So they're gonna teach them new songs.
Maybe I can photograph that and use that first.
Do you know what I mean?
If you go from this, into the learning, and then from the learning right into the song. Right, I get it.
You know what I mean, and build it that way.
I'd like to say good evening to everybody.
We'd like to thank you for coming tonight, to the first religious recording session of the Lady Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin.
And we want you tonight to be a part of this session.
We want you to, you know, let the folk know you're here.
Many of you who never had the opportunity to hear Aretha sing Gospel, you're in tonight for a great thrill.
She can sing anything.
"Three Blind Mice"...
Anything!
I'd like for you to be mindful though, that this is a church and we're here for a religious service.
And we want you to be a part of it.
We want you to give vent to the spirit.
Those of you who are not hip to giving vent to the spirit, then you do the next best thing.
Aretha's got some fantastic people that came this week, helped us to put together what you're going to witness tonight.
Great fellows that work in the band.
It's been a privilege and a pleasure to work with them, and I'm gonna kind of hate to see them go.
And tonight, I want you to relax and enjoy one of the greatest sounds in the world.
And that's the sound of Gospel.
And whatever you hear tonight, just remember, tomorrow night's gonna be better.
And if I seem a little misty, it's just because I'm happy.
I'm happy for the Southern California Choir.
For us, this is a dream come true.
And I'd like for you at this time to welcome the young folk that are gonna back Aretha.
Won't you receive the Southern California Community Choir.
We are on our way.
ON OUR WAY
We are on our way To a land To a land of brighter day We are on our way We're on ourjourney home When we get to glory We will shout We will shout and tell the story Of how we made it over We're on ourjourney home We are on our way To a land To a land of brighter day We are on our way We are on ourjourney home Thank you.
Now, the young lady that we've all been waiting to hear.
She's known by many names, and deservedly so, she's earned every title.
But it's my pleasure tonight to just say, my sister, Miss Aretha Franklin.
Give her a big hand!
Now, as you know, this is a recording session and if things should happen and we have to take it over, you understand how that is.
So, if you said "Amen" on it first, and we have to take it over when we get back to that spot, you say "Amen" again, you hear?
And if we have to take it over again, you say "Amen" again.
All right.
She could have very easily have gone into a studio and done this album, but she wanted to do something live.
And the only reason we wanted to do it live was to get the audience participation.
So now, those of you here got to sound like about 2,000.
Can you sound like 2,000?
Let me hear it, come on!
Right on!
Our first selection tonight is gonna be a little number that was done by brother Marvin Gaye.
And it's called "Wholy Holy".
Ladies and gentlemen, Aretha Franklin, the Southern California Choir.
WHOLY HOLY
Wholy holy
Come together wholy
People, we've got to come together
Because we need the strength
the power
and all of the feeling
Wholy holy
We should believe in each other's dreams
We've got to come together
Because we need the strength, the power and all of the feelings Wholy holy
We can conquer things forever Yes, we can
Jesus left a long time ago said he would return
He left us a book to believe in Oh, yes, he did
And in it we've got a lot to learn Wholy holy
Do you know that we can rock the world's foundation?
Wholy holy
Wholy holy
Wholy holy Jesus Wholy holy
Wholy holy Wholy holy Holy Wholy holy Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Now, we going right on straight on into the heart of the Baptist Church here, for a minute.
You know, being the daughter of a Baptist minister, you had to know these hymns before you could do anything.
We got together and put our heads together and came up with an arrangement on one of the great hymns of the church.
WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
What What a friend we have
- a friend we have in Jesus in Jesus All All our sins and griefs to bear
- What What a privilege What a privilege it is to carry To carry Everything Everything to God in prayer Can I sing it one more time?
- What What a friend What a friend we we have in Jesus All All our sins and our griefs to bear What a privilege it is to just carry To carry Everything to God in prayer Oh, Lord
What peace we often forfeit
- What a needless pain we bear What needless pains we bear Yes, we do
- And it's all And it's all All because just because we just don't carry You know, sometimes we don't carry Everything to God in prayer
Oh, what peace we often forfeit Oh, what needless needless pain we bear Do you know that it's all because because we just don't carry No, we don't My brothers and sisters, everything
Everything Oh, everything Yeah, everything to Jesus Everything Everything to Jesus Everything to the Lord in prayer
All right.
The same key. Listen. You...
Wasn't that E? C, D, E? F.
F.
You rewrote the verses.
The verses are...
You sure that's not the intro?
Two, three, four, boom!
Right. Is that it? Okay.
Okay.
Are we rolling? Let's go!
