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Aretha Franklin
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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Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Series · 2025
Mr. McMahon
Series · 2024
Stax: Soulsville USA
Series · 2024
Burt Bacharach at the BBC
Film · 2023
WHAM!
Film · 2023
They All Came Out to Montreux
Film · 2023
George Michael: Portrait of an Artist
Film · 2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Film · 2022
Behind the beats, histoires de la pop music
Series · 2022
Aretha Franklin, soul sister
Film · 2020
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
Film · 2020
Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music)
Film · 2019
The Apollo
Film · 2019
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Film · 2018
Aretha Franklin: Respect
Film · 2018
American Dream: Detroit
Film · 2018
Amazing Grace
Film · 2018
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
Film · 2017
This Is Bob Hope...
Film · 2017
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Film · 2017
Freedom : La Story de George Michael
Film · 2016
Jazz at the White House
Film · 2016
Queens of Soul at the BBC
Film · 2015
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Muscle Shoals
Film · 2013
Cachitos de hierro y cromo
Series · 2013
Queens Of Pop: Aretha Franklin
Film · 2011
The Greatest Ears in Town: The Arif Mardin Story
Film · 2010
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Film · 2009
Classic Soul at the BBC
Film · 2007
Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
Film · 2007
George Michael - Twenty Five
Film · 2006
The Midnight Special Legendary Performances: Million Sellers
Film · 2006
Deal or No Deal
Series · 2005
Tom Dowd & The Language of Music
Film · 2004
Casey Kasem's Rock 'n' Roll Goldmine: The Soul Years
Film · 2004
Britney Spears: In the Zone
Film · 2003
Sam Cooke: Legend
Film · 2003
It's Black Entertainment
Film · 2002
The Star-Spangled Banner
Film · 2002
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
Film · 2001
Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular
Film · 2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1
Film · 2001
The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 2
Film · 2001
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
Film · 2000
Aretha Franklin - Live at Park West 1985
Film · 1999
George Michael Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Film · 1999
VH1: Divas Live
Film · 1998
Motown 40: The Music Is Forever
Film · 1998
Blues Brothers 2000
Film · 1998
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Film · 1998
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
Film · 1997
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
Night of 100 Stars III
Film · 1990
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
Film · 1988
Murphy Brown
Series · 1988
James Brown & Friends: A Night of Super Soul
Film · 1987
Women in Rock
Film · 1986
WWF Wrestling Challenge
Series · 1986
WWF Superstars
Series · 1986
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
The Blues Brothers
Film · 1980
Solid Gold
Series · 1980
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
Aretha Franklin - Live in Paris
Film · 1977
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Midnight Special
Series · 1972
The Flip Wilson Show
Series · 1970
Aretha Franklin: The Legendary Concertgebouw Concert Amsterdam 1968
Film · 1968
Aretha Franklin: Berns Salonger 1968
Film · 1968
Aretha Franklin: Swing In '68
Film · 1968
Lady Soul: Aretha Franklin på Berns
Film · 1968
Woody Allen Looks at 1967
Film · 1967
The Hollywood Palace
Series · 1964
Shindig!
Series · 1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Kraft Music Hall
Series · 1958
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
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