What connects this song
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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Produced by Robert Mersey, also Days of Wine and Roses (Andy Williams), Can’t Get Used to Losing You (Andy Williams) and Dear Heart (Andy Williams)
Written by Clyde Otis, also A Rockin’ Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love) (Shakin’ Stevens), This Time of the Year (Brenda Lee) and Baby You Got What It Takes (Dinah Washington)
Part of Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington, also Soulville, Evil Gal Blues and Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Robert Mersey produced 50 songs on fono
Clyde Otis wrote 35 songs on fono
Clyde Otis’s most frequent co-writer is Brook Benton (13 songs together)
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Clyde Otis
- Produced by
- Robert Mersey
- Performed by
- Aretha Franklin
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Clyde Otis
- Produced by
- Robert Mersey
- Performed by
- Aretha Franklin
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Robert Mersey
Same writer: Clyde Otis
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
Same producer: Robert Mersey
Same writer: Clyde Otis
Same label: Columbia
Same release: Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz This Bitter Earth was performed by Aretha Franklin
This Bitter Earth was performed by Aretha Franklin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz This Bitter Earth was produced by Robert Mersey
This Bitter Earth was produced by Robert Mersey
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz This Bitter Earth was written by Clyde Otis
This Bitter Earth was written by Clyde Otis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz This Bitter Earth is part of the release Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
This Bitter Earth is part of the release Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song This Bitter Earth
Columbia is the label of the song This Bitter Earth
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz This Bitter Earth was released on 1964