The Queen In Waiting

Before Aretha Franklin rose to fame, she was signed to Columbia Records. This 3LP compilation album is a collection of some of Aretha's most notable songs during her time at Columbia from 1960 to 1965.  The Queen in Waiting highlights Franklin's jazz and big-band recordings, and includes the songs "Won't Be Long", "Walk On By", "Today I Sing The Blues" and "Try A Little Tenderness" a.o.

Tracklist

1. Nobody Like You
2. Once In A While
3. Maybe I'm A Fool 
4. Muddy Water
5. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? (Alternate Version)
6. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
7. Today I Sing The Blues
8. Won't Be Long
9. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
10. Evil Gal Blues
11. Lee Cross
12. Walk On By 
13. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
14. God Bless The Child
15. Blue Holiday
16. Looking Through A Tear
17. Tiny Sparrow
18. Here Today And Gone Tomorrow 
19. Little Brown Book
20. Without The One You Love
21. This Bitter Earth 
22. Just For A Thrill
23. Skylark 
24. Skylark (Alternate Version)
25. Trouble In Mind 
26. Runnin' Out Of Fools
27. Drinking Again
28. Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)
29. What A Diff'rence A Day Made
30. Soulville 
31. You'll Lose A Good Thing
32. Take A Look
33. Cry Like A Baby 
34. I Wish I Didn't Love You So
35. Only The Lonely
36. People
37. Mockingbird
38. Until You Were Gone
39. My Coloring Book
40. Try A Little Tenderness