Try a Little Tenderness

~ Recording by Etta James

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Try a Little Tenderness4:47Etta JamesMatriarch of the BluesEtta JamesAlbum
  • XE2000-12-12
Private Music01005 82205 2
1.4Try a Little Tenderness4:47Etta JamesMatriarch of the BluesEtta JamesAlbum
Private Music01005-82205-2
1.8Try a Little Tenderness4:48Etta JamesFrom the HeartEtta JamesAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
2.1Try a Little Tenderness4:47Etta JamesThe Essential Etta JamesEtta JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2010-06-28
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Masterworks
2.1Try a Little Tenderness4:48Etta JamesThe EssentialEtta JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-07-13
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Masterworks88697 71773 2
1.5Try A Little Tenderness4:49Etta JamesAt Last: The Best Of Etta James (German release)Etta JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-07-02
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
3.4Try a Little Tenderness4:47Etta JamesOriginal Album Classics (1998-2003)Etta JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-01-27
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Private Music, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)888691901252
3.4Try a Little Tenderness4:47Etta JamesThe Complete Private Music Blues, Rock 'n' Soul Albums Collection (7CD Box Set)Etta JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-09-04
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)190589
3.4Try a Little Tenderness4:47Etta JamesOriginal Album ClassicsEtta JamesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2013-08-27
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)374357
1.13Try a Little Tenderness4:48Etta James100 Hits: CoolVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-10-10
100 HitsDMGN 100 172
1.4Try a Little Tenderness4:47Etta JamesMatriarch of the BluesEtta JamesAlbum
Private Music

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:Sametto James
recording engineer:Donto James
producer and mixer:Donto James
Sametto James
bass:Sametto James
drums (drum set) and percussion:Donto James
guitar:Bobby Murray (electric blues guitarist)
Josh Sklair
Hammond organ:Mike Finnigan (keyboardist)
solo guitar:Bobby Murray (electric blues guitarist)
tenor saxophone:Jimmy Z (harmonica & sax player James Zavala)
trumpet:Tom Poole (production music composer)
valve trombone:Lee Thornburg
Wurlitzer electric piano:David K. Mathews
lead vocals:Etta James
recorded at and mixed at:Fort Athens Studio in Riverside, California, United States
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/379981673 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/7zM6LwXkkPc1e1aBtfGMON [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/6482398 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/gb/song/379981673 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/4118075 [info]
recording of:Try a Little Tenderness (cover)

Related works

Try a Little Tenderness

lyricist:James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher)
Reginald Connelly
composer:Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C.
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
Robbins Music Corp.
Warner Chappell
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (on 1932-11-04)
referred to in medleys:Slow Medley
Medley 1: Brazil / You Are Too Beautiful / Cecilia (Does Your Mother Know You're Out) / Love Walked In / You Made Me Love You / Nothing Could Be Finer / Please Be Kind / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes / Maria / Try Little Tenderness / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / What Is This Thing Called Love / Did You Ever See a Deer Walking (order: 10)
arrangements:Try a Little Tenderness (arr. Laurie Johnson)
Try a Little Tenderness (David Murray/World Saxophone Quartet arrangement)