If You Want Me

1976 studio album by Carolyn Franklin
If You Want Me
Studio album by
Carolyn Franklin
Released1976
Studio
  • RCA Studios
  • New York City, New York
GenreGospel, R&B
Length34:15
LabelRCA
ProducerJimmy Radcliffe
Carolyn Franklin chronology
I'd Rather Be Lonely
(1973)
If You Want Me
(1976)

If You Want Me is the final solo studio album recorded by R&B and Gospel singer Carolyn Franklin (sister of Aretha Franklin) for RCA Records, in 1976. Reissued on CD by Big Break Records in 2014.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "From the Bottom of My Heart (To the Bottom of Yours)" (Carolyn Franklin, Pearl Jones) - 2:28
  2. "If You Want Me" (Carolyn Franklin, Jimmy Radcliffe) - 2:53
  3. "I Can't Help Myself Feeling So Blue" (Jillean Williams, Wade Marcus) - 5:35
  4. "Too Many Roads" (Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders) - 3:00
  5. "Sunshine Holiday" (Pearl Jones, Sonny Sanders) - 2:08
  6. "Dead Man" (Carolyn Franklin, Val Benson, Wade Marcus) - 2:53

Side Two

  1. "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 2:39
  2. "You Can Have My Soul" (Pearl Jones, Sonny Sanders) - 3:54
  3. "Soul Man" (Ernie Cate, Earl Cate, Wade Marcus) - 2:59
  4. "Not Enough to Hold" (Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders) - 3:00
  5. "Deal with It" (Carolyn Franklin, Pearl Jones) - 3:20

Personnel

  • Carolyn Franklin - vocals
  • Jimmy Radcliffe - producer, arranger, conductor
  • Wade Marcus - arranger, conductor
  • Sonny Sanders - arranger, conductor
  • Ivy Jo Hunter - assistant producer
  • Paul Goodman - recording engineer
  • David H. Hecht, Nick Sangiamo - photography

External links

  • If You Want Me at Discogs (list of releases)