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Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", Rolling Stone twice named her as the greatest singer of all time. With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists. As a child, Franklin was noticed for her gospel singing at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she was signed as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While her career did not immediately flourish, Franklin found acclaim and commercial success once she signed with Atlantic Records in 1966. Hit songs such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools", "Think", and "I Say a Little Prayer", propelled Franklin past her musical peers. Franklin continued to record acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Spirit in the Dark (1970), Young, Gifted and Black (1972), Amazing Grace (1972), and Sparkle (1976), before experiencing problems with the record company. Franklin left Atlantic in 1979 and signed with Arista Records. The singer appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers before releasing the successful albums Jump to It (1982), Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) and Aretha (1986) on the Arista label. In 1998, Franklin returned to the Top 40 with the Lauryn Hill-produced song "A Rose Is Still a Rose"; later, she released an album with the same name. Franklin recorded 112 charted singles on the US Billboard charts, including 73 Hot 100 entries, 17 top-ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries and 20 number-one R&B singles. Besides the foregoing, the singer's well-known hits also include "Ain't No Way", "Call Me", "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", "Spanish Harlem", "Rock Steady", "Day Dreaming", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)", "Something He Can Feel", "Jump to It", "Freeway of Love", "Who's Zoomin' Who" and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (a duet with George Michael). Franklin won 18 Grammy Awards (out of 44 nominations), including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1968–1975), a Grammy Awards Living Legend honor and Lifetime Achievement Award. Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1987, she became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She also was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2019, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded the songwriter a posthumous special citation "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades". In 2020, Franklin was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. .. Source: Article "Aretha Franklin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1942-03-25
- event Death Date 2018-08-16
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 8.4
- info Birth Place Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Aretha Franklin
7.8
The Blues Brothers
1980-06-16
8.1
VH1: Divas Live
1998-04-14
0
Motown 40: The Music is Forever
1998-02-15
5.3
Blues Brothers 2000
1998-02-05
8
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009-11-29
7.8
Britney Spears: In the Zone
2003-11-17
6
Classic Soul at the BBC
2007-04-05
6
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982-05-12
0
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
2023-04-08
8
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014-10-11
8
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993-05-09
7.3
George Michael - Twenty Five
2006-11-13
0
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
1988-08-22
7.4
Tom Dowd & The Language of Music
2004-08-24
7.4
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018-03-30
7.4
WHAM!
2023-06-27
7
Aretha Franklin: The Legendary Concertgebouw Concert Amsterdam 1968
1968-06-30
6.2
Aretha Franklin - Live at Park West 1985
1999-04-06
7.2
Muscle Shoals
2013-08-16
0
Aretha Franklin: Respect
2018-08-18
7.2
Sam Cooke: Legend
2003-06-17
0
Aretha Franklin: Berns Salonger 1968
1968-05-08
4.7
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
2010-06-15
8
Aretha Franklin - Live in Paris
1977-11-28
0
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
2016-12-30
8.4
George Michael Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
1999-05-11
4
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
7
Queens of Soul at the BBC
2015-05-27
0
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
1967-12-29
8.2
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022-11-19
9.8
Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years
2004-04-27
9
They All Came Out to Montreux
2023-06-16
0
Jazz at the White House
2016-04-30
7
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist
2022-06-13
6.4
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000-06-06
0
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
2001-04-10
0
GRAMMYS' Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
2017-11-23
0
Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular
2001-12-10
7
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
2007-05-02
0
American Dream: Detroit
2018-05-01
8
This Is Bob Hope...
2017-12-29
6.4
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
2017-04-19
7.2
Amazing Grace
2018-12-07
0
Queens Of Pop: Aretha Franklin
2011-07-18
8
It's Black Entertainment
2002-02-08
0
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
2006-07-15
0
James Brown & Friends: A Night of Super Soul
1987-01-01
0
Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music)
2019-11-23
5
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
1998-09-08
6.4
The Apollo
2019-04-24
0
Aretha Franklin: Swing In '68
1968-05-16
0
Lady Soul: Aretha Franklin på Berns
1968-01-01
0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
2001-02-22
0
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
2001-02-22
8
Aretha Franklin, soul sister
2020-09-04
6
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997-11-01
0
Women in Rock
1986-01-01
6.9
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
2020-09-09
6
Solid Gold
1980-09-13
6.7
Deal or No Deal
2005-12-19
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04
6.2
Shindig!
1964-09-16
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970-09-17
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
7.3
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28
7.6
The Midnight Special
1972-08-19
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
4.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958-10-08
0
Behind the beats, histoires de la pop music
2022-11-19
7.7
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
2013-10-27
6.5
Murphy Brown
1988-11-14
6.8
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986-09-07
6.2
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
8
Mr. McMahon
2024-09-25
9.5
Stax: Soulsville USA
2024-05-20
