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April Fools by Aretha Franklin

First released: 24 Jan 1972, Length: 3:29

Creators (15)

Instruments

  1. Aretha Franklin (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) electric piano, piano
  2. Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) drums (drum set)
  3. Chuck Rainey (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) bass
  4. Cornell Dupree (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) guitar
  5. Hubert Laws (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) flute

Vocals

  1. Ann S. Clark (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) background vocals
  2. Aretha Franklin (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) lead vocals
  3. Margaret Branch (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) background vocals
  4. Pat Smith (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) background vocals

Producer

  1. Arif Mardin
  2. Jerry Wexler
  3. Tom Dowd

Recording Engineer

  1. Gene Paul (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971)

Arranger

  1. Arif Mardin horn

Locations

Recorded At

  1. Atlantic Studios (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. The April Fools (18 Feb 1971 - 19 Feb 1971) cover

    Composer

    1. Burt Bacharach (1969)

    Lyricist

    1. Hal David (1969)

Releases containing this recording (14)

Official

Album

  1. Young, Gifted and Black 24 Jan 1972 Aretha Franklin
  2. Young, Gifted and Black 14 Dec 1993 Aretha Franklin
  3. Young, Gifted and Black 1993 Aretha Franklin
  4. Young, Gifted and Black 15 Jul 2008 Aretha Franklin
  5. Young, Gifted and Black 24 Jul 2012 Aretha Franklin
  6. Young, Gifted and Black 24 Jul 2012 Aretha Franklin HDTracks 24bit 192kHz
  7. Young, Gifted and Black Aretha Franklin

Album - Compilation

  1. Soul Queen 29 Oct 2007 Aretha Franklin
  2. 100 Hits Legends: Aretha Franklin 05 Jul 2010 Aretha Franklin
  3. The Atlantic Collection 07 Nov 2014 Aretha Franklin
  4. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin
  5. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin
  6. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin
  7. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin