Today I Sing the Blues

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"Today I Sing the Blues"
Single by Aretha Franklin
from the album Aretha
B-side "Love is the Only Thing"
Released October, 1960
Studio Atlantic Studios (New York, NY) [1]
Genre Blues
Length2:47
Label Columbia Records 41793
Songwriter(s) Curtis Lewis
Producer(s) John Hammond
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Precious Lord (Part 1)"
(1959)		"Today I Sing the Blues"
(1960)		"Won't Be Long"
(1960)

"Today I Sing the Blues" is a song written by Curtis Lewis and performed by Aretha Franklin. The song reached number 10 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1960. [2] The song appeared on her 1961 album, Aretha . [3] The song was produced by John Hammond. [4] [5] Franklin re-recorded the song in 1969 on the album Soul '69 and it reached number 101 on the U.S. pop chart. [6] It also charted on the Cash Box Top 100 chart.

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"Today I Sing the Blues", originally written in 1948 and recorded the same year by Helen Humes and Buck Clayton's Orchestra, was included in the second album of Sam Cooke, Encore , recorded in 1958.

Chart performance

Aretha Franklin

ChartPeak
position
U.S. R&B chart10
U.S. Pop chart101

Cover versions

References

  1. ↑ Unterberger, Richie, "Soul '69 review", AllMusic.
  2. ↑ Aretha Franklin, "Today I Sing the Blues" chart position. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. ↑ Aretha Franklin, Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ Aretha Franklin, "Today I Sing the Blues". Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ John Hammond interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1970).
  6. ↑ Aretha Franklin, "Today I Sing the Blues" chart position. Retrieved September 13, 2013.


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