Lady Soul

CTL-E-5848 · Work · album · 1968

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Lady Soul is an Aretha Franklin album released on January 22, 1968, by Atlantic Records, produced by Jerry Wexler with Tom Dowd as recording engineer. Recorded with players including Eric Clapton, Bobby Womack, and Cissy Houston and the Sweet Inspirations, it was Franklin's follow-up to her two 1967 Atlantic hit albums and became her second R&B chart-topping album, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 — tied for her highest position on that chart — and at No. 1 on the soul albums chart. Its singles carried the record: 'Chain of Fools' reached No. 2 on the pop chart, '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' reached No. 8, and '(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone' reached No. 5, alongside her readings of Curtis Mayfield's 'People Get Ready' and her sister Carolyn Franklin's 'Ain't No Way.' The album sold over a million copies in the United States and was ranked No. 75 on Rolling Stone's revised 2020 list of the 500 greatest albums.

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• Aretha Franklin — authored by
  Lady Soul (Atlantic, 1968) is an album by Aretha Franklin, produced by Jerry Wexler.
• Atlantic Records — released by
  Lady Soul was released on January 22, 1968, by Atlantic Records.

Sources

• Rhino (Atlantic), "Essential Atlantic: Aretha Franklin, LADY SOUL" (January 28, 2021) — January 22, 1968 release, producer Jerry Wexler, No. 2 Billboard 200 peak on March 15, 1968, and the three hit singles with their chart peaks — https://www.rhino.com/article/essential-atlantic-aretha-franklin-lady-soul (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, "Lady Soul" (accessed 2026-10-16) — Atlantic release, track listing and writers, Billboard peaks (Pop No. 2, Soul No. 1, Jazz No. 3), sales over one million U.S. copies, and Rolling Stone rankings (No. 85 in 2003/2012; No. 75 in 2020) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Soul (build store)
• Legacy.com / New York Times obituary, "Aretha Franklin" (2018) — Franklin (1942–2018) died August 16, 2018, supporting the creator vital status recorded for this Work — https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/aretha-franklin-obituary?pid=189955137 (build store)

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