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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Aretha Franklin
Piano
Chuck Rainey
Bass Guitar
Bernard Purdie
Drums
Donny Hathaway
Electric Piano
Cornell Dupree
Guitar
Brenda Bryant
Background Vocals
Margaret Branch
Background Vocals
Pat Smith
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
JERRY LEIBER
Songwriter
Phil Spector
Songwriter
Arif Mardin
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Arif Mardin
Producer
Jerry Wexler
Producer
Tom Dowd
Producer
Lyrics
(La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la)
(There's a rose in black at Spanish Harlem)
(A rose in black at Spanish Harlem)
It is the special one
It never sees the sun
It only comes up when the moon is on the run
And all the stars are gleaming
It's growing in the street
Right up through the concrete
But soft sweet and dreamy
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A rose in black at Spanish Harlem
With eyes as black as coal
That look down in his soul
It start a fire there and then he loses control
I'm gonna beg his par-ar-ar-ardon yeah
He's going to pick that rose
And watch her as she grows
In his garden
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem, hmm-mm
A rose in black at Spanish Harlem, hmm-mm
With eyes as black as coal
That look down in his soul
And start a fire there and then he loses control
And I'm gonna beg his par-ar-ar-don
He's going to pick that rose
And watch her as she grows
In his garden
(La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la)
(La la la-la-la la-la-la-la)
(La la la-la-la la-la-la la)
(La la la-la-la-la-la-la la)
(La-la-la-la-la-la)
Writer(s): Jerry Leiber, Phillip Spector
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