River’s Invitation

Name: River’s Invitation
Duration: 2 min 41 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.14	River’s Invitation	2:39	Aretha Franklin	Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings	Aretha Franklin	Album + Compilation	US1992	Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)	D217051, R2 71063
1.9	River’s Invitation	2:43	Aretha Franklin	The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha’s Blues	Aretha Franklin	Album + Compilation	US1998-01-13	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 72942

recording engineer:	Tom Dowd
producer:	Tom Dowd Jerry Wexler
alto saxophone:	George Dorsey (on 1968-09-27) Frank Wess (on 1968-09-27)
baritone saxophone:	Pepper Adams (baritone saxophonist) (on 1968-09-27)
bass:	Ron Carter (US jazz double-bassist) (on 1968-09-27)
drums (drum set):	Bruno Carr (on 1968-09-27)
guitar:	Kenny Burrell (on 1968-09-27)
piano:	Junior Mance (on 1968-09-27)
tenor saxophone:	King Curtis (saxophonist) (on 1968-09-27) Seldon Powell (on 1968-09-27)
trombone:	Jimmy Cleveland (US jazz trombonist) (on 1968-09-27) Urbie Green (on 1968-09-27) Thomas Mitchell (US rock singer active in the early 60's) (on 1968-09-27) Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) (on 1968-09-27)
trumpet:	Bernie Glow (on 1968-09-27) Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-27) Ernie Royal (on 1968-09-27) Richard Williams (Richard Gene Williams, jazz trumpeter) (on 1968-09-27) Snookie Young (on 1968-09-27)
vibraphone:	Jack Jennings (on 1968-09-27)
woodwind:	David Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1968-09-27)
conductor:	Arif Mardin (on 1968-09-27)
arranger:	Arif Mardin

recorded at:	Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan (on 1968-09-27)

recording of:	River’s Invitation (on 1968-09-27: cover)

lyricist and composer:	Percy Mayfield

publisher:	Sony/ATV Songs LLC