(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone

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"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album Lady Soul
B-side "Ain't No Way"
Released March 1968
Genre Soul
Length2:25
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Aretha Franklin, Teddy White
Producer(s) Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
(1968)
"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"
(1968)
"Think"
(1968)

"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" is a song by singer Aretha Franklin. Released from her Lady Soul album in 1968, the song was successful, debuting at number 31 and peaking at number 5 on the Hot 100 for five weeks, and spending three weeks at number 1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. The B-side, "Ain't No Way", was also a hit, peaking at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. [1]

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Cash Box called it a "powerhouse of vocal energy and tingling ork backup to build another emotional blockbuster." [2]

A live recording was featured on the 1968 album Aretha in Paris .

The song was co-written by Franklin and her husband Ted.

Personnel

Covers

Gary Puckett & The Union Gap released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Young Girl , and the pianist Ramsey Lewis recorded an instrumental version on his 1968 album, Maiden Voyage .

Kate Ceberano released a version of the song on her 1989 album, Brave .

Booker T. and The MG's released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Soul Limbo .

Whitney Houston performed the song in a tribute to Franklin on her 1997 HBO special, Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C. . The song was included in a medley with Franklin's "Baby I Love You" and "Ain't No Way".

In 2012, Christine Anu covered the song on her album Rewind: The Aretha Franklin Songbook .

Chart positions

ChartsPeak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues 1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 215.
  2. "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. February 24, 1968. p. 26. Retrieved 2022-01-12.