Aretha Gospel
Songs of Faith is the debut studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin… Read Full Bio ↴Songs of Faith is the debut studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released in 1956 by JVB/Battle Records. The album was recorded live when Franklin was aged 14 at New Bethel Baptist Church, the church of her father Reverend C. L. Franklin. The album was originally issued on JVB LP 100 and Battle LP 6105. It is always known on Checker Records as Checker LPS-10009. Songs of Faith has been reissued many times under various names. It is known also as The Gospel Soul of Aretha Franklin, Aretha Gospel, Precious Lord, You Grow Closer, Never Grow Old, and The First Album.

Track listing

Side One
"There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood" (William Cowper)
"Precious Lord (Part One)" (Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey)
"Precious Lord (Part Two)" (Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey)
"You Grow Closer"
"Never Grow Old"

Side Two
"The Day Is Past and Gone"
"He Will Wash You White As Snow"
"While the Blood Runs Warm"
"Yield Not to Temptation"

Aretha Franklin - vocals, piano
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Aretha Gospel
Aretha Franklin Lyrics


He Will Wash You White as Snow If they had ever told me How sweet a kiss could…
Never Grow Old I have heard of a land on the far away…
Precious Lord (Part One) Lead, lead, lead me on to the light Oh, take my…
Precious Lord (Part Two) Lead, lead, lead me on to the light Oh, take my…
The Day Is Past and Gone The day is past and gone, The evening shades appear; O may…
There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood There is a fountain that I see Filled with blood drawn…
While the Blood Runs Warm While the blood is running warm in your veins While the…
Yield Not to Temptation Yield not to temptation For yielding, yielding is sin Each v…
You Grow Closer There's a still small voice saying to me "Closer, grow close…


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