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Aug 16, 2018 · Here are four ways the Queen of Soul fought for a better world. 1. Women’s Rights. In an era when respect was not universally received in the US, Franklin’s rousing version of “Respect,” first recorded by Otis Redding, was an electrifying call to action. The unflinching demand for respect became a mantra for both the women’s rights ...
Aug 16, 2018 · August 16, 2018 5:24 PM EDT. Aretha Franklin will forever be remembered as the legendary Queen of Soul, but her six decade career (during which she won 18 Grammy awards and was the first woman to ...
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Mar 21, 2024 · Aretha Franklin (born March 25, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.—died August 16, 2018, Detroit, Michigan) was an American singer who defined the golden age of soul music of the 1960s. Franklin’s mother, Barbara, was a gospel singer and pianist. Her father, C.L. Franklin, presided over the New Bethel Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan, and ...
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Here’s how Aretha Franklin’s music touched the world, according to those who knew her and pored over her work. Defining songs “Respect” (1967) “In today’s society, I would say ...
Aug 16, 2018 · In the late 1960s, the world came to know and love Aretha Franklin as the "Queen of Soul Music." Her hit recording “Respect” became an anthem of the civil rights struggle and of the nascent women’s movement. As a child, she sang gospel at the Detroit, Michigan church of her pastor father; with his encouragement, she pursued a career as a professional singer, signing with Columbia Records ...
Aug 16, 2018 · 1967's Respect became the anthem of the civil rights campaign and the feminist movement. Franklin told Elle magazine in 2016 she was "stunned" by its success. "It was the right song at the right ...
Sep 4, 2018 · Aretha was a “multimusical” album-oriented artist with a highly identifiable sound and approach and had what a 1970s fan called “the genius of combining all forms of black culture into music ...