Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing

~ Recording by Aretha Franklin

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
4.7Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing3:48Aretha FranklinQueen of Soul: The Atlantic RecordingsAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)D217051, R2 71063

Relationships

engineer:Phil Ramone
producer:Aretha Franklin
Arif Mardin
Jerry Wexler
mixer:Arif Mardin
bass:Stanley Clarke (on 1973-04-10)
drums (drum set):Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist) (on 1973-04-10)
guitar:David Spinozza (on 1973-04-10)
keyboard:Donny Hathaway (on 1973-04-10)
Bob James (US jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer) (on 1973-04-10)
percussion:Ralph MacDonald (on 1973-04-10)
background vocals:Judy Clay (American soul and gospel singer) (on 1973-04-10)
Cissy Houston (on 1973-04-10)
Sylvia Shemwell (on 1973-04-10)
Myrna Smith (on 1973-04-10)
lead vocals:Aretha Franklin (on 1973-04-10)
arranger:William Eaton (US producer & arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1974)
recorded at:A&R Recording Studio (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States (on 1973-04-10)
sampled by:The Real by Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/44288 [info]
recording of:Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing (on 1973-04-10: cover)

Related works

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing

writer:Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson
publisher:EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30)
Jobete Music Co., Inc. (from 1967 to present)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)