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Aretha Franklin
So Damn Happy

Album US 2003 on Arista label
Hip-Hop/Rap and R&B/Soul (Rhythm’n’Blues, Soul)

Track 3 contains excerpts from "The Sponge," written by Earl Klugh, published by Soda Fountain Music (ASCAP), featuring samples from the Bob James & Earl Klugh recording "The Sponge," produced under license from Warner Bros. Records, Inc., by arrangement with Warner Strategic Marketing. Track 11 is with the same musicians as Track 7 Mary J. Blige appears courtesy of Geffen Records ℗ & © 2003 Arista Records, Inc. Print on CD: Made in the EU.

Musicians

	Aretha Franklin p, voc, *1942 US album by, producer, piano, written by
	Barbara Wesotski , a&r, administrator
	David Chase engineer, pro tools
	Eric Ferguson , engineer, pro tools
	Jeff Burns g, *1969 US mixed by, assitant
	Tom Sweeney , mixed by, assitant
	Tom Wilber eb, mixed by, assitant
	Gordon Chambers bvoc, voc, US backing vocals, arranged by, vocal, written by, producer, arranged by, background vocal
	Myiia Watson-Davis , backing vocals, arranged by, vocal, written by
	Rick Williams perc, g, b, US guitar, written by
	Delante "Butta" Murphy , handclaps
	Kenya Lucas , handclaps
	Regine Lambert , handclaps
	Troy Taylor ep, *1968 US producer, programmed by, keyboards, drums, bass, arranged by, vocal, written by, edited by, vocal, additional, producer, programmed by, instruments, all
	Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence , US producer, instruments, drum programming, keyboards, all, written by
	Mary J. Blige voc, bvoc, *1971 US backing vocals, arranged by, vocal, written by
	James "Big Jim" Wright , keyboards, written by
	Bobby Ross Avila voc, key, bvoc, keyboards, guitar
	Adi Yeshaya p, key, IL arranged by, strings, horns, keyboards, conductor, composed by, strings, horns, conductor, arranged by, strings, composed by, strings, keyboards, additional
	Mike Baker dr, *1985 arranged by, strings, horns
	Ralphe Armstrong voc, eb, b, *1956 US bass
	Eugene Moye vc, US cello
	Jesse Levy vc, US cello, contractor, orchestra
	Kermit Moore str, vc, 1929-2013 US cello
	Leo Grinhauz vc, *1965 CA cello
	Nate Neblett dr, drums
	Vernon Fails p, syn, eb, electric piano, rhodes
	Roger Wendt , french horn
	Sharon Moe frh, alp, US french horn
	Perry Hughes g, US guitar
	Gloria Agostini hrp, 1923-2004 US harp
	Darryl Houston org, US organ
	Birch Johnson tb, US trombone
	George Flynn tb, *1937 US trombone
	Keith O'Quinn tb, trombone
	Lew Soloff tr, fh, 1944-2015 US trumpet
	Randy Brecker tr, fh, *1945 US trumpet
	Tony Kadleck tr, fh, US trumpet
	Alfred Brown vl, US viola
	Kenneth Burward-Hoy vl, US viola
	Margret Th. Hjaltested vl, viola
	Olivia Koppell vl, viola
	Alexander Vselensky vn, violin
	Andy Stein vn, sax, US violin
	Belinda Whitney vn, violin
	Byung Kwak , violin
	Cenovia Cummins vn, violin
	Gerald Tarack vn, US violin
	Israel Chorberg vn, violin
	Pamela Posk vn, violin
	Robert Chausow vn, US violin
	Sheila Reinhold vn, violin
	Tony Posk vn, violin
	Regis Iandiorio vn, str, US violin
	Winterton Garvey str, vn, violin
	Neil Stubenhaus b, *1953 US bass
	Steve Juliani , copyist
	Ricky Lawson dr, 1954-2013 US drums
	Michael Thompson g, *1954 US guitar
	Tommy Morgan h, harmonica
	Greg Phillinganes key, voc, *1956 US keyboards
	Sue Main , musical assistance, to mr. bacharach
	Paulinho Da Costa perc, cng, *1948 BR percussion
	Burt Bacharach p, key, *1928 US producer, arranged by, rhythm, string, written by
	Rob Shrock p, key, *1963 US sound designer, synth
	David Foster syn, frh, *1949 CA synth, strings
	Barry Eastmond p, key, US handclaps, producer, arranged by, keyboards, written by
	Dolly Eastmond voc, handclaps
	Melodie Eastmond , handclaps
	William Bush , US keyboards, drum programming, arranged by
	Norman West voc, *1940 US producer, keyboards, piano, synth, bass, written by

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