| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Frankie and Johnny | Pearl Bailey | | 3:05 |
| 2 | Misty Blue | Ella Fitzgerald | | 2:29 |
| 3 | 'Round Midnight- double bass:
- Al McKibbon (on 1963-05-29)
- drums (drum set):
- Milt Turner (on 1963-05-29)
- guitar:
- John Collins (on 1963-05-29)
- organ:
- Ernie Freeman (on 1963-05-29)
- tenor saxophone:
- Teddy Edwards (on 1963-05-29)
- trumpet:
- Carmell Jones (on 1963-05-29)
- vocals:
- Sarah Vaughan (on 1963-05-29)
- arranger:
- Gerald Wilson
- recorded at:
- United Recorders in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1963-05-29)
- cover recording of:
- ’Round Midnight (on 1963-05-29)
- lyricist:
- Bernie Hanighen
- composer:
- Thelonious Monk and Cootie Williams
- publisher:
- Advanced Music, Advanced Music corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Thelonious Music, Thelonious Music Corporation , Ultra Empire Music, Warner Bros. Music , Warner Bros., Inc. , Warner Chappell Music Ltd. , Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited
- is based on:
- I Need You So
| Sarah Vaughan | | 3:35 |
| 4 | One for My Baby | Rosemary Clooney | | 3:49 |
| 5 | Blue Skies | Betty Hutton | | 2:53 |
| 6 | Some Enchanted Evening | Jo Stafford | | 3:14 |
| 7 | As Time Goes By | Peggy Lee | | 2:53 |
| 8 | You Don't Have to Say You Love Me | Dusty Springfield | 3.7 | 2:50 |
| 9 | Neither One of Us | Gladys Knight & the Pips | | 4:24 |
| 10 | I'll Take You There | The Staple Singers | | 4:31 |
| 11 | Time Is on My Side | Irma Thomas | 4 | 2:53 |
| 12 | I Just Want to Make Love to You | Etta James | 3 | 3:08 |
| 13 | Chain of Fools- recorded in:
- New York, New York, United States
- recording engineer and mixer:
- Tom Dowd
- producer:
- Jerry Wexler
- bass guitar:
- Tommy Cogbill (on 1967-06-23)
- drums (drum set):
- Roger Hawkins (on 1967-06-23)
- electric piano:
- Spooner Oldham (on 1967-06-23)
- guitar:
- Jimmy Johnson (on 1967-06-23) and Joe South (on 1967-06-23)
- piano:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-06-23)
- choir vocals:
- Carolyn Franklin (on 1967-06-23), Erma Franklin (on 1967-06-23), Ellie Greenwich (on 1967-06-23) and The Sweet Inspirations (on 1967-06-23)
- vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1967-06-23)
- arranger:
- Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- WEA International Inc. (in 1967) and Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1968)
- recorded at:
- Atlantic Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-06-23)
- part of:
- Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 249) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 306)
- recording of:
- Chain of Fools (on 1967-06-23)
- lyricist and composer:
- Don Covay
- publisher:
- 14th Hour Music, Fourteenth Hour Music, Inc., Pronto Music , Springtime Music, Inc., Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co.
- adaptation of:
- Verlga norih
| Aretha Franklin | 4.25 | 2:46 |
| 14 | Cry Baby | Janis Joplin | | 3:58 |
| 15 | Death Letter | Cassandra Wilson | | 4:13 |
| 16 | The Ballad of Lucy Jordan | Patricia O'Callaghan | | 4:59 |