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Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
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Where to even begin with one of the most monumental classics in the soul music canon? Over the course of the early 1960s, Columbia Records had released nine albums and over two
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Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (Live in Paris, 1968)
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[Verse 1] / You're a no good heartbreaker / You're a liar and you're a cheat / And I don't know why / I let you do these things to me / My friends keep telling me / They tell me
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Kelly Clarkson – I Never Loved a Man (The Smoakstack Sessions)
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You're a no good heart breaker / You're a liar and you're a cheat / And I don't know why / I let you do these things to me / My friends keep telling me / That you ain't no good
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Aretha Franklin – Respect
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Aretha Franklin’s signature song was a groundbreaking female empowerment anthem of the late 1960s.
Originally a minor hit by Otis Redding in 1965, Aretha’s “Respect” was given a
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Aretha Franklin – Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
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[Verse 1] / Take me to heart, and I'll always love you / And nobody can make me do wrong / Take me for granted, leaving love unshown / Makes willpower weak and temptation strong
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Kasia Kowalska – I Never Loved a Man
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You're a no good heartbreaker / You're a liar and you're a cheat / And I don't know why / I let you do these things to me / My friends keep telling me / That you ain't no good
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Aerosmith – Never Loved a Girl
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[Intro] / You're a no good heart breaker / You're a liar and you're a cheat / I don't know why I let you do these thing to me / My friends keep telling me that you ain't no good
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Aretha Franklin – Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)
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[Verse 1] / I don't want nobody, always / Sittin' around me and my man / I don't want nobody, always / Sittin' right there / Lookin' at me and that man / Be it my mother, my
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Aretha Franklin – A Change Is Gonna Come
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Cover of the Sam Cooke standard.
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Aretha Franklin – Baby, Baby, Baby
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[Chorus] / Baby, baby, baby, this is just to say / How much I'm going to miss you / But believe while I'm away / That I didn't mean to hurt you / Don't you know that I'd rather
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Aretha Franklin – Drown In My Own Tears
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It brings big tears into my eyes / When I began, when I began to realize / That I've cried so much, oh since you've been gone / I guess I'll drown in, drown in my own tears / I've
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Aretha Franklin – The Woman
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[Verse 1] / Darling, the question has been answered / And you tried hard not to say / It would have come out anyway / What did you do? / How could you have meant it, oh, when you
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Aretha Franklin – Dr. Feelgood
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[Verse 1] / I don't want nobody, always / Sittin' around me and my man / I don't want nobody, always / Sittin' right there / Lookin' at me and that man / Be it my mother, my
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Aretha Franklin – Soul Serenade
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[Intro] / Only you can hear my soul serenade / [Verse] / I want to be free to fly away and sing to the world / About my soul serenade, my soul serenade / When you're not around
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Aretha Franklin – Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
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[Verse 1] / If I lose this dream (This dream) / I don't know what I'm going to do / If I lose this dream (This dream) / I'm dreaming about for me and you / [Bridge] / If it goes
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Aretha Franklin – Save Me
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[Chorus] / Save me, somebody save me / Save me, somebody save me, yeah / [Verse 1] / Promised myself after the first romance / I wouldn't give you a second chance / They say if you
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Aretha Franklin – My Song
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[Verse] / You told me that you would leave me here in tears / Now you're gone and hours seem like years / So darling, i sing my song / Your leaving makes my heart beat slow and
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Jennifer Hudson – I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You)
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[Verse 1] / You're no good, heartbreaker / You're a liar, you're a cheat / I don't know why / I let you do these things to me / Friends keep telling me / That you ain't no good
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Aretha Franklin – Good Times
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[Chorus] / Everybody get in the groove and let the good times roll / I'm going to stay here 'til I soothe my soul / If it takes all night long / [Verse] / Yeah, it might be one o'
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Aretha Franklin – Respect (Stereo Version)
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[Verse 1] / What you want, baby, I got it / What you need, do you know I got it? / [Chorus] / All I'm askin' is for a little respect when you come home / (Just a little bit) Hey
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Aretha Franklin – Chain of Fools
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“Chain of Fools” is about discovering your partner has been unfaithful.
One of five Top 10 hits Aretha scored in 1967, it rose to #2.
The following year, this song wound up on
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
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1 | Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | 1971 / 2 | The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds | 1966 / 3 | Joni Mitchell | Blue | 1971 / 4 | Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 1976 / 5 | The
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Isaac Hayes – Soulsville
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Black man, born free / At least that's the way it's supposed to be / Chains that binds him are hard to see / Unless you take this walk with me / Place where he lives has got plenty
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Aretha Franklin – Soul Serenade
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[Intro] / Only you can hear my soul serenade / [Verse] / I want to be free to fly away and sing to the world / About my soul serenade, my soul serenade / When you're not around
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Drive-By Truckers – Daddy Needs a Drink
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[Verse 1] / Daddy needs a drink / To deal with all the beauty / To deal with all the madness / To keep from blowing up / Daddy needs a drink / To calm down his badness / To execute
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Spencer Wiggins (Ft. Duane Allman) – I Never Loved A Woman (The Way That I Love You)
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You're a no-good heartbreaker / You're a liar and you're a cheat / I don't know why I let you / Do these things to me / My friends keep telling me / That you ain't no good / Woah
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Aretha Franklin – The House That Jack Built
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[Intro] / This is the house that Jack built, y'all / Remember this house / [Verse 1] / This was the land that he worked by hand / It was the dream of an upright man / There was the
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Aretha Franklin – The Wind
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Jul 30, 2021 ... 15. I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) [2018 Mono Remaster]. 16 ... you who share facts and insight about the songs and artists they love.
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
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Rolling Stone is one of the leading music magazines today, and their list of the 500 “Greatest Songs” of all time is considered by them to be “the definitive list”. It was
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Aretha Franklin (Ft. Dionne Warwick) – I Say A Little Prayer [Live]
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[Verse 1: Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick] / The moment I wake up / Before I put on my makeup (Makeup) / I say a little (Prayer for you), ooh, yes, I do / While I'm combing my hair
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