Young, Gifted And Black:Aretha Franklin

Young, Gifted and Black is the nineteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on January 24, 1972 by Atlantic Records. The album is Top 10 Gold-certified. The album won Aretha a 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance of the year. It takes its title from the Nina Simone song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black." In 2003, the TV network VH1 named it the 76th greatest album of all time. ==Track listing[ edit] == ==Personnel[ edit] == ==Chart Positions[ edit] ==
 * Dr. John - Percussion
 * Aretha Franklin - Piano, Celeste, Electric piano, Lead Vocals
 * Donny Hathaway - Organ, Electric piano
 * Billy Preston - Organ
 * Sammy Turner - Background Vocals
 * Hubert Laws - Alto Flute
 * Chuck Rainey - Bass
 * J.R. Bailey - Background Vocals
 * Carolyn Franklin - Background Vocals
 * Erma Franklin - Background Vocals
 * The Memphis Horns - Ensemble
 * The Sweet Inspirations - Background Vocals
 * Jack Adams - Engineer
 * Howard Albert - Engineer
 * Ron Albert - Engineer
 * Don Arnone - Acoustic Guitar
 * Margaret Branch - Background Vocals
 * Ann S. Clark - Background Vocals
 * Cornell Dupree - Guitar
 * Jimmy Douglass - Engineer
 * Tom Dowd - Arranger, Producer
 * Chuck Kirkpatrick - Engineer
 * Eric Gale - Bass
 * Lewis Hahn - Engineer
 * Dan Hersch - Remastering
 * Bill Inglot - Remastering
 * Wayne Jackson - Trumpet
 * Andrew Love - Tenor saxophone
 * Ray Lucas - Percussion, Drums, track 4, 10, 12
 * Arif Mardin - Arranger, Producer, Remixing
 * Michael Mazzarella - Research
 * Hugh McCracken - Guitar
 * Gene Orloff - Concert Master
 * Gene Paul - Engineer
 * Gary Peterson - Research
 * Robert Popwell - Bass, Percussion
 * Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Percussion, Drums, track 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11
 * Neal Rosengarden - Percussion, Trumpet, Vibraphone
 * Pat Smith - Background Vocals
 * Jerry Wexler - Producer
 * Ronald Bright - Background Vocals
 * Don Cassale - Engineer
 * Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums,track 1,6
 * David Nathan - Liner Notes
 * Geoff Gans - Reissue Art Director
 * Patrick Milligan - Research
 * Howie Albert - Engineer
 * Stanislaw Zagorski - Cover Design