- Year of release
- 1967
- Global sales
- 500,000
- Genre
- Soul
- Buy this album
- Buy CD
A definitive album in the soul music canon and the most enduring of Franklin's 50 year career, I Never Loved A Man... showcases the astounding vocal command of The Queen Of Soul
Best tracks:
Respect
I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Save Me
Top facts:
- By switching the perspective from male to female, Franklin transformed Otis Redding's song, Respect, into an anthem for the Sixties' burgeoning feminist movement. The frequently misheard lyric - "Take care, TCB" - refers to "Taking Care of Business", and was ad libbed by Franklin.
- The album's title track proved to be Franklin's breakthrough single, almost seven years since her first release. The song came about spontaneously: "I took her to church, sat her down at the piano and let her be herself", revealed producer Jerry Wrexler.
- Franklin isn't the only notable artist to have covered Sam Cooke's civil rights anthem A Change Is Gonna Come - Bob Dylan, The Supremes, Tina Turner and Otis Redding have all performed their own memorable versions.
If you like this, try:
Otis Redding: The Soul Album
Etta James: Tell Mama
Gladys Knight & The Pips: Everybody Needs Love
Al Green: I'm Still In Love With You
