Young, Gifted and Black - Personnel

Personnel

• Dr. John - Percussion
• Aretha Franklin - Piano, Celeste, Electric piano, Vocals
• Donny Hathaway - Organ, Electric piano
• Billy Preston - Organ
• Sammy Turner - Background Vocals
• Hubert Laws - Alto Flute
• Chuck Rainey - Bass
• J.R. Bailey - Background Vocals
• Carolyn Franklin - Background Vocals
• Erma Franklin - Background Vocals
• The Memphis Horns - Ensemble
• The Sweet Inspirations - Background Vocals
• Jack Adams - Engineer
• Howard Albert - Engineer
• Ron Albert - Engineer
• Don Arnone - Acoustic Guitar
• Margaret Branch - Background Vocals
• Ann S. Clark - Background Vocals
• Cornell Dupree - Guitar
• Jimmy Douglass - Engineer
• Tom Dowd - Arranger, Producer
• Chuck Kirkpatrick - Engineer
• Eric Gale - Bass
• Lewis Hahn - Engineer
• Dan Hersch - Remastering
• Bill Inglot - Remastering
• Wayne Jackson - Trumpet
• Andrew Love - Tenor saxophone
• Ray Lucas - Percussion, Drums
• Arif Mardin - Arranger, Producer, Remixing
• Michael Mazzarella - Research
• Hugh McCracken - Guitar
• Gene Orloff - Concert Master
• Gene Paul - Engineer
• Gary Peterson - Research
• Robert Popwell - Bass, Percussion
• Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - Percussion, Drums
• Neal Rosengarden - Percussion, Trumpet, Vibraphone
• Pat Smith - Background Vocals
• Jerry Wexler - Producer
• Ronald Bright - Background Vocals
• Don Cassale - Engineer
• Al Jackson, Jr. - Drums
• David Nathan - Liner Notes
• Geoff Gans - Reissue Art Director
• Patrick Milligan - Research
• Howie Albert - Engineer
• Stanislaw Zagorski - Cover Design