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Apr 2, 2015 · Carolyn Franklin - If You Want Me. Funktastic Ed. 3.33K subscribers. 11K views 8 years ago. Available on the LP " If You Want Me" released on the label RCA in 1976. Music. SONG....
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May 4, 2023 · Overshadowed by her older sister who happened to be referred to as The Queen Of Soul, Carolyn Franklin had some moderate success as a solo singer but her son...
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Feb 17, 2017 · If You Want Me. Provided to YouTube by RCA/Legacy If You Want Me · Carolyn Franklin If You Want Me ℗ 1976 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment Released on:...
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- ‘I Don’T Want to Lose You’, from Baby Dynamite
- ‘Boxer’, from Baby Dynamite
- ‘Chain reaction’, from Chain Reaction
- ‘Don’t Wake Me Up in The Morning, Michael’, from Chain Reaction
- ‘Going in Circles’, from Chain Reaction
- ‘All I Want to Be Is Your Woman’, Off Album Release
- ‘Ain’t That Groovy’, Off-Album Release
- ‘If You Want Me’, from If You Want Me
- ‘Deal with It’, from If You Want Me
- ‘Dead Man’, from If You Want Me
‘I Don’t Want To Lose You’ was Carolyn’s first single after singing to RCA Records in 1969. Signed by Buzz Willis as part of RCA’s concerted push into the R&B market, Carolyn was eager to step out of Aretha’s shadow and establish her identity as a solo artist. She enlisted her cousin Brenda Corbett and singers Margaret Branch and Patricia Smith for...
‘Boxer’, the b-side to ‘I Don’t Want To Lose You’ and another Carolyn composition, is her most commercial-sounding release. Marrying a danceable beat with swampy guitar, the song relays an intense sexual and romantic excitement. ‘And honey when you squeeze, you buckle both my knees… The man just knocked me out; he should have been a boxer!’ Famousl...
‘Chain Reaction’ – the title track of Carolyn’s sophomore album – is one of her most impassioned vocal performances as she wails over a heady mix of guitar, drums and brass. With themes of social revolution, I was tempted to read a civil rights subtext into the lyrics of ‘Chain Reaction’. ‘So why can’t you see it’s up to you and me to start a chain...
‘Don’t Wake Me Up in the Morning, Michael’, originally a sunshine pop tune by The Peppermint Rainbow, proves the most striking cover on Chain Reaction. Carolyn repurposes the song as a sensual, pseudo-gospel ode with an arrangement courtesy of Sonny Sanders (who she later wrote ‘Angel‘ with). She brings out the yearning in the lyric, allowing her v...
Also for Chain Reaction, Carolyn covered ‘Going in Circles’ by her label mates The Friends of Distinction. Her reading of the song has a moody intensity – more anguished and dramatic than the original.
After ‘Chain Reaction’ failed to make any commercial impact, off-album release ‘All I Want To Be Is Your Woman’ was chosen as Carolyn’s next single in August 1970. Jill Williams of song-writing stable Gil Music wrote the song to channel ‘(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,’ the Carole King/Gerry Goffin masterpiece recorded by Aretha for her La...
The b-side to ‘All I Want to Be is Your Woman’, ‘Ain’t That Groovy’ is a tune which Carolyn wrote with her main collaborator Jimmy Radcliffe (who first introduced her to RCA). Carolyn paces herself vocally, before jumping the octave and riding that funky groove.
Another Carolyn composition with production duties from Jimmy Radcliffe, ‘If You Want Me’ was the title track and lead single from Carolyn’s final album. She had already been dropped by RCA after the dismal performance of her third album I’d Rather Be Lonely (1973). However, RCA cobbled together unused material from previous sessions for If You Wan...
Written by Carolyn and Pearl Spear, and produced by Jimmy Radcliffe, ‘Deal With It’ is the hit that never was. Tight, irrepressibly funky, and full of attitude – with some sonic parallels to Aretha’s ‘Rock Steady’.
‘Dead Man’ is Carolyn at her bluesiest. Against a backdrop of punchy brass, she has fantastic interplay with the backing vocals as she bids farewell to a no-good lover.
If You Want Me is the final solo studio album recorded by R&B and Gospel singer Carolyn Franklin (sister of Aretha Franklin) for RCA Records, in 1976. Reissued on CD by Big Break Records in 2014.
May 26, 2014 · ‘If You Want Me’ in fact turned out to be Carolyn Franklin’s last solo album. She continued doing bvs for Aretha but tragically she contracted breast cancer and died at the ridiculously young age of 43 in 1988. ‘If You Want Me’, therefore, stands as a fitting tribute to a long neglected talent. (BB) 3/5
Carolyn Franklin. Released January 1, 1976. If You Want Me Tracklist. 1. From the Bottom of My Heart Lyrics. (Missing Lyrics) 2. If You Want Me Lyrics. (Missing Lyrics) 3. I Can't...
