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About 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.
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- 1978Almighty Fire
- 1977Sweet Passion
- 1975You
- 1974With Everything I Feel in Me
- 1974Let Me in Your Life
- 1973Never Grow Old
- 1973Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
- 1972Young, Gifted and Black
- 1970Spirit in the Dark
- 1970This Girl’s in Love With You
- 1969Soft and Beautiful
- 1969Soul ’69
- 1968Aretha Now
- 1968Lady Soul
- 1967Take It Like You Give It
- 1967Aretha Arrives
- 1967I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
- 1966Soul Sister
- 1965Yeah!!!
- 1964Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
- 1964Runnin’ Out of Fools
- 1963Laughing on the Outside
- 1962The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
- 1962The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin
- 1961Aretha