| The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965) | ||||
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| Released | September 24, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | August 1, 1960 – October 12, 1965 | |||
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| Length | 2:06:38 | |||
| Label | Legacy | |||
| Aretha Franklin chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic (The Queen in Waiting) |   [1] |
| AllMusic (The Essential) | [2] |
| AllMusic (The Essential 3.0) |  [3] |
The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965) is a 2002compilation album ofAretha Franklin's early recordings from 1960 to 1965 when she was signed toColumbia Records. It was repackaged as part ofThe Essential series in 2010,[4] with a three-disc set containing eight additional songs also being released asThe Essential 3.0.[3]
The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings with Columbia before she became famous after she moved toAtlantic 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 comprehensiveTake a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia are attempts to bring exposure to Franklin's catalog of early recordings.[7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nobody Like You" | James Cleveland | 2:23 |
| 2. | "Once in a While" | L. C. Cook | 2:31 |
| 3. | "Maybe I'm a Fool" | John Leslie McFarland | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Muddy Water" | Harry Richman, Jo Trent,Peter De Rose | 2:24 |
| 5. | "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" (alternate version) | Hughie Cannon | 2:14 |
| 6. | "Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)" | Ray Charles | 3:09 |
| 7. | "Today I Sing the Blues" | Curtis Lewis | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Won't Be Long" | John Leslie McFarland | 3:18 |
| 9. | "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" | Tom Delaney, Pearl Delaney | 5:10 |
| 10. | "Evil Gal Blues" | Lionel Hampton,Leonard Feather | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Lee Cross" | Ted White | 3:22 |
| 12. | "Walk On By" | Burt Bacharach,Hal David | 2:50 |
| 13. | "I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)" | Aretha Franklin, Ted White | 3:21 |
| 14. | "God Bless the Child" | Billie Holiday,Arthur Herzog Jr. | 3:03 |
| 15. | "Blue Holiday" | Willie Denson,Luther Dixon | 2:54 |
| 16. | "Looking Through a Tear" | Arthur Resnick,Bobby Scott | 3:03 |
| 17. | "Tiny Sparrow" | Bobby Scott | 2:49 |
| 18. | "Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" | Babs Gonzales, Glen Ballard, Marti Sharron | 3:29 |
| 19. | "Little Brown Book" | Billy Strayhorn | 3:18 |
| 20. | "Without the One You Love" | Aretha Franklin | 2:46 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This Bitter Earth" | Clyde Otis | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Just for a Thrill" | Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye | 2:54 |
| 3. | "Skylark" | Johnny Mercer,Hoagy Carmichael | 2:21 |
| 4. | "Skylark" (alternate version) | Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Trouble in Mind" | Richard M. Jones | 2:43 |
| 6. | "Runnin' Out of Fools" | Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Drinking Again" | Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber | 3:28 |
| 8. | "Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)" | Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh | 3:16 |
| 9. | "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" | Stanley Person,María Grever | 3:31 |
| 10. | "Soulville" | Titus Turner,Morris Levy,Henry Glover, Dinah Washington | 2:26 |
| 11. | "You'll Lose a Good Thing" | Huey P Meaux,Barbara Lynn | 2:40 |
| 12. | "Take a Look" | Clyde Otis | 2:42 |
| 13. | "Cry Like a Baby" | Jo Armstead,Nickolas Ashford,Valerie Simpson | 2:13 |
| 14. | "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" | Frank Loesser | 2:55 |
| 15. | "Only the Lonely" | Sammy Cahn,Jimmy Van Heusen | 4:54 |
| 16. | "People" | Jule Styne,Bob Merrill | 4:18 |
| 17. | "Mockingbird" | Inez Foxx,Charlie Foxx | 2:48 |
| 18. | "Until You Were Gone" | Joy Byers | 3:16 |
| 19. | "My Coloring Book" | John Kander,Fred Ebb | 4:08 |
| 20. | "Try a Little Tenderness" | James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods | 3:14 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "(In My) Solitude" | Duke Ellington,Eddie DeLange,Irving Mills | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Love for Sale" | Cole Porter | 2:31 |
| 3. | "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 2:18 |
| 4. | "Unforgettable" | Irving Gordon | 3:40 |
| 5. | "All Night Long" | Curtis Lewis | 3:06 |
| 6. | "Every Little Bit Hurts" | Ed Cobb | 2:50 |
| 7. | "Sweet Bitter Love" | Van McCoy | 3:00 |
| 8. | "If Ever I Would Leave You" | Alan Jay Lerner,Frederick Loewe | 4:07 |
| Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 24, 2002 | Legacy | CD | C2K 85696 |
| October 26, 2010 | Columbia, Legacy | CD | 88697 68830-2/88697 68830-2 |
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