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 Franklin, Aretha
Tennessee. Aretha Franklin was born March 25, 1942 in Memphis, TN. Her father moved the family to Detroit where he was the pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church. Aretha quickly discovered her love for singing in the choir, where she certainly stood out due to her vocal ability.
The Gospel Sound of Aretha Franklin. Aretha released this album on the Checker label when she was discovered singing in the choir. Although Checker did not sign her to a contract, the record still remains as Aretha's first professional recording.
| Aretha Franklin has been the recipient of numerous awards and accolades over her career. Her string of ten Grammy awards from 1967 to 1974 is simply amazing. For what song did she win her first Grammy? | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aretha Franklin
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Respect. It's certainly befitting that Ms. Franklin's first Grammy would be for her signature song. "Respect" won the 1967 Grammy for Best Female R&B Solo Vocal and Best R&B Recording.
Respect. All these classics were released in 1967, but only "Respect" achieved number one status, on both the pop and the black US charts.
Jimmy Carter. Aretha performed a very moving rendition of "God Bless America" at Jimmy Carter's Presidential Inaugural Gala on January 19, 1977. The thing that made this performance so special was that she performed a cappella (without musical accompaniment).
| Aretha Franklin composed a wonderful song titled "Spirit in the Dark". In 1998, an album was recorded titled "Duets", which featured a certain singer performing duets with other artists. What artist did Aretha perform the song "Spirit in the Dark" with? | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aretha Franklin
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Ray Charles. Many people wanted to perform with Ray Charles on the "Duets" album, but he was limited to the number of songs he could record. In addition to Ms. Franklin, Charles performed with Quincy Jones, Chaka Khan, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Lou Rawls and Gladys Knight among others. Sadly, Ray Charles passed away June 10, 2004 after a long battle with liver disease.
| Aretha Franklin contributed many songs to movie soundtracks. What 1983 movie, featuring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close and Jeff Goldblum did Ms. Franklin contribute the song "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"? | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aretha Franklin
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The Big Chill. Ms. Franklin has contributed songs to a variety of films including: "Forrest Gump", "White Men Can't Jump", "Operation Dumbo Drop" and "Ali" among many others.
Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Ms. Franklin played a soul food diner owner named Mrs. Murphy. Her song "Think" was performed in this movie. Another bit of trivia for this movie is that Steven Spielberg has his first credited acting role in this movie playing a tax collector.
| Aretha Franklin appeared on "Saturday Night Live" on December 6, 1980. Ellen Burstyn was the host that night. Ms. Franklin again appeared on "SNL" 14 years later on March 12, 1994. What female Olympian hosted the show that night? | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aretha Franklin
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Nancy Kerrigan. Nancy Kerrigan was the host on the show that night, so obviously a spoof on the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding incident had to be made. Aretha sang the songs "Willing to Forgive" and "Chain of Fools" On Aretha's first appearance, she sang the songs "Can't Turn You Loose" and "United Together".
Bridge Over Troubled Water. Ms. Franklin sang this song on the "Live at Filmore West" album. She also covered The Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby", Stephen Stills' "Love the One You're With" and Bread's "Make it With You" on this album. She also had Ray Charles come onstage and sing "Spirit in the Dark" with her.
| Which popular Aretha Franklin song do these lyrics come from? “When my soul was in the lost-and-found, you came along to claim it. I didn't know just what was wrong with me, ‘til your kiss helped me name it”. | Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul
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(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman. This song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and was released by Franklin in 1967. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and twenty eight years later Mary J Blige did a cover version on the “New York Undercover” soundtrack.
Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Bacharach and David wrote the song for Dionne Warwick in 1967. Warwick’s original reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and one year later Aretha released her version reaching number ten. King and Goffin’s first songwriting hit was “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” by The Shirelles. Greenwich and Barry wrote such popular songs as “Be My Baby” (The Ronettes) and “And Then He Kissed Me” (The Crystals). Some of the well-known songs Leiber and Stoller wrote were, “Jailhouse Rock” (Elvis Presley) and “Poison Ivy” (The Coasters).
| These lyrics “Let's go back let's go back let's go way on back when, I didn't even know you. You couldn't o' been too much more than 10” come from Aretha’s seventh top ten hit on the charts in 1968. Can you name the song? | Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul
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Think. Ted White and Aretha co-wrote this song for her “Aretha Now” album. The album also featured her younger sister Carolyn Franklin on backing vocals. In 1979, Aretha’s contract ran out with Atlantic records, but she hit the limelight again in 1980 when “Think” and her acting role of Mrs Matt Murphy featured in the movie “The Blues Brothers” and was then signed to Arista Records.
Memphis, Tennessee. Aretha was born in 1942 to parents, Rev C L Franklin & Barbara Franklin (nee Siggers) and was one of five children. Unfortunately, Aretha’s parents separated when she was six and her mother died of a heart attack when she was only ten. Her first record deal was with Checker Records and she released the album, “Songs of Faith” in 1956 at age fourteen.
| Aretha has recorded some duets with other well known artists in her time. Out of the selection of artists below, can you choose the correct order, dating from the earliest to latest year release? | Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul
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Annie Lenox, George Michael, Elton John and Frank Sinatra. Aretha recorded her duet “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves” with Annie Lennox in 1985 which reached number eighteen on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number nine in the UK Singles Chart. In 1987, she recorded “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” with George Michael which achieved number one status in US (Billboard Hot 100), UK (UK SIngles Chart) and Australia (The ARIA Charts). “Through The Storm” with Elton John reached number three in the US Billboard chart in 1989 and in 1993 Aretha recorded “What Now My Love” with Frank Sinatra.
First woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Crowned Queen of Soul, Awarded the ‘National Medal of Arts’, Awarded the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’). Aretha was the first woman to be inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame and the second for the UK Music Hall of Fame (Madonna was the first!). Her title of “Queen of Soul” is more of status rather than an actual award and she received the ‘National Medal of Arts’ in 1999 and the ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’ in 2005.
9. Aretha was the only woman to make it into the top ten! The top ten are: 1. The Beatles. 2. Bob Dylan. 3. Elvis Presley. 4. The Rolling Stones. 5. Chuck Berry. 6. Jimi Hendrix. 7. James Brown. 8. Little Richard. 9. Aretha Franklin. 10. Ray Charles.
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