(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
| "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" | ||||
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| Single by Aretha Franklin | ||||
| from the album Lady Soul | ||||
| B-side | "Ain't No Way" | |||
| Released | March 1968 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:25 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Aretha Franklin, Teddy White | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler | |||
| Aretha Franklin singles chronology | ||||
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"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" is a classic song by R&B singer Aretha Franklin. Released from her Lady Soul album in 1968, the song was successful, debuting at #32 and peaking at #5 on the Hot 100 for five weeks, and spending three weeks at #1 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart. The B-side, "Ain't No Way" was also a hit, peaking at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #9 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart.
A live recording was featured on the 1968 album, Aretha in Paris.
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Young Girl, and the pianist Ramsey Lewis recorded an instrumental version on his 1968 album, Maiden Voyage.
Kate Ceberano released a version of the song on her 1989 album, Brave.
Whitney Houston performed the song in a tribute to Franklin on her 1997 HBO special, Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C.. The song was included in a medley with Franklin's "Baby I Love You" and "Ain't No Way".
In 2012, Christine Anu covered the song on her album, Rewind: The Aretha Franklin Songbook.
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