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][]

#	Title	Length
1.	"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" (Jim Doris)	3:42
2.	"Day Dreaming" (Franklin)	4:00
3.	"Rock Steady" (Franklin)	3:15
4.	"Young, Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone)	3:34
5.	"All the King's Horses" (Franklin)	3:56
6.	"A Brand New Me" (Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble)	4:26
7.	"April Fools" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)	3:29
8.	"I've Been Loving You Too Long" (Jerry Butler, Otis Redding)	3:36
9.	"First Snow in Kokomo" (Franklin)	4:04
10.	"The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)	3:38
11.	"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" (Thom Bell, William Hart)	3:42
12.	"Border Song (Holy Moses)" (Bernie Taupin, Elton John)	3:22

Year	Title	Pop chart	Black chart
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1972	Young, gifted and black	#11	#2
Billboard (North America) - singles
1970	"Border Song (Holy Moses)"	#37	#5
1971	"Brand New Me"	-	-
1971	"Rock Steady"	#9	#2
1972	"All The King's Horses"	#26	#7
1972	"Day Dreaming"	#5	#1
1972	"Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)"	#73	#9
1972	"April Fools"	-	-