The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin

{{Short description|1962 studio album by Aretha Franklin}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin

| type = studio

| artist = Aretha Franklin

| cover = The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin.jpeg

| alt =

| released = August 13, 1962{{Discogs release|3002397|The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin}} - Discogs

| recorded = April 27; May 4–5; May 11, 1962

| venue =

| studio = Columbia Recording Studio,
(New York City, New York)

| genre = * Jazz

• soul
• traditional pop

| length = 35:21

| label = Columbia

| producer = Robert Mersey{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_aBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT76|title=Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul|first=Mark|last=Bego|date=September 18, 2018|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-5107-4508-7 |via=Google Books}}

| prev_title = The Electrifying Aretha Franklin

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Laughing on the Outside

| next_year = 1963

}}{{Italic title|force=true}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-tender-the-moving-the-swinging-aretha-franklin-mw0000849065|title=The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=585}}

|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=262}}

}}

The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin is the third studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in 1962 by Columbia Records. It was her first album to achieve any commercial success, reaching number 69 on the Billboard pop album charts.{{cite book |last1=Whitburn |first1=Joel |title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums, 1955–2001 |date=2001 |publisher=Record Research |page=311}} Unlike its predecessor, however, it did not have a hit single. The album was recorded at Columbia Recording Studio, in New York City.{{cite journal |title=The Swingin' Aretha |journal=Ebony |date=March 1964 |volume=19 |issue=5 |page=90}}