Album · 1961
Tracklist
A1 Won't Be Long
A2 Over The Rainbow
A3 Love Is The Only Thing
A4 Sweet Lover
A5 All Night Long
A6 Who Needs You?
B1 Right Now
B2 Are You Sure
B3 Maybe I'm A Fool
B4 It Ain't Necessarily So
B5 (Blue) By Myself
B6 Today I Sing The Blues
Line-up/Musicians
Bass – Bill Lee (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B4 to B6), Milt Hinton (tracks: A6, B2, B3)
Drums – Belton Evans (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Osie Johnson (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6), Sticks Evans (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5)
Guitar – Lord Westbrook (tracks: A2, A3, A5 to B6), Skeeter Best (tracks: B1)
Piano – Aretha Franklin (tracks: A1, A6, B2, B3), Ray Bryant (tracks: A1, A2 to A5, B1, B4 to B6)
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: A5, A6, B2, B3, B5), Warren Luckey (tracks: B4)
Trombone – Quentin Jackson (tracks: A5, B5), Tyree Glenn (tracks: A2, A3, B1, B6)
About this release
Columbia – CL 1612 (US)
Reissued in 1972 as "The First 12 Sides"(Columbia – KC 31953,US).Released in Italy in 1973 as "Debutto"(Record Bazaar – RB 30).
Thanks to snobb for the addition