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Aretha Franklin (1942–2018)

Author of Aretha: From These Roots

185+ Works 852 Members 8 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 25, 1942. She began singing in the choir of her father's church and soon became a star soloist. Her first studio album, Aretha, was released in 1961. She recorded albums for five decades. Some of her songs included I Never Loved a Man show more (the Way I Love You), Think, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Chain of Fools, and Respect. She received 19 Grammy Awards including a lifetime achievement award in 1994. In 1987, she was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She died from advanced pancreatic cancer on August 16, 2018 at the age of 76. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Aretha Franklin

Aretha: From These Roots (1999) 157 copies, 1 review
Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits (1986) 47 copies, 1 review
Lady Soul (1965) 29 copies
Aretha's Greatest Hits (1998) 22 copies
Respect (1993) 21 copies
Aretha Now (1993) 18 copies
Vh1 Divas Live [Music Sound Recording] (2003) — Artist — 18 copies
The Best of Aretha Franklin (1990) 18 copies, 1 review
Aretha's Best (2001) 13 copies, 1 review
Respect: The Very Best of (2002) 10 copies
A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998) 9 copies
Aretha Sings The Blues (1985) 9 copies
Soul 69 (1993) 7 copies
Aretha's Gold 7 copies
This Christmas (2009) 7 copies
Gospel Greats (1999) 6 copies
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (1986) 5 copies, 1 review
Aretha in Paris (1968) 5 copies
So Damn Happy (2003) 5 copies
Aretha Arrives (2004) 4 copies
Freeway of Love (1985) 4 copies
Respect (1997) 4 copies
Aretha (2014) 3 copies
Precious Lord 3 copies
Jazz to Soul (2007) 3 copies
Jump To It (2012) 3 copies
Sweet Bitter Love (1989) 3 copies
Soul '69 3 copies
Aretha Gospel 3 copies
Respect & Other Hits (1997) 3 copies
You Grow Closer 3 copies
I Say A Little Prayer (1968) 2 copies
Love Songs (1997) 2 copies
Jump To It 1 copy
Let Me in Your Life (1994) 1 copy
Franklin #1 1 copy
Love All the Hurt Away (2012) 1 copy
Who's Zoomin' Who (1985) 1 copy
Early Years 1 copy
Through The Storm (2014) 1 copy
Think (1968) 1 copy
Rock Steady (1972) 1 copy
Under Her Spell (2002) 1 copy
Spanish Harlem (1971) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Blues Brothers [1980 film] (1980) — Vocalist — 686 copies, 6 reviews
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2001) — Introduction — 350 copies, 8 reviews
Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack (1994) — Contributor — 118 copies, 1 review
The Blues Brothers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) — Contributor — 99 copies, 1 review
The Big Chill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983) — Contributor — 97 copies, 2 reviews
Duets II: The Great Performances (2016) — Contributor — 50 copies
Ultimate Collection (2005) — Contributor — 37 copies
A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992) — Contributor — 32 copies
Waiting to Exhale: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1995) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
The Look of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection (1998) — Performer — 27 copies, 1 review
Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King (1995) — Contributor — 20 copies, 1 review
Higher Ground (Blind Boys of Alabama) [Sound Recording] (2013) — Songwriter — 19 copies, 1 review
VH1 Divas Live [Video Recording] (1998) — Actor — 11 copies
Eurythmics: Greatest Hits [1991 video] (1992) — Artist — 10 copies
Flower Power: Time of the Season — Contributor — 5 copies, 1 review
Sounds of the Season — Contributor — 1 copy
Love Songs of Burt Bacharach (2004) — Artist — 1 copy

