"Today I Sing the Blues" is a song written by Curtis Lewis and performed by Aretha Franklin.
[1] The song appeared on her 1961 album, Aretha.
[2] The song was produced by John Hammond.
[3][4] Franklin re-recorded the song in 1969 on the album Soul '69 and it reached number 101 on the U.S. pop chart.
"Today I Sing the Blues", originally written in 1948 and recorded the same year by Helen Humes and Buck Clayton's Orchestra, was included in the second album of Sam Cooke, Encore, recorded in 1958.