| 1 | Rock Steady- recording engineer:
- Ron Albert (on 1971-02-16)
- engineer:
- Howard Albert, Ron Albert and Chuck Kirkpatrick
- producer:
- Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin and Jerry Wexler
- mixer:
- Arif Mardin
- bass:
- Chuck Rainey (on 1971-02-16)
- drums (drum set):
- Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (on 1971-02-16)
- guitar:
- Cornell Dupree (on 1971-02-16)
- organ:
- Donny Hathaway (on 1971-02-16)
- percussion:
- Mac Rebennack (on 1971-02-16) and Robert Popwell (on 1971-02-16)
- piano and lead vocals:
- Aretha Franklin (on 1971-02-16)
- tenor saxophone:
- Andrew Love (on 1971-02-16)
- trumpet:
- Wayne Jackson (on 1971-02-16)
- background vocals:
- Margaret Branch (on 1971-02-16), Ann S. Clark (on 1971-02-16), Carolyn Franklin (on 1971-02-16), Erma Franklin (on 1971-02-16) and Pat Smith (on 1971-02-16)
- horn arranger:
- Tom Dowd
- strings and woodwind arranger:
- Arif Mardin
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Atlantic Recording Corporation (in 1971, in 1972) and WEA International Inc. (in 1971)
- recorded at:
- Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States (on 1971-02-16)
- recording of:
- Rock Steady (on 1971-02-16)
- lyricist and composer:
- Aretha Franklin (from 1970 until 1971)
- publisher:
- Carlin Music Corporation, Pundit Music, Inc and Springtime Music, Inc.
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