Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was a Memphis, Tennessee born and Detroit, Michigan reared American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Many have called her The Queen Of Soul and Lady Soul. She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings (on many, of which, she accompanied herself on keyboards and piano, a skill she learned at an early age, learning to play by ear, according to lifetime friend Smokey Robinson) but was also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. She is generally regarded as one of the best vocalists ever by such industry publications and media outlets as Rolling Stone and VH1, due to her phenomenal technical and interpretative talents. Adept at the piano as well as having a gifted voice, Franklin became a child prodigy. By the age of fourteen, she signed a record deal with Battle Records, where her father Reverend C.L. Franklin recorded his sermons and gospel vocal recordings, and she issued Songs of Faith in 1956. She is the second most honored female popular singer in Grammy history (after Alison Krauss), having won eighteen competitive Grammys (including an unprecedented eleven for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, eight of them consecutive). The state of Michigan has declared her voice to be a natural wonder. Franklin is perhaps best-known for her interpretation of Otis Redding's Respect, recorded in 1967 with sisters Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin. Many of her songs, however, were originals that ...
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Respect
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I Say a Little Prayer
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Think
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Chain of Fools
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(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman
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I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)
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Rock Steady
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Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
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Save Me
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Son of a Preacher Man
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The House That Jack Built
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Ain't No Way
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See Saw
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Spanish Harlem
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Call Me
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Don't Play That Song
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Day Dreaming
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Angel
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You're All I Need to Get By
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Drown in My Own Tears
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The Weight
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Today I Sing the Blues
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Respect - Remastered
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Baby I Love You
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Eleanor Rigby
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Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)
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Freeway of Love
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Baby, I Love You
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Good Times
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
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People Get Ready
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Joy to the World
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Share Your Love with Me
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Dr. Feelgood
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Do Right Woman - Do Right Man
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Let It Be
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Soul Serenade
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Until You Come Back to Me
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Walk on By
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You Send Me
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Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
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A Rose Is Still A Rose
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I Will Survive
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Come Back Baby
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A Change Is Gonna Come
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Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
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I'm in Love
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(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
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Good to Me As I Am to You
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Baby, Baby, Baby
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