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9 reviews
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
2 Respect
3 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
4 Dr. Feelgood (Love Is Serious Business)
5 Save Me
6 Baby, I Love You
7 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
8 Chain of Fools
9 (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
10 Ain't No Way
11 Think
12 I Say a Little Prayer
13 The House That Jack Built
14 See Saw
15 The Weight
16 Share Your Love with Me
17 Eleanor Rigby
Disc: 2
1 Call Me
2 Spirit in the Dark
3 Don't Play That Song
4 You're All I Need to Get show more By
5 Bridge over Troubled Water
6 Spanish Harlem
7 Rock Steady
8 Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
9 Day Dreaming
10 Wholy Holy
11 Angel
12 Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
13 I'm in Love
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1 Aretha Franklin– Satisfaction
2 Otis Redding– Day Tripper
3 Howard Tate– Girl Of The North Country
4 Otis Clay– She’s About A Mover
5 Jimmy Ruffin– 96 Tears
6 Jr. Walker & The All Stars*– These Eyes
7 Bobby Womack– California Dreamin’
8 Four Tops– Walk Away Renee
9 Percy Sledge– Kind Woman
10 Ike & Tina Turner– Proud Mary
11 Wilson Pickett– Mama Told Me Not To Come
12 Al Green– How Can You Mend A Brokern Heart
13 Aretha Franklin– The Weight
14 The Isley Brothers– Summer show more Breeze (Part 1)
15 Earth, Wind & Fire– Got To Get You Into My Life
16 Pointer Sisters– Fire
17 The Staple Singers– Slippery People
18 Run-D.M.C.*– Walk This Way
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Volume One
1-1 I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
Songwriter – Ronnie Shannon
2:49
1-2 Do Right Man - Do Right Woman
Songwriter – Chips Moman, Dan Pennington
3:13
1-3 Save Me
Songwriter – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, Curtis Ousley
2:17
1-4 Respect
Songwriter – Otis Redding
2:24
1-5 Baby, Baby, Baby
Songwriter – Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin
2:52
1-6 Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)
Songwriter – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
3:19
1-7 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural show more Woman
Songwriter – Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler
2:44
1-8 Soul Serenade
Songwriter – Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon
2:36
1-9 Drown In My Own Tears
Songwriter – Henry Glover
4:04
1-10 Chain Of Fools
Guitar – Joe South
Songwriter – Don Covay
2:46
1-11 Baby, I Love You
Songwriter – Ronnie Shannon
2:41
1-12 Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)
Songwriter – Carolyn Franklin
2:34
1-13 (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
Songwriter – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
4:23
1-14 You Are My Sunshine
Songwriter – Charles Mitchell (3), Jimmie Davis
4:19
15 Going Down Slow
Songwriter – James B. Oden
4:29
1-16 Never Let Me Go
Songwriter – Joe Scott*
2:52
1-17 I Wonder
Songwriter – Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen
4:22
1-18 Prove It
Songwriter – Horace Ott, Randie Evretts
2:57
1-19 Good Times
Songwriter – Sam Cooke
2:06
1-20 Come Back Baby
Songwriter – Walter Davis
2:25
1-21 A Change
Songwriter – Clyde Otis, Dorian Burton
Written By – Herman Wesley Kelley
2:23
1-22 You're A Sweet Sweet Man
Songwriter – Ronnie Shannon
3:15
1-23 Good To Me As I Am To You
Songwriter – Aretha Franklin, Ted White
3:56
1-24 People Get Ready
Songwriter – Curtis Mayfield
3:42
1-25 Ain't No Way
Songwriter – Carolyn Franklin
4:11
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FROM AMAZON: Her soulful, soaring voice has earned her mythic status. Now, in her own moving words, the woman behind the myth is revealed. The result is a captivating self-portrait of one of this century's most fascinating artists, an Aretha Franklin as real as the songs she sings.

For the first time anywhere, Aretha tells her story--the glorious triumphs as well as the heartbreaking pain. With refreshing candor, Aretha tells it like it is, the way she sees it, the way she lived it.

A child show more prodigy of the golden age of gospel, the daughter of a world-famous preacher, Aretha was the anointed successor to Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward. But her father had a broader vision and helped Aretha enter the field of pop and jazz. By age eighteen, she was under contract to Columbia Records. Six years later, after only a few minor hits, she switched to Atlantic, where she shook the musical world to its roots. Her song "Respect" became the anthem of an epoch, a touchstone for African Americans, for women, for all people struggling to be free. Aretha became the Queen of Soul, the genre's finest interpreter since Ray Charles. show less

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Works
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Popularity
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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