Columbia publish Aretha Franklin’s fourth album : ‘Laughing On The Outside’ (1963)

Aretha Franklin‘s ‘Laughing On The Outside’ is his fourth studio album released on August 12, 1963 by Columbia.

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1 . Skylark

Track listing : 1.Skylark (Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael) – 02:49 . 2.For All We Know (Sam M. Lewis, J. Fred Coots) – 03:25 . 3.Make Someone Happy (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 03:48 . 4.I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) – Aretha Franklin, Ted White) – 03:16 . 5.Solitude (Duke Ellington, Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills) – 03:50 . 6.Laughing on the Outside (Bernie Wayne, Ben Raleigh) – 03:14 . 7.Say It Isn’t So (Irving Berlin) – 03:05 . 8.Until The Real Thing Comes Along (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman) – 03:04 . 9.If Ever I Would Leave You (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 04:04 . 10.Where Are You? (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 03:50 . 11.Mr. Ugly 3:22 . 12.I Wanna Be Around (Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt) – 02:25 . 13.Ol’ Man River (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 04:01 . 14.You’ve Got Her (working title ‘Let Me Be’) – 0(Fred Johnson, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods, Terry Melcher) – 02:40 . 15.Here’s Where I Came In (Here’s Where I Walk Out) (Art Wayne, Ben Raleigh) – 02:53 . 16.Say It Isn’t So (Irving Berlin) – 03:08 .
Musicians : Aretha Franklin – vocals . Earl Van Dyke or Andrew Acker – piano . C. Bosler – bass . Hindel Butts – drums . Don Arnome – guitar . Jimmy Nottingham – trumpet . Robert Ascher – trombone . Bernard Eichenbaum – violin . Julius Schacter – violin . Leo Kahn – violin . Berl Senofsky – violin . Felix Gigol – violin . Max Pollikoff – violin . George Ockner and John Rublowsky – violin . R. Dickler – violin . Theodore Israel – viola . Jacob Glick – viola . Anthony Twardowsky – cello . Joseph Tekula – cello . Dave Grusin – piano on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . William (Billy) Strange – guitar on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Melvin Pollan – bass on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Russe I Bridges (Leon Russell) – piano on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Ray Pohlman – bass on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Hal Blain – drums on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Tommy Tedesco – guitar on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Plas Johnson – saxophone on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Sid Sharp – violin on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Tibor Zelig – violin on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . George poole – violin on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Irving Lipschultz – violin on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Irving Weinper – violin on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Darrel Terwilliger – violin on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) . Jesse Erlich – cello on (7 – 14 – 15 – 16) .
Production : Robert Mersey – producer, arranger, conductor . Recorded on April 17 and June 12–14, 1963 at Columbia Recording Studios in New York and Hollywood. . Released by Columbia on August 12, 1963.