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An icon of 20th and 21st century music, the voice of the civil rights movement, and the undisputed Queen of Soul 👑—there is only one Aretha Franklin. Listen...
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Aretha's Best is a greatest hits compilation by Aretha Franklin released in 2001. This "best of" album contains 20 tracks which were recorded by Franklin from 1967-1987.
No.TitleWriter (s)Original Album1.2.Aretha Franklin; Ted White3.Narada Michael Walden; Jeffrey Cohen4.Ronnie ShannonAretha Arrives (1967)- "Respect" (1967) Photo : Michael Ochs Archives/Getty. Aretha Franklin’s signature anthem is a commanding cover of Otis Redding’s 1965 rave-up that captured the spirit of the country on multiple levels – particularly the civil rights movement, with writer Phyl Garland calling Franklin’s “Respect” “the new Negro national anthem” in the October 1967 issue of Ebony.
- "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (1967) Photo : Michael Ochs Archives/Getty. The title track of I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You was also the first song laid down by Franklin and her backing musicians during their very short January 1967 stint at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
- "Think" (1968) Photo : Michael Ochs Archives/Getty. On April 9, 1968, Franklin sang “Precious Lord” at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Atlanta. Six days later, she sat at the piano at the New York studios of Atlantic Records, pounding the piano and singing about freedom.
- "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (1967) This Carole King and Gerry Goffin classic underlines the myth – sometimes celebrated, other times reductive – of Franklin as the epitome of earthy, “natural” womanhood.
Nov 21, 2019 · 30. United Together (1980) In one sense, United Together is symbolic of what went wrong with Franklin’s career in the early 80s – it’s a high-gloss MOR ballad, a world away from the music ...
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