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Aretha Franklin – So Long (1969) | Track profile | Dork

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Aretha Franklin
Soul '69
So Long

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Aretha Franklin

So Long

Release date: 17th January 1969

From Soul '69

R&B/Soul Music Soul

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About This Track

"So Long" is a track by Aretha Franklin, from the album Soul '69, released 17th January 1969. Full lyrics are available below.

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Aretha Franklin

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Lyrics

So Long

[Verse]

So long I hope we'll meet again

One day

And I'm hoping maybe then you'll say

Darling I found out I was wrong

So long

You leave me here to cry

It will never be goodbye

Because you been mine so long

All alone

With my memories of you

I can dream that you're lonely like me too

You're my home

Even though we're far apart

I'm gonna keep you in my heart

So long, so long baby

Gee, I really hate to see you go

Because you are all and everything in my world and you know

That you been mine all mine so long

But baby I gotta say so long

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Track details

From Soul '69

1969

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1969

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Irving Melsher, Remus Harris, Russ Morgan
Producer: Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd
Drums: Grady Tate
Alto Saxophone: Frank Wess, George Dorsey
Arranger: Arif Mardin
Baritone Saxophone: Pepper Adams
Conductor: Arif Mardin
Flute: David “Fathead” Newman
Recording Engineer: Tom Dowd
Tenor Saxophone: David “Fathead” Newman, King Curtis, Seldon Powell
Trombone: Benny Powell, Jimmy Cleveland, Thomas Mitchell, Urbie Green
Trumpet: Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman, Richard Williams (Trumpet), Snooky Young
Vibraphone: Jack Jennings