| ✎ | Aretha Louise Franklin (aka Queen of Soul) |
| ☆ | 03/25/1942 |
| † | 08/16/2018 |
| ∞ | American singer, writer and pianist. When she signed with Atlantic Records in 1966, success finally arrived with a seemingly endless list of soul classics, including I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You), Respect, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Chain Of Fools and Think. Up until 1976 she released classic album after classic album. After playing a part in the Blues Brothers her success returned in the early 1980s. Franklin won no less than 18 Grammy Awards and she received the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1987 she was the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| ♫ | Selection Aretha The Electrifying Aretha Franklin The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin Soul Sister I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You Lady Soul Aretha Now Soul ’69 Aretha Live At Fillmore West Young, Gifted And Black With Everything I Feel in Me Sweet Passion Who’s Zoomin’ Who? What You See Is What You Sweat A Rose Is Still A Rose Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live In Philly, 1972 Aretha: A Woman Falling Out Of Love |
