Aretha Franklin - What A Diff'rence A Day Made (Columbia Records 1964)

"What a Diff'rence a Day Made" is a popular song originally written in Spanish by María Méndez Grever (María Grever), a Mexican composer, in 1934. Originally, the song was known as Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado ("When I Return To Your Side"). The song is also known in English as "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes".

Aretha's rendition as well as many other can be found on 'Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington' which is a studio tribute album dedicated to the recently deceased singer Dinah Washington whom passed away in December 14, 1963. This album was recorded in less than two months after Dinah's death on February 7th to 10th, 1964. Aretha would later recant, "I first heard Dinah when I was just a kid," she said, "back around the time she made 'Fat Daddy.' I never got to know her personally in those days, though she and my father were good friends.

"The idea of recording a tribute to her grew out of the way I've always felt about her. I didn't try to do the songs the same way she did them, necessarily - just the way they felt best, whether they happened to be similar or different."

The sessions were recorded in New York. A few tunes were cut with strings in order to bring out the essential ballad character of the songs (with the help of Bob Mersey's arranging); most of the tracks, though, were made with the assistance of a small and sympathetic accompanying group for which Mersey supplied minimal written guidance.

Aretha Sings the Blues is a 1980 compilation of previously released Aretha Franklin recordings from Aretha's early 1960s tenure with Columbia Records.

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer and songwriter. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister. In 1960, at the age of 18, she embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only achieving modest success. Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Spanish Harlem" and "Think". By the end of the 1960s she had gained the title "The Queen of Soul".

Franklin also recorded acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Lady Soul, Young, Gifted and Black and Amazing Grace before experiencing problems with her record company by the mid-1970s. After her father was shot in 1979, Franklin left Atlantic and signed with Arista Records, finding success with her part in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers and with the albums Jump to It (1982) and Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985).

In 1998, Franklin won international acclaim for singing the opera aria "Nessun dorma", at the Grammys of that year replacing Luciano Pavarotti. Later that same year, she scored her final Top 40 recording with "A Rose Is Still a Rose".

Franklin's other popular and well known hits include "Rock Steady", "Jump to It", "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who", "Chain Of Fools", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Something He Can Feel", "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with George Michael), and a remake of The Rolling Stones song "Jumpin' Jack Flash".

Franklin has won a total of 18 Grammy Awards and is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, having sold over 75 million records worldwide.

Franklin has been honored throughout her career including a 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in which she became the first female performer to be inducted. She was inducted to the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In August 2012, Franklin was inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Franklin is listed in at least two all-time lists on Rolling Stone magazine, including the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

On August 13, 2018, Franklin was reported to be gravely ill at her home near Detroit. She was reported to be under hospice care and surrounded by friends and family. Stevie Wonder and Jesse Jackson, among others, had visited her. Franklin died at home in Detroit on August 16, aged 76. The cause was reported to be advanced pancreatic cancer.

What A diff'rence A day makes 24 Little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there use to be rain
My yesterday was blue, blue dear
Today I'm a part of you dear
My lonely, lonely, loney nights are through dear
Since you said you were mine.

What a diff'rence
What a diff'rence a day makes
There's a rainbow before me.
Skies above they may be stormy
Since that moment of bliss
Oh that thrilling kiss
It's heaven when you, when you
Find romance on the menu
What a diff'rence a day makes
Well I know the diff'rence is you

It's heaven, heaven, heaven, when you
When you find love nad romance on the menu
Oh what a diff'rence, what a diff'rence a day makes
I know in my heart the diff'rence is you