Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen
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Jewels In The Crown is a duets compilation album by American Soul singer Aretha Franklin. It was released in 2007 by Arista,[4] and comprises a combination of classic duets spanning Franklin's career, and two newly recorded duets with Fantasia and John Legend. It also contains two live duets, one from 1993, the other from 1998. The album concludes with a previously released rendition of "Nessun Dorma", of which Franklin had performed a version at the Grammy Awards of 1998, when she filled in last minute for Luciano Pavarotti.
The first and only single, "Put You Up On Game" featuring Fantasia, was released to radio on October 1, 2007. The single peaked at a disappointing #41 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and never charted on the Pop side. However it was Aretha's biggest R&B hit since "Here We Go Again" reached the top 30 in 1998.
During her career Franklin has also recorded duets with Ray Charles, The Four Tops, and James Brown; however, these songs are not included on the album; neither is a duet she reportedly recorded with Christina Aguilera.[5]
The album peaked at a modest #54 on the Billboard album chart, and at #7 on the R&B Albums chart. As of 2012, the album had reportedly sold close to 65,000 copies in the United States.
Track listing
| # | Title | Time | Featured performer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Year |
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| 1 | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | 5:08 | Keith Richards, Ron Wood | Mick Jagger, Richards | Richards | 1986 |
| 2 | "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" | 5:53 | Annie Lennox | Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart | Lennox, Stewart | 1985 |
| 3 | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | 4:03 | George Michael | Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan | Michael | 1987 |
| 4 | "What Now My Love" | 3:16 | Frank Sinatra | Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman | Hank Cattaneo, Phil Ramone | 1993 |
| 5 | "Put You Up on Game" | 4:16 | Fantasia Barrino | Antonio Dixon, Kaleena Harper, Larry Jackson, Harvey Mason, Jr., Steve Russell, Damon Thomas | The Underdogs | 2007 |
| 6 | "What Y'all Came to Do" | 3:17 | John Legend | Paul Cho, Devon Harris, Isaac Hayes, Legend, David Porter | Legend | |
| 7 | "Never Gonna Break My Faith" | 4:17 | Mary J. Blige, Boys Choir of Harlem | Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy, Andrea Remanda | Adams, The Underdogs | 2006 |
| 8 | "Through the Storm" | 4:26 | Elton John | Albert Hammond, Diane Warren | Narada Michael Walden | 1989 |
| 9 | "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" | 4:52 | Whitney Houston | Hammond, Warren | Walden | |
| 10 | "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" (live) | 4:40 | Gloria Estefan, Bonnie Raitt | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | – | 1993 |
| 11 | "Doctor's Orders" | 4:34 | Luther Vandross | Hubert Eaves III, Vandross | Vandross | 1991 |
| 12 | "Ever Changing Times" | 5:12 | Michael McDonald | Burt Bacharach, William Conti, Carole Bayer Sager | Bacharach, Sager | |
| 13 | "Chain of Fools" (live) | 3:12 | Mariah Carey | Don Covay | – | 1998 |
| 14 | "Don't Waste Your Time" | 4:11 | Mary J. Blige | Denise Rich, Josh Ruben | Babyface | 1999 |
| 15 | "Love All the Hurt Away" | 4:21 | George Benson | Sam Dees | Arif Mardin | 1981 |
| 16 | "Nessun Dorma" (live) | 3:20 | – | Giacomo Puccini | – | 1998 |
