Play Aretha Franklin Radio
Aretha Franklin
On Tour
7,807,015 plays (729,443 listeners)
Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942) is a Memphis, Tennessee-born but Detroit, Michigan-raised American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer. Many have called her “The Queen Of Soul” and “Lady Soul”. She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. She is generally regarded as one of the best vocalists ever by such industry publications/media outlets as Rolling Stone and VH1, due to her phenomenal technical and interpretive talents.
Adept at the piano as well as having a gifted voice, Franklin became a child prodigy. By the age of fourteen, she signed a record deal with Battle Records, where her father Reverend C.L. Franklin recorded his sermons and gospel vocal recordings, and she issued Songs of Faith in 1956.
She is the second most honored female popular singer in Grammy history (after Alison Krauss), having won eighteen competitive Grammys (including an unprecedented eleven for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, eight of them consecutive). The state of Michigan has declared her voice to be a natural wonder.
Franklin is perhaps best-known for her interpretation of Otis Redding’s
Respect, recorded in 1967 with sisters Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin. Many of her songs, however, were originals that have since been covered by other artists. Some of her best-known compositions include (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone, Ain’t No Way, All the King’s Horses, Baby, Baby, Baby, Call Me, Dr. Feelgood, Rock Steady, Spirit In The Dark, and Think (which she performed in the film The Blues Brothers).
Adept at the piano as well as having a gifted voice, Franklin became a child prodigy. By the age of fourteen, she signed a record deal with Battle Records, where her father Reverend C.L. Franklin recorded his sermons and gospel vocal recordings, and she issued Songs of Faith in 1956.
She is the second most honored female popular singer in Grammy history (after Alison Krauss), having won eighteen competitive Grammys (including an unprecedented eleven for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, eight of them consecutive). The state of Michigan has declared her voice to be a natural wonder.
Franklin is perhaps best-known for her interpretation of Otis Redding’s
Respect, recorded in 1967 with sisters Carolyn Franklin and Erma Franklin. Many of her songs, however, were originals that have since been covered by other artists. Some of her best-known compositions include (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You’ve Been Gone, Ain’t No Way, All the King’s Horses, Baby, Baby, Baby, Call Me, Dr. Feelgood, Rock Steady, Spirit In The Dark, and Think (which she performed in the film The Blues Brothers).
Top Albums
-
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $10.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $32.98
- eBay Search
-
Respect
Aretha Franklin Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $9.90
- Buy Album
- Amazon $5.49
- eBay Search
-
20 Greatest Hits
Aretha Franklin Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
30 Greatest Hits
Aretha FranklinBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $13.99
- 7digital $18.99
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Top Tracks
| 1 |
|
||||
| 2 |
|
I Say A Little Prayer
full track
|
|||
| 3 |
|
Chain Of Fools
full track
|
|||
| 4 | |||||
| 5 |
|
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
full track
|
|||
| 6 |
|
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
full track
|
|||
| 7 |
|
||||
| 8 |
|
||||
| 9 |
|
The House That Jack Built
full track
|
|||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 |
|
Ain't No Way
full track
|
|||
| 12 | |||||
| 13 | |||||
| 14 |
|
See Saw
full track
|
|||
| 15 |
|
Shoutbox
-
deathbystarship wrote:
she's got big boobies
-
cicca8 wrote:
The Best
-
pablojca wrote:
The Queen! This woman is amazing! [2]
-
MrStyle wrote:
The Queen! This woman is amazing!
-
jinxnscooter wrote:
still to this date one of my all time favorite cds/albums is "hey now hey the other side of the sky" i never get borned or tired of listenin' to that cd/album
-
blue wrote:
one of the greatest voices i've ever heard
-
Aardvarked wrote:
"Well if VH1 say so.. Where are the eyes-rollin' smileys when you need them? " You disagree with Aretha being called the Queen of soul? Feel free to put forward somebody else for the title.
-
elementosekreto wrote:
Aretha is the Queen & Faby Rodas is the Princess :D
-
talkestra wrote:
Aretha... " baby girl, you're still a flower "
-
fylopastry wrote:
Well if VH1 say so.. Where are the eyes-rollin' smileys when you need them?
-
charray47 wrote:
"All hail the true "Queen of Soul"!!!
-
iknowdintoo wrote:
Dammmn, Aretha was freakin' hot back then (3)
-
Asya646 wrote:
Wow That is a gorgeous picture of the queen!
-
liazZ wrote:
<333
-
sobre17 wrote:
Love her voice!
-
xkajkax wrote:
Amazing voise !
-
fer75011 wrote:
guapa!
-
coleman17 wrote:
rhythm and blues XD
-
domzus wrote:
fantastic.....
-
riaka wrote:
Adoro a esta mujer.
Videos
See more
Events
- Nov 6 Aretha Franklin Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, ON, Toronto, Canada
-
Nov
8
Aretha Franklin
National Arts Centre, Ottawa ON, Canada
Add shout
| 1 attendee
-
Apr
25
Aretha Franklin
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville TN, United States
Add shout
| 3 attendees
News
Two new Aretha Franklin singles available on iTunes
21 Apr 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Aretha Franklin
One Night with the KingThe stately chords of a grand piano frame Aretha’s eloquent narrative as she introduces this poignant testimonial of enduring faith. …
-
15 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Aretha Franklin -
15 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Aretha Franklin
Listeners
-
vale_ry
Listening now
to I Will Survive -
yeasoimweird
Listening now
to (You Make Me Feel Like)… -
dai77
Top Listener
-
lheard
Top Listener
-
yanczar
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
lfm123987, clairdlune, JBieganski and 16 other people added Aretha Franklin to their libraries. 46 minutes ago
-
SocialiteRoyale connected Aretha Franklin to the group Trey Songz Ultimate Fan Group. yesterday evening
-
see-pferdchen, asabharwal, johnyst3 and 4 other people added Aretha Franklin to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
LoraTN tagged Aretha Franklin with ‘blues’. yesterday afternoon
-
imakeithappen, PepPat, pad-58 and 6 other people added Aretha Franklin to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
-
rflovesmusic tagged Aretha Franklin with soul and female vocalists. yesterday morning
-
rflovesmusic, costelloe899, ken_yamato and 32 other people added Aretha Franklin to their libraries. yesterday morning
-
Songfacts wrote about Aretha Franklin in Interview with Bryan Adams. Friday afternoon
-
OfficialRyChris, salvo2disco, sessions2009 and 19 other people added Aretha Franklin to their libraries. Friday afternoon
-
souris-modeste tagged Aretha Franklin with ‘fat’. Friday morning
Related Journals
-
Interview with Bryan Adams
by Songfacts |
6 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
First Line Game - Yes Yes :P
by MoonlitSea |
4 Nov 2009 | 3 comments
-
My Library Annotated: Aretha Franklin
by rwitte |
2 Nov 2009 | Add comment
Groups (195)
-
Beverley Knight
24 members
-
Aretha Franklin
120 members
-
Luther Vandross
44 members
-
Classy Divaz
33 members
-
Extensive Musical Taste
28,908 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Aretha Franklin from Universal Music.