One...
I didn't say that. That was you saying it.
HOW I GOT OVER
- How I got over How I got over
- How I got over How I got over You know, my soul looks back and wonder How I got over
- How I got over How I got over You know, my soul looks back and wonder How I got over
- Just as soon as I see Jesus Oh, yes
- The man who made me free Oh, yes He was the man
- that bled and suffered Oh, yes
- He d*ed for you and for me Oh, yes I want to thank Him
- because He brought me Oh, yes I want to thank Him
- because He taught me Oh, yes I will thank God
- because He kept me Oh, yes I want to thank a God
- that never left me Oh, yes I want to sing Hallelujah I might shout this evening I'm gonna thank Jesus for all He's done for me Oh, yeah
- How I got Over
- Over Over Over Oh, yeah, how I got over
- I want to wear a diamond gem Oh, yes
- in the new Jerusalem Oh, yes I want to walk
- the streets of gold Oh, yes
- In the homeland of the soul Oh, yes I'm gonna view
- the hosts in white Oh, yes
- who travel both day and night Oh, yes, oh, yes
- Coming up from every nation Oh, yes on the way
- to the great coronation Oh, yes
- I will sing Hallelujah Oh, Lord and child I want to thank Jesus for all He's done for me Oh, yeah
- How I got over Over
- Over Over Oh yeah, how I got over
- How I got over Over now
- Over Over
- My soul looks back, it looks back and wonder
- My soul looks back, it looks back and wonder now
- My soul looks back and wonder Yes, it does
- How I got over Over
"Precious Memories".
Those of you that are old Gospel lovers...
I know you remember this one.
PRECIOUS MEMORIES Precious memories
How How they linger they linger
How they ever How they ever flood my soul
In In the stillness Oh, in the stillness
of the midnight Sacred secrets
He'll unfold
Yes, he will
In sad hours In
sad hours
Long, long, long, long, long When I get a little lonely Yeah, yeah, yeah
The truth
The real truth The real truth of Jesus'
love is told Oh, yeah Oh, yes, it is
Jesus, Jesus Jesus whispers Yeah Yeah, yeah I'll be with you Oh, yes, He will
Sacred Sacred
- Sacred Sacred Sacred secrets secrets He'll unfold Oh, yeah You know You know He will We ought to sing that one more time, James
Jesus
Lord whispers
- Child, I'll be with you I'll be with you Yes, I will, don't worry about it Sacred Sacred Sacred Secrets will unfold The Lord will The Lord will
I wonder, is there anybody here in the building tonight, know anything about the Sanctified Church?
Let me hear you say, "Yeah."
Say it again!
You know, when you get the feeling like this is the Sanctified Church, somebody jump up and say it.
Yeah Yes, I do Yeah
How many of you love the Lord? Let me see your hands.
Why don't you shake hands with somebody next to you and say, "I love the Lord"?
Uh, would somebody get me some water, please?
Oh, I have some. She got it, she got it.
Whoa, now that's quick.
We've taken for the next song, two songs, really, one of pop, and one of Gospel, and mixed it together.
Going to sing it one way, then we're going to turn around and sing it another way.
And I want you to know that it doesn't really matter, it all depends on who you singing it to.
Same words, but we're singing it to somebody that's able to keep us.
You need a friend.
And Jesus said, "Call my name, "because I'll be there."
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND / PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND
When you're down
and troubled
and you need some loving care
Ain't nothing
Ain't nothing
going right
Close
Close your eyes
and meditate on Him
And soon He will be there
God can brighten up
He can brighten up your darkest hours Precious Lord Take my hand Lead me on Let me stand I am tired I am weak I am worn Through the storm Through the night Lead me on To the light Take my hand Precious Lord He's my friend
You just call
- Precious Lord Out my name
- Take my hand And you know
- Lead me on Wherever you are
- Let me stand He will be there I get tired
- I'm too weak to see you again And I get worn I get worn
- Through Winter, spring, summer
- the storm and through the night or fall Lead me on, Lord
And I'll be there You got a friend Yeah, you got a friend in Jesus You got a friend You got a friend You got a friend in Jesus
- Yes, you do You got a friend You got a mighty good friend in Jesus I wonder do you know it?
