''This Girl's in Love with You'' is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on January 15, 1970 by Atlantic Records. It reached '' Billboard''s Top 20 and was reissued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1993.Franklin, Aretha. "This Girl's in Love with You" (CD Re-issue Liner Notes). Rhino. 1993. Her version of

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' " Let It Be" was the first recording of the song to be commercially issued (The Beatles did not release "Let It Be" as a single until March 1970). Songwriter

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

sent Franklin and Atlantic Records a demo of the song as a guide.

Track listing

Information is based on the album's liner notesFranklin, Aretha. "This Girl's In Love with You" (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1970. #"

Son of a Preacher Man "Son of a Preacher Man" is a song written and composed by American songwriters John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins and recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield in September 1968 for the album ''Dusty in Memphis.'' Springfield's version was produ ...

" ( John Hurley,

Ronnie Wilkins John David Hurley (April 18, 1941 – August 16, 1986) and Ronald Stephen Wilkins (born October 8, 1941) were American musicians and songwriting partners responsible for writing the hit songs " Love of the Common People" and " Son of a Preacher ...

) – 3:19 #" Share Your Love with Me" (Al Braggs,

Deadric Malone Don Deadric Robey (November 1, 1903 – June 16, 1975) was an American record label executive, songwriter, and record producer. As the founder of Peacock Records and the eventual owner of Duke Records, he was responsible for developing the care ...

) – 3:21 #"

The Dark End of the Street "The Dark End of the Street" is a 1967 soul song, written by songwriters Dan Penn and Chips Moman and first recorded by James Carr. History and original recording The song was co-written by Penn, a professional songwriter and producer, and Mo ...

" ( Chips Moman,

Dan Penn Dan Penn (born Wallace Daniel Pennington, November 16, 1941) is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s, including " The Dark End of the Street" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" w ...

) – 4:42 #" Let It Be" (

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

) – 3:33 #"

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" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:38 #" This Girl's in Love with You" ( Burt Bacharach,

Hal David Harold Lane David (May 25, 1921 – September 1, 2012) was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Early life David ...

) – 4:00 #"It Ain't Fair " ( Ronnie Miller) – 3:22 #"

The Weight "The Weight" is a song by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as a single in 1968 and on the group's debut album '' Music from Big Pink''. It was their first release under this name, after their previous releases as Canadian ...

" ( Robbie Robertson) – 2:59 #" Call Me" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:57 #"Sit Down and Cry" ( Clyde Otis, Lou Stallman) – 3:52

Personnel

Information is based on the album's liner notes. ; Main Performance * Aretha Franklin – vocals, acoustic piano, additional keyboards *

Duane Allman Howard Duane Allman (November 20, 1946 – October 29, 1971) was an American rock guitarist, session musician, and the founder and original leader of the Allman Brothers Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame i ...

– slide guitar, steel guitar (7-8) *Brenda Bryant – background vocals (9) * Cissy Houston – background vocals (8-10) *

King Curtis Curtis Ousley (born Curtis Montgomery; February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), known professionally as King Curtis, was an American saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock and roll. A bandleader, band member, and session musician ...

– tenor saxophone (2, 7-8) *

Pat Lewis Pat Lewis is an American soul singer and backing vocalist since the 1960s. Biography Patsy Lewis was born October 23, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, and moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1951. In the early 1960s, Pat, her sister Dia ...

– background vocals (9) *Sylvia Shemwell – background vocals (8, 10) *

The Sweet Inspirations The Sweet Inspirations were an American R&B girl group mostly known for their work as backup singers on studio recordings for other R&B and rock artists. A founding member of the group was Dionne Warwick, who was later replaced by her aunt, Ciss ...

– background vocals (1-3, 5, 7) * Dee Dee Warwick – background vocals (8, 10) *Jerry Weaver – guitar (4, 10) ;

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section is a group of American session musicians based in the northern Alabama town of Muscle Shoals. One of the most prominent American studio house bands from the 1960s to the 1980s, these musicians, individually or a ...

Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in ...

– electric piano (All tracks), Hammond organ (All tracks) * Roger Hawkins – drums (All tracks) *

Eddie Hinton Eddie Hinton (15 June 1944 – 28 July 1995) was an American songwriter and session musician, best known for his work with soul music and R&B singers. He played lead guitar for Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section from 1969 to 1971 and after leaving th ...

– guitar (1, 3-6, 9) * David Hood – bass guitar (All tracks) Except for (8) "The Weight" which is

Jerry Jemmott Gerald Stenhouse Jemmott (born March 22, 1946, in the Morrisania section of the Bronx, New York City) is an American bass guitarist. Jemmott was one of the chief session bass guitarists of the late 1960s and early 1970s, working with many of th ...

* Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1-9); Production *Ron Albert – recording engineer (3, 5-6, 9) * Adrian Barber – recording engineer (4)Franklin, Aretha. "Aretha's Greatest Hits" (Album Notes). Atlantic. 1971. *

Tom Dowd Thomas John Dowd (October 20, 1925 – October 27, 2002) was an American recording engineer and producer for Atlantic Records. He was credited with innovating the multitrack recording method. Dowd worked on a veritable "who's who" of recording ...

– recording engineer (1-2, 4, 7-8, 10), record producer *Jerome Gasper – recording engineer (1-2, 4, 7-8, 10) *Chuck Kirkpatrick – recording engineer (3, 5-6, 9) *

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for o ...

– record producer, musical arrangement, string arrangement * Jerry Wexler – record producer

Notes

1970 albums Aretha Franklin albums Albums produced by Tom Dowd Albums produced by Jerry Wexler Albums produced by Arif Mardin Atlantic Records albums {{1970s-R&B-album-stub