Young, Gifted and Black is a Top 10 Gold-certified album by Aretha Franklin, recorded August 12, 1970 - February 16, 1971 and released in 1972. The album won Aretha a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance of the year. It takes its title from the Nina Simone song "To Be Young, Gifted and Black." It's nearly impossible to single out any of Aretha Franklin's early-'70s albums for Atlantic as being her best, particularly given the breadth of her output during this era. In terms of albums rather than singles, it's probably her strongest era,… read more
Young, Gifted and Black is a Top 10 Gold-certified album by Aretha Franklin, recorded August 12, 1970 - February 16, 1971 and released in 1972. The a… read more
Young, Gifted and Black is a Top 10 Gold-certified album by Aretha Franklin, recorded August 12, 1970 - February 16, 1971 and released in 1972. The album won Aretha a Grammy Award for Be… read more
Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was a Memphis, Tennessee born and Detroit, Michigan reared American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Many have called her "The Queen Of Soul" and "Lady Soul". She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings (on many, of which, she accompanied herself on keyboards and piano, a skill she learned at an early age, learning to play by ear, according to lifetime friend Smokey Robinson) but was also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel. She is generally regarded as one of the b… read more
Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was a Memphis, Tennessee born and Detroit, Michigan reared American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Many … read more
Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 - August 16, 2018) was a Memphis, Tennessee born and Detroit, Michigan reared American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Many have called her "The Queen Of Soul" … read more