Nina Simone at the World's Fair, 1964/Aretha Franklin on The Steve Allen Show, 1964

Aretha and Sam Cooke, 1962

Aretha from one of her many Steve Allen Show appearances in 1964.

Columbia would eventually put out "Only The Lonely" in 1969, after she had gone to Atlantic.

Colpix put out "Folksy Nina" - leftovers from her '63 Carnegie Hall album - to compete with her new album (below) on Philips, her new label.