Aretha [1980]

Original Release Date:  October 25, 1980

Track Listing

• 1. Come to Me
• 2. I Can't Turn You Loose
• 3. United Together
• 4. Take Me With You
• 5. Whatever It Is
• 6. What a Fool Believes
• 7. Together Again
• 8. Love Me Forever
• 9. School Days

Credits

• Aretha Franklin: Piano, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background), Producer
• George Michael: Vocals
• Toto: ?
• Ron Wood: Guitar
• Kenny G: Saxophone
• Michael Brecker: Sax (Tenor)
• David Sanborn: Sax (Alto)
• Lew Soloff: Trumpet
• Seldon Powell: Sax (Tenor)
• David Sancious: Synthesizer
• David Foster: Synthesizer, Keyboards, Piano (Electric)
• Larry Graham: Vocals
• Charles Jackson: Vocals (Background), Producer
• Jeanie Tracy: Vocals
• David T. Walker: Guitar
• Jennifer Hall: Vocals
• The Sweet Inspirations: Vocals
• John Clark: French Horn
• Todd Cochrane: Synthesizer, Producer
• Ken Perry: Remastering
• Jonathan Abramowitz: Strings
• Jack Barber: Strings
• Ortheia Barnes: Vocals
• Kitty Beethoven: Vocals
• Vernon "Ice" Black: Guitar
• Randy Brecker: Trumpet
• Estelle Brown: Vocals (Background)
• Frederick Buldrini: Strings
• Francisco Centeno: Bass
• Bob Christianson: Synthesizer
• Cissy Houston: Vocals (Background)
• Tony Coleman: Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Overdubs
• Brenda Corbett: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Lee DeCarlo: Engineer
• Cornell Dupree: Guitar
• George Devens: Percussion
• Peter Dimitriades: Strings
• Kevin Dorsey: Vocals
• Reginald Dozier: Mixing
• Scott Edwards: Bass
• James Gadson: Drums
• Gerald Tarack: Strings
• Jim Gilstrap: Vocals
• Preston Glass: Keyboards, Vocals
• Greg "Gigi" Gonaway: Percussion
• Ed Greene: Drums
• Lewis Hahn: Engineer, Remixing
• Harry Lookofsky: Strings
• Jerry Hey: Horn
• Doc Powell: Guitar
• Yogi Horton: Drums
• Bill Inglot: Remastering
• Paul Jackson, Jr.: Guitar
• Darryl Jackson: Percussion
• Liz Jackson: Vocals
• James Jamerson: Bass
• Louis Johnson: Bass
• Nick Johnson: Keyboards
• Frank Kejmar: Engineer
• Harold Kohon: Strings
• Michael Lang: Keyboards
• Chuck Leavell: Piano
• Edie Lehmann: Vocals (Background)
• Steve Lukather: Guitar
• Joseph Malin: Strings
• Arif Mardin: Arranger, Producer, Remixing
• Joe Mardin: Remix Assistant
• Myrna Matthews: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Marti McCall: Vocals (Background)
• Michael McGloiry: Guitar
• Narada Michael Walden: Producer
• Eddie Mininfield: Saxophone
• David "Fathead" Newman: Sax (Tenor)
• Michael O'Reilly: Remixing, Assistant Engineer
• Gene Orloff: Concert Master
• David Paich: Organ, Piano
• Jeff Porcaro: Synthesizer, Drums
• Gene Paul: Remixing
• Mike Porcaro: Bass
• Greg Poree: Guitar
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie: Drums
• Raul Rekow: Percussion
• Keith Richards: Guitar, Producer
• Claytoven Richardson: Vocals
• Esther Ridgeway: Vocals
• Gloria Ridgeway: Vocals
• Allen Rogen: Guitar
• Barry Rogers: Trombone
• Marc Russo: Saxophone
• Sylvia Shemwell: Vocals (Background)
• Alan Shulman: Strings
• Jeremy Smith: Engineer
• Myrna Smith: Vocals (Background)
• Hamish Stuart: Vocals (Background)
• Mitsue Takayama: Strings
• Richard Tee: Keyboards
• David Tofani: Sax (Alto)
• Orestes Vilató: Percussion
• Wayne Wallace: Trombone
• Teddy White: Guitar
• David Williams: Guitar
• Frederick Zlotkin: Strings
• F. Zoltin: Strings
• Benjamin F. Wright: Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements
• Myrna Mathews: Vocals (Background)
• Stewart Whitmore: Assistant Engineer
• Walter Afanasieff: Keyboards
• Ria Lewerke: Art Direction, Design
• Lew Del Gatto: Sax (Baritone)
• Randy Jackson: Bass, Vocals
• G. Tarak: Strings
• Peter Gordon: French Horn
• Steve Jordan: Drums
• Chuck Jackson: Producer
• Jason Martin: Percussion