Young, Gifted and Black

"Border Song (Holy Moses)"
Young, Gifted and Black
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	January 24, 1972
Recorded	August 1970 – February 1971
Genre	Soul
Length	44:46
Label	Atlantic; Rhino;
Producer	Tom Dowd; Arif Mardin; Jerry Wexler;
Aretha Franklin chronology
Singles from Young, Gifted and Black
	"Border Song (Holy Moses)"; Released: 1970; "A Brand New Me"; Released: 1971; "Rock Steady"/"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"; Released: August 1, 1971; "Young, Gifted and Black"; Released: January 18, 1972; "Day Dreaming"/"I've Been Loving You Too Long"; Released: February, 1972; "All the King's Horses"/"April Fools"; Released: 1972;

Young, Gifted & Black is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on January 24, 1972, by Atlantic Records. The album is Top 10 Gold-certified. The album won Franklin a 1972 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance of the year. It takes its title from the Nina Simone song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", which was originally recorded and released by Simone in 1969. In 2003, the TV network VH1 named it the 76th greatest album of all time.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	A[1]
Rolling Stone	(favorable) link

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"	Jim Doris	3:42
2.	"Day Dreaming"	Aretha Franklin	4:00
3.	"Rock Steady"	Aretha Franklin	3:15
4.	"Young, Gifted and Black"	Nina Simone Weldon Irvine	3:34
5.	"All the King's Horses"	Aretha Franklin	3:56
6.	"Brand New Me"	Theresa Bell Jerry Butler Kenneth Gamble	4:26

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"April Fools"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	3:29
8.	"I've Been Loving You Too Long"	Otis Redding Jerry Butler	3:36
9.	"First Snow in Kokomo"	Aretha Franklin	4:04
10.	"The Long and Winding Road"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	3:38
11.	"Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)"	Thom Bell William Hart	3:42
12.	"Border Song (Holy Moses)"	Elton John Bernie Taupin	3:22

Personnel

Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all), piano (1-4, 6, 8-12), celesta (5), piano, Fender Rhodes (7)
Cornell Dupree – guitar (2-5, 7-12)
Hugh McCracken – guitar (1, 6)
Don Arnone – acoustic guitar (2)
Donny Hathaway – Hammond organ (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), piano, Fender Rhodes (2)
Billy Preston – Hammond organ (4, 10, 12)
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (2-5, 7, 9-12)
Eric Gale – bass guitar (1, 6)
Robert Popwell – bass guitar (8), percussion (3)
Bernard Purdie – drums (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11)
Ray Lucas – drums (4, 10, 12)
Al Jackson Jr. – drums (1, 6)
Dr. John – percussion (3)
The Memphis Horns – horns (3, 8)
Neal Rosengarden – trumpet (9), vibraphone (5)
Hubert Laws – flute (2, 7, 11)
Pat Smith – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 7-9, 11)
Carolyn Franklin – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 8-10)
Erma Franklin – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 8-10)
Margaret Branch – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 7-11)
Ann S. Clark – backing vocals (2, 3, 5, 7-9, 11)
The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 12)
Ronald Bright – backing vocals (12)
J.R. Bailey – backing vocals (12)
Sammy Turner – backing vocals (12)

Chart positions

Chart (1972)	Peak position
Billboard Top LPs	11
Billboard Top Soul LPs	2

Singles

Year	Title	US Pop	US R&B
1970	"Border Song (Holy Moses)"	37	5
1971	"Rock Steady"	9	2
1972	"All the King's Horses"	26	7
1972	"Day Dreaming"	5	1
1972	"Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)"	73	9

References

Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

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[1] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.