Song · Aretha Franklin
“Son Of A Preacherman” by Aretha Franklin
From the album This Girl’s in Love With You (1970)
“Son Of A Preacherman” by Aretha Franklin appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2020. It was first released in 1970 on the album This Girl’s in Love With You. Its best result is #1908 on the WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #8,108 indie & aaa song of all time.
Aretha Franklin's "Son of a Preacher Man" turns up on This Girl's in Love with You, her 1970 album: a John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins song that she sings while also playing the piano.
Behind her sits a crack studio band, with Barry Beckett on keyboards, Eddie Hinton and Jimmy Johnson on guitars, David Hood on bass and Roger Hawkins on drums, and the Sweet Inspirations handling the backing vocals. Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin produced it, and Dowd also engineered, with Jerome Gasper, and mixed it.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1908 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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