Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an iconic American gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee, but raised in Detroit, Michigan. On January 3, 1987 she became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 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, gospel, and even opera. She is generally regarded as being one of the best vocalists ever by such industry publications/media outlets as Rolling Stone and VH1, due to her phenomenal ability to inject whatever she may be singing about with gut wrenching soul (hence the title) and sheer conviction. She has won 16 competitive Grammys (including an unprecedented 12 for Best female R&B vocal performance) and the state of Michigan has declared her voice to be a natural wonder.

Albums

• 1956 The Gospel Soul of Aretha Franklin
• 1961 Aretha
• 1962 The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
• 1962 The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin
• 1963 Laughing on the Outside
• 1964 '
• 1964 Songs of Faith
• 1965 '
• 1965 Once in a Lifetime
• 1967 I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
• 1967 Aretha Arrives
• 1967 Take It Like You Give It
• 1967 Lee Cross
• 1968 Lady Soul
• 1968 Aretha Now
• 1968 Aretha in Paris
• 1969 '
• 1969 I Say a Little Prayer
• 1969 Soul '69
• 1970 This Girl's In Love with You
• 1970 Don't Play That Song
• 1970 Sweet Bitter Love
• 1970 Spirit in the Dark
• 1971 Aretha Live at the Fillmore West
• 1971 Young, Gifted and Black
• 1972 Amazing Grace
• 1973 Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
• 1974 With Everything I Feel in Me
• 1974 Let Me in Your Life
• 1975 You
• 1976 Sparkle
• 1977 Satisfaction
• 1977 Sweet Passion
• 1977 Most Beautiful Songs
• 1978 Almighty Fire
• 1979 La Diva
• 1980 Aretha
• 1980 Aretha Sings the Blues
• 1981 Love All the Hurt Away
• 1982 Jump to It
• 1983 Get It Right
• 1984 Never Grow Old
• 1985 First Lady of Soul
• 1985 Who's Zoomin' Who?
• 1986 Aretha
• 1986 Soul Survivor
• 1987 One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
• 1989 Through the Storm
• 1991 What You See Is What You Sweat
• 1998 A Rose Is Still a Rose
• 2003 So Damn Happy