Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul's 1942- 2018

1. Aretha Franklin 1942-2018

2. Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an
American singer, songwriter and pianist. She began her career as a child
singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where
her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister. In 1960, at the age of 18, she
embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but
achieving only modest success. After signing to Atlantic Records in 1966,
Franklin achieved commercial success and acclaim with songs such as
"Respect", "Chain of Fools", "Think", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural
Woman", "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "I Say a Little
Prayer".

3. 1960 Born in Memphis, Tenn., but raised in
the Motor City, Franklin was firmly rooted in
gospel but also excelled in the worlds of jazz,
R&B and pop. Photofest

4. 1970 Franklin sold more than 75 million records worldwide, according to one estimate,
and had 10 Top Ten hits in a roughly 18-month stretch beginning in early 1967. Photofest

5. It was in the late 1960s when Franklin’s career
really took off; her albums Lady Souland Aretha
Now dropped in 1968, and included the mega-
hits “Chain of Fools,” “Think” and “I Say a Little
Prayer.” Metronome/Getty

6. Performing on NBC’s The Andy Williams Show
in 1969. Photograph: NBC via Getty Images

7. “She and my dad (pictured with
Aretha and sister Carolyn) were
very, very, very close,” the singer’s
sister Erma told PEOPLE in 1985

8. Posing with sales awards discs in 1969. Franklin has
sold more than 75m records worldwide.
Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

9. Backstage before a 1969 performance at
Symphony Hall in Newark, New Jersey
Photograph: Walter Iooss Jr/Getty Images

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12. By 1970, she had five Grammys
under her belt in categories including
Best R&B Recording and Best R&B
Solo Vocal Performance, Female.
Gilles Petard/Redferns

13. Aretha married her manager Ted
White in 1961 (Image: Getty)

14. 1970. Photofest

15. At the Atlantic Records studios in
New York City, Aretha Franklin
holds a copy of her Soul '69 album
on January 9, 1969. Michael Ochs
Archives / Getty Images

16. Appearing on the Muhammad Ali Variety Special in
1975. Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images

17. On the Muhammad Ali Variety Special in 1975. Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images

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19. Franklin performed her song "Think" in John Landis' 1980 comedy Blues Brothers, starring
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the title roles. Universal Pictures/Photofest

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21. Franklin attends an event
with her second husband,
actor Glynn Turman, and her
son Kecalf Franklin in 1979.
Michael Ochs Archives /
Getty Images

22. Aretha Franklin is most famous for
the songs Respect, Think and A
Natural Woman (Image: Getty)

23. Franklin hit the stage with James Brown for James Brown & Friends: Set Fire to the Soul in 1988.. Photofest

25. Franklin is flanked by record
producer Narada Michael Walden
and Whitney Houston in this photo,
taking circa 1989. Photofest

26. 1994 Franklin, seen here on the PBS special In Performance at the White House, wrote in her
1999 autobiography, Aretha: From These Roots, of her signature song, "Respect": Photofest

27. In 1991, Franklin won the Grammy
Legend Award, followed by the
Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.
Mike Albans/AP/REX/Shutterstock

28. Franklin, seen here performing on the
PBS special In Performance at the White
House on June 20, 1994, had a smash in
1967 with "Respect." It became her
signature song and a battle cry for the
feminist and civil-rights movements.
Recorded two years earlier by Otis
Redding from a man’s point of view, her
righteous reworking pushed “Groovin’ ”
by The Young Rascals from the No. 1 spot
on the Billboard Hot 100.Photofest

29. (Photo: Elle)

30. President George W. Bush gave Franklin
the Presidential Medal of Freedom in
2005, recognizing her as one of “our
nation’s greatest musical artists
Douglas A. Sonders/Getty

31. Performing at a 2005 concert in Los Angeles for the Hurricane
Katrina rescue fund. Photograph: Angello Picco/Shutterstock

32. On January 20, 2009, Franklin sang an
electrifying version of "My Country, 'Tis of
Thee" at President Barack Obama's
inauguration ceremony in front of the US
Capitol in Washington, DC. Ron Edmonds / AP

33. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

34. This Jan. 14, 2012 file
photo, shows singer
Aretha Franklin
performing during the
BET Honors at the
Warner Theatre in
Washington. Franklin
died Thursday, Aug. 16,
2018 at her home in
Detroit. She was 76. (AP
Photo/Jose Luis Magana,
File)

35. Receiving an honorary degree at Harvard
University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in
2014. Photograph: Zuma/Shutterstock

36. At the US National Portrait Gallery’s
American Portrait Gala in
Washington DC, 2015. Photograph:
Angela Pham/Shutterstock

37. Aretha Franklin performs as
Pope Francis is seated nearby
during the Festival of Families,
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in
Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt
Slocum)

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40. Aretha Franklin at the Radio City Music Hall in 2017 (Image: Getty)

41. Aretha last performed in November 2017. NICHOLAS HUNT VIA GETTY IMAGES

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