You sure got a friend You got a friend in Jesus You got a friend Sure, you got a friend in Jesus Told you You got a friend
in Jesus You got a friend
- in Jesus Jesus You got a friend
- Oh in Jesus You got a friend
in Jesus
- You got a friend Oh, Jesus Jesus You got a friend You got a friend, you got a friend, you got a friend in Jesus
Oh, wherever you are He'll come running God will be there to see you again Yes, he will In the winter Winter, spring summer, or fall in the summer or in the fall
- All you got to do All you got to do is call is praise Jesus, praise Jesus And He'll be there You got a friend You got a friend You got a friend in Jesus You got a friend You got a friend, you got a friend, you got a friend
- in Jesus Jesus You got a friend
in Jesus You got a friend
in Jesus
- in Jesus You got a friend You got a friend, you got a friend, you got a friend in Jesus
The next song needs no introduction.
The other day in rehearsal, Aretha began to sing it...
and when she got to the part that says, "Through many dangers..."
...and I looked over at her and saw the tears rolling out of her eyes...
because never did we think, I think, 20 years ago, that God would do great things for us.
Can I get a witness here tonight?
AMAZING GRACE
Amazing
Amazing grace
How sweet
The The sound
That That saved
A A wretch
Like Me
I I was Once Once lost
But But now
I'm I'm found
Was Was blind
Was Blind But now
I see
Through, through, through, through
Through many dangers,
toils and snares
I I feel right here in the midst of and have all Already
I've already Jesus was with me and I've already come Yes, I have It was It was It was
It was It was grace
that brought me thus far Me safe
That's been with me, Lord and brought me safe thus far Don't you know it?
And that same that same old grace
They call it God's amazing Oh, amazing
Amazing grace
Oh, what grace it was
I feel now that brought me safe
- Safe So safe
- Safe So safe
- Safe Safe with Jesus
- Safe So safe
- Thus Thus
- far far
- and grace and grace
- will lead will lead
- me me home
Yes, it will
Yeah, yeah, yes, it will Yeah, yeah, yes, it will
It was grace
Oh, grace Oh, oh, that brought me safe
thus far Our Lord and grace Our Lord will lead me home
Thank you so much.
May I say to you... don't miss tomorrow night.
You haven't heard anything yet.
The second half is even better.
Tomorrow night, you'll hear "Never Grow Old".
Oh, I won't even tell you about it.
Be here tomorrow night.
Can she sing?
Let's hear it for her!
Oh, my Lord Hallelujah Really want to see you Hallelujah See you tomorrow night!
Oh, oh, Mary
Oh, oh, Mary Oh, oh, Mary Oh, oh, Mary Oh, oh, Mary Thank you very much for being so patient.
We are about ready to start.
How many were here last night?
Was it all right?
I'd like to introduce to you at this time, a young man who deserves a great deal of credit, brother Alexander Hamilton. Give him a big hand!
Now, when we see here all these cameras and things you see about round here, this is Warner Brothers getting it together for television.
Don't be bashful when the camera comes your way.
We don't know if it'll get back again.
So, while it coming your way, get in on it, all right?
I don't want you to feel too mad at me if you see me moving around.
Wherever I see 'em grinding, that's where I'm gonna be.
At this time, a young lady that needs no introduction, the young woman that made all of this possible tonight...
I'd like for you to receive the First Lady of Music...
Miss Aretha Franklin.
Oh, Mary, don't you weep MARY DON'T YOU WEEP
Don't mourn Don't mourn And if I could
If I could If I could, I surely would Surely would I'd stand right up on the rock Yes, I would Stand on the rock I'd stand right where Moses stood
- Moses stood Yes, I would
Pharaoh's army I know you know that story of how they got drowned in the sea one day Drowned in the Red Sea Oh, yeah Jesus said, Mary Oh, Mary, don't you weep Mary, don't weep Don't weep Tell your sister not to mourn
- Tell Martha not to mourn Don't mourn Don't mourn
Oh, Mary, don't you weep We're going to review this review the story of two sisters
called Mary and Martha
They had a brother Oh, Mary, don't you weep
named Lazarus Oh, Mary, don't you weep
One day while Jesus walked away Oh, Mary, don't you weep
That dear, that dear, that dear poor brother d*ed Yeah, yeah
Well, now Mary Oh, Mary, don't you weep went running to Jesus
She said, Master Oh, Mary, don't you weep my, my, my, my
- sweet Lord Oh, Mary, don't you weep Oh, Lord, if you had've Jesus said Oh, Mary, don't you weep
Come on and show me show me where you show me where you buried him Show me where you laid him down
And when He got there Mary, don't you weep
Jesus said for the benefit of you who don't believe Oh, Mary, don't you weep Mary, don't you weep Oh, Martha, don't you mourn Because you see, Pharaoh's army Pharaoh's army they got drowned in they drowned in the Red Sea
- Oh, Mary, don't you weep Don't weep
Don't weep Martha, don't Tell Martha not to mourn
At this time, we'd like to welcome down front a young lady who certainly is a legend in her own time.
