# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
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1 | Knock on Wood | Eddie Floyd | 4 | 3:06 |
2 | Soul Man | Sam & Dave | 4.5 | 2:39 |
3 | I Got a Woman | Ray Charles | | 2:54 |
4 | Memphis Soul Stew | King Curtis | | 2:57 |
5 | Walking the Dog | Rufus Thomas | | 2:33 |
6 | Private Number | Judy Clay & William Bell | 2 | 2:43 |
7 | Green Onions | Booker T. & the MG’s | 4.15 | 2:54 |
8 | Funky Nassau, Part 1 | The Beginning of the End | 5 | 3:12 |
9 | Rock Steady- recording engineer:
- Ron Albert (on 1971-02-16)
- engineer:
- Howard Albert, Ron Albert and Chuck Kirkpatrick
- producer:
- Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler
- mixer:
- Arif Mardin
- bass:
- Chuck Rainey (on 1971-02-16)
- drums (drum set):
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (on 1971-02-16)
- guitar:
- Cornell Dupree (on 1971-02-16)
- organ:
- Donny Hathaway (on 1971-02-16)
- percussion:
- Robert Popwell (on 1971-02-16) and Mac Rebennack (on 1971-02-16)
- piano and lead vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1971-02-16)
- tenor saxophone:
- Andrew Love (on 1971-02-16)
- trumpet:
- Wayne Jackson (on 1971-02-16)
- background vocals:
- Margaret Branch (on 1971-02-16), Ann S. Clark (on 1971-02-16), Carolyn Franklin (on 1971-02-16), Erma Franklin (on 1971-02-16) and Pat Smith (on 1971-02-16)
- horn arranger:
- Tom Dowd
- strings and woodwind arranger:
- Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1971, in 1972) and WEA International Inc. (in 1971)
- recorded at:
- Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States (on 1971-02-16)
- recording of:
- Rock Steady (on 1971-02-16)
- lyricist and composer:
- Aretha Franklin (from 1970 until 1971)
- publisher:
- Carlin Music Corporation, Pundit Music, Inc and Springtime Music, Inc.
| Aretha Franklin | 3.75 | 3:13 |
10 | Try a Little Tenderness | Otis Redding | 3 | 3:18 |
11 | B‐A‐B‐Y | Carla Thomas | 4.5 | 2:54 |
12 | In the Midnight Hour | Wilson Pickett | | 2:34 |
13 | Spanish Harlem | Ben E. King | 5 | 2:54 |
14 | What a Man | Laura Lee | | 2:56 |
15 | Up on the Roof | The Drifters | 5 | 2:35 |
16 | Let’s Stay Together | Al Green | 4.55 | 3:16 |
17 | I Can’t Stand the Rain | Ann Peebles | 4.25 | 2:29 |
18 | Love Won’t Let Me Wait | Major Harris | | 5:32 |
19 | Dear Lover | Mary Wells | | 2:10 |
20 | Then Came You | Dionne Warwick & The Detroit Spinners | | 3:30 |