Franklin - The Essential 3.0: The Columbia Years at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  4. Marchese, Joe (September 22, 2010). "Short Takes: Legacy's First Paul Simon Release, James Taylor Goes Gold, and Spector Set Due". The Second Disc. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  5. Kot, Gret (August 16, 2018). "Aretha Franklin's essential recordings". Daily Gazette. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  6. Neal, Mark Anthony (October 17, 2002). "Aretha Franklin: The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960-1965)". PopMatters. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  7. Wang, Oliver (May 12, 2011). "Aretha Franklin: 'Take A Look' Back At The Columbia Years". NPR. Retrieved January 31, 2019.


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