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Aretha Franklin – Over the Rainbow (1961) | Track profile | Dork

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Aretha In Person with the Ray Bryant Combo
Over the Rainbow

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Aretha Franklin

Over the Rainbow

Release date: 27th February 1961

From Aretha In Person with the Ray Bryant Combo

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About This Track

"Over the Rainbow" is a track by Aretha Franklin, from the album Aretha In Person with the Ray Bryant Combo, released 27th February 1961. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

Lyrics

Over the Rainbow

[Verse]

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high

There's a land that I heard of

Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dream you dare to dream

Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far

Behind me

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly

Birds fly over the rainbow

Why then, oh

Why can't I?

[Outro]

If happy little bluebirds fly

Beyond the rainbow

Why, oh Why can't I?

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Track details

From Aretha In Person with the Ray Bryant Combo

1961

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Album

Aretha In Person with the Ray Bryant Combo

Aretha Franklin

Release year

1961

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—By Myself
—Won't Be Long
—Over the Rainbow
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—Right Now
—Who Needs You?

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: E. Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen
Producer: John Hammond
Bass: Bill Lee
Drums: Osie Johnson
Guitar: Chauncey Westbrook
Arranger: J. Leslie McFarland
Piano: Ray Bryant
Trombone: Tyree Glenn