A young woman who... is among many of the people, who inspired this great singer tonight.
And we thought tonight to honor her by bringing her right down front.
A young lady, who is still very much deeply rooted in Gospel and I speak of none other than the famous Miss Clara Ward.
To present the man that made this one possible, her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin of Detroit, Michigan!
Ladies and gentlemen, please bear with us.
We have hearing difficulty that won't be a minute.
We got a whole cup of water spilt into a great deal of electrical wires here.
When she's working from this microphone, can you hear her good?
You can't, right?
Okay, will you bear with us a few minutes?
Because we want you to hear.
Everybody say "Amen" for the technical difficulties.
Okay, we're through with the technical difficulties.
All right.
Give the technician a big hand for the difficulties.
All right, let's go back to church.
Everybody calm down for a minute, all right?
You know, last night, they deprived me of the privilege of cutting my step because I was ready.
And I tell you what, it better not come by tonight.
I'm going to get mine in!
All right.
We're going to do a little song
that we're gonna borrow from Reverend C. L. Franklin.
One of his old numbers that he loved to sing all the time.
We're going to dress it up a little, and I'm sure he won't recognize it.
A little song that says I'm climbing higher mountains, trying to get home.
All right, are you with us?
No, you got to be with us better than that.
Are you with us?
Okay.
CLIMBING HIGHER MOUNTAINS
- I'm climbing I'm climbing
- Higher mountains Higher mountains
- Trying to get home Trying to get home One more time.
I'm climbing
- I'm climbing I'm climbing
- Higher mountains Higher mountains
- Trying to get home Trying to get home
- I'm climbing I'm climbing
- Higher mountains Higher mountains
- Trying to get home Trying to get home
- I'm climbing Climbing
- Higher mountains Higher mountains
- Lord, I'm climbing Climbing
- Every day Climbing
- Oh, I'm climbing I'm climbing
- Higher mountains Higher mountains
- Trying to get home Trying to get home
My road has been a little rocky
- On my way home Trying to get home Yes, it has My road has been a little rocky
- On my way home Trying to get home Oh, my road has been a little rocky Going all up
- Going all up a mountain Mountain I tell you, my road has been a little rocky
- On my way home Trying to get home I'm going up the rough side of the mountain On my way home Trying to get home Meet my maker I'm going up the rough side of the mountain
- On my way home Trying to get home
I'm going up the rough side of the mountain Oh, Jesus On my way Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, climbing Higher, higher
- Higher Higher, higher
- Higher, Lord Higher, higher
- Higher Higher, higher
- Going over higher mountains Higher, higher
- to meet Higher, higher
- my maker Higher, higher
- Higher Higher, higher
- Oh, higher, Lord Higher, higher
- Higher Higher, higher
- Higher, Lord Higher, higher
- High Higher, higher
- Yeah, yeah Higher, higher
- Yeah, yeah Higher, higher
- Higher Higher, higher
- Oh, higher Higher, higher
- I'm climbing Higher, higher Higher mountains
- trying to get home trying to get home Oh, Lord
Climbing higher mountains
trying to get home Going home Oh, oh, oh, I'm climbing Yeah, yeah Late in the midnight hour
- Climbing Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, oh, oh, Lord, I'm climbing Oh, oh, oh, you shouldn't be slowing down
Tell the story I'm climbing
Higher mountains
- Higher mountains Higher mountains Higher and higher I'm trying, I'm trying, I'm trying my best Trying my best Trying my best
- My best Trying my best
- My very best Trying my best
Trying to get home
I feel all right now.
He's all right
- He's all right He's all right
- All right All right
OLD LANDMARK
- Let us all All go back
- Back to the old Old landmark
- Let us all All go back
- Back to the old Old landmark
- Now let us all All go back
- Back to the old Old landmark And we'll stay in the service of the Lord
- Now let us kneel Kneel and pray
- In the old Old-time way
- Let us kneel Kneel and pray
- Kneel in the old Old-time way
- Now let us kneel Kneel and pray
- Kneel in the old Old-time way
- Hear us, hear us Praise Him Hear us, heaven Feed us until we want no more
- Preachers preach Preach the word
- Preach it in the old Old-time way Preachers preach the word
- Preach it in the old Old-time way
- Preachers preach Preach the word
- Preach it in the old Old-time way
- Tell the Story
- Of His Glory It will It will It will save this world from sin and shame
- Blend our voices Blend them in the old
- Old-time way Let us blend Blend our voices
- In the old Old-time way
- Now let us all All go back
- Back to the old Old landmark Let us all go back Back to the old landmark He will Hear us We'll be given bread from Heaven Glory Story It will warm me Glory Hear us Hear us Singing Singing Glory Glory Glory Shouting, shouting Shouting, shouting Shout Shouting, shouting Yeah Shouting, shouting Yeah Shouting, shouting Shout
- Shouting, shouting Oh, yeah Shouting, shouting
Oh, my Lord
We'd like very much
to have Aretha's father just come forward.
We see him so seldom.
Reverend C. L. Franklin.
Let's give him a hand!
Reverend Cleveland... and to all of the musicians and this great choir, I think that Reverend Cleveland picked a bad time for me to make a talk.
Behind all of the spirit and enthusiasm that Aretha has engendered here tonight.
I know that you were impressed with her gift, with her voice,
with that intangible something that is hard to describe.
But it was more than that to me.
It took me all the way back... to the living room at home.
When she was six and seven years of age...
it took me back to about 11, when she started travelling with me on the road, singing Gospel.
I saw you crying... and I saw you responding.
But I was just about to bust wide open!
You talking about being moved.
Not only because Aretha is my daughter.
And, of course, you know I wouldn't be right upstairs if I didn't appreciate that.
But I say with pride that Aretha is not only my daughter...
Aretha is just a stone singer!
I was looking at Mother Ward.
Where is she?
There she is! I was looking at her and I know that she remembers all of those days.
Reverend James Cleveland...
knows about those days.
He and Aretha used to go in the living room and spend hours in there, singing different songs.
And Aretha, with that uncanny ear, picked up many of his techniques.
She is influenced greatly by James... greatly by Mahalia Jackson... greatly by Clara Ward.
But Aretha has done something with what she learnt from James, what she learnt from Mahalia, what she learnt from Clara, what she has learnt from all of the singers that she has heard and brought it into a synthesis.
Now, what am I talking about?
I went in the cleaners one day in Detroit, to pick up some clothes.
And Aretha had appeared on a recent television show, and she told me, "I saw your daughter, Aretha, last night."
I said, "Yes. How did you like it?"
She said, "It was all right."
Said, "But I'll be glad when she comes back to the church."
I said, "Listen, baby, let me tell you something.
"If you want to know the truth, "she has never left the church!"
God bless. I'm just happy to be...
Miss Ward called me last night, and I talked with Aretha last night, and I didn't sleep much after that.
I ran and grabbed me a few suits and some socks.
I don't know if I got them all straight or not and decided to be here for this tonight.
I'm just happy for Reverend Cleveland and I'm happy for this great choir.
God bless you all.
And I've had a wonderful time.
When we first heard Aretha Franklin many years ago,
we heard her singing this song.
I have heard of a land
where we shall never grow old.
NEVER GROW OLD I have
heard
of a land
on the far
the far away strand
'Tis the the beautiful
home
of the soul
It was built
by Jesus Jesus on a high
There where we never
never will die
'Tis a land where we'll never
grow
grow old
We'll never
never grow old Never grow old Never, never, never Never
Never grow old
I know there's a land
There's a land where we'll never
never grow old We ain't gonna grow old
We'll We'll never
Oh, grow old We'll never Oh, no Never grow old
I know that there
I know that there is there's a land
where we'll never
We can go there and we ain't gonna grow old
Grow
Never, never
Never
Never, never, never
Never grow old
- Never Never
Never, no, no, no, never
When you get through doing down here There is a land
is a land oh, is a land Oh, Lord where we'll never we'll never never we'll never
grow old
One of these old days, we're just gonna live on... and on... and on.
Somewhere where the wicked will cease from troubling.
And the weary... will be at rest.
I've heard about it.
I have
I have There's a place... where the saints won't grow old.
Never You can see mother and father.
Most of all, can see Jesus. - Never grow old Never. - Yeah
I'm so glad
So glad I got Religion
My soul is My soul My soul is satisfied
- Yes, it is Yes, it is
- Yes, it is Yes, it is
- Yes, it is Yeah
- Yes, it is Yes, it is
- Yes, it is Yeah Could I get y'all to help me sing So glad that I got Religion
- Religion Religion Religion We ought to sing that one more time We ought to sing it one more time
- I'm so glad I'm so glad
- So glad So glad So glad I've got religion
My soul
- My soul My soul is satisfied
Thank you very much.
Good night. God bless and keep you.
God be with you.
Amazing Grace (2018)
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