“She had a lifelong, unwavering commitment to civil rights and was one of the strongest supporters of the movement.”
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Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Regarded as the "Queen of Soul", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
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Born 25 March 1942 · Died 16 August 2018 · Q125121
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2026· 35 entries
“alert, laughing, teasing, able to recognise people”
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“trying to keep her spirits up and go from there”
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“We will not comment on it any further because of the very personal and sensitive nature of it. We appreciate all of the many well wishes from friends.”
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“There will be no wedding at this time”
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facebook.com: The latest disputes involve unreleased music and video recordings, personal belongings and even security cameras at storage units holding the Queen of Soul's possessions. 📰 Story by Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press 📷 Photo by Chris Pizzello, Reuters Cl
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Yahoo: Aretha Franklin estate fight still drags on
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Lions Wire: Eight years after Aretha Franklin's death, estate saga quietly drags on
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Aretha Franklin tribute show RESPECT brings her hits to Coesfeld - Ad-hoc-news.de
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Aretha Franklin - Tribute show RESPECT brings her classics to Germany in 2026 - Ad-hoc-news.de
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The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Aretha Franklin:“I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That’s the hardest thing
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DC Theater Arts: Nova Y. Payton’s salute to Aretha Franklin succeeds at Signature Theatre
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Brooklyn Eagle: Brooklyn writer explores the curious connection between Elvis, Aretha Franklin and Babe Ruth
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Harper's BAZAAR: Aretha Franklin no solo cambió la música: así utilizó la moda y la belleza para romper las reglas
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Mshale: Honors Memories: Aretha Franklin Honors Carole King | 2015 Kennedy Center Honors El Niño–southern Oscillation (BZvnk1LYHH)
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Radio Concierto Chile - Sólo grandes canciones: Ocho años sin Aretha Franklin: la historia detrás de la muerte de la Reina del Soul - Radio Concierto Chile
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eagledayton.com: Rock History with Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, Rick Allen and Def Leppard plus Woodstock Day 2
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RadarOnline: Aretha Franklin Allegedly Admitted to Affair With James Brown Before Death
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AOL: EXCLUSIVE: Aretha Franklin Allegedly Admitted to Affair With James Brown in Deathbed Confession — 'Her Heart Belonged to Him'
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Mshale: Jennifer Hudson Performs 'Amazing Grace' At Aretha Franklin's Funeral Celebs Go Dating (bWFk760MsW)
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Time Out Worldwide: Respect: Aretha Franklin | Signature Theatre | Things to do in Washington DC
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MadameNoire: Brandy Is Taking Us Back To Hillman! Singer Reimagines Aretha Franklin's Iconic 'A Different World' Theme SongFor Netflix Reboot
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Aretha Franklin
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The TV Cave: Brandy Takes on Aretha Franklin With ‘A Different World’ Theme Song
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NPR: Aretha Franklin's 'Sparkle' soundtrack is a neglected classic
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Ad-hoc-news.de: Aretha Franklin and Respect at 55 Years - Ad-hoc-news.de
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Yahoo: I've Always Thought Aretha Franklin's Blues Brothers Scene Was So Weird, And Now I Know Why
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El Periódico: El día en que Aretha Franklin y su sombrero reinaron en Washington
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The Guardian: Clive Davis: a life in pictures from Diana Ross to Aretha Franklin
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Aretha Live at Fillmore West (Full Album) [Official Audio]”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark (Full Album) [Official Audio]”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - This Girl's in Love With You (Full Album) [Official Audio]”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Soul '69 (Full Album) [Official Video]”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - The Weight [Vinyl Visualizer]”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Suzanne - Hey Now Hey The Other Side of the Sky (Outtake) [Official Audio]”.
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2025· 6 entries
Published video “Aretha Franklin - Son of a Preacher Man [Vinyl Visualizer]”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Silent Night (Solo Piano Version)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer [Vinyl Visualizer]”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - You Send Me [Vinyl Visualizer]”.
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Released album “Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland, July ’71”.
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Released album “The Electrifying (Remastered)”.
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2023· 3 entries
USA Today rated the claim “Trans activists deemed Aretha Franklin's song 'Natural Woman' offensive” False.
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Reported claimRated This is based on one tweet from a Twitter account which later labelled itself as satire. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “Aretha Franklin’s 1968 song Natural Woman has been deemed offensive by the trans community.” This is based on one tweet from a Twitter account which later labelled itself as satire..
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““Aretha Franklin’s 1968 song ‘A Natural Woman’ deemed ‘offensive’ by trans community.”” False.
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2022· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Singer Aretha Franklin’s voice was declared a “natural resource” by the state of Michigan's Department of Natural Resources in 1985.” True.
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Released album “Today I Sing The Blues - 38 Greatest Hits”.
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2021· 10 entries
Published video “Aretha Franklin - Walk On By (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Runnin' Out of Fools (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Maybe I'm a Fool (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who? (Official Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Jump to It (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Skylark (Official Audio)”.
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Published video “Aretha Franklin - Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Official Audio)”.
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “For All We Know”.
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards (2019).
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The Pulitzer Prize jury awarded her a posthumous special citation "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades"
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Franklin revealed that the father was Edward Jordan
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2018· 4 entries
Snopes rated the claim “The late songstress Aretha Franklin worked for Donald Trump on numerous occasions.” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “Fox News included an image of singer Patti LaBelle instead of Aretha Franklin in a tribute piece after the latter's passing.” True.
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Died 2018-08-16.
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Franklin was reported to be gravely ill at her home in Riverfront Towers, Detroit
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2017· 1 entry
Released album “A Brand New Me”.
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2015· 1 entry
President Barack Obama wrote the following regarding Franklin:Nobody embodies more fully the connection between the African-American spiritual, the blues, R
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2014· 3 entries
Released album “Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics”.
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Franklin performed to a standing ovation, with Cissy Houston as backup, a compilation of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" on the Late Show with David Letterman
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Franklin was signed under RCA Records, controller of the Arista catalog and a sister label to Columbia via Sony Music Entertainment, and worked with Clive Davis
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Gospel Music Hall of Fame (2012).
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Announced plans to marry Wilkerson but the engagement was quickly called off
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2011· 4 entries
Franklin had her comeback show at the Chicago Theatre
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Released album “A Woman Falling Out of Love”.
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Quoted her doctor as saying that it would "add 15 to 20 years" to her life
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Under her own label, Aretha's Records, she issued the album Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love
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2010· 2 entries
Franklin accepted an honorary degree from Yale University
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Franklin canceled a number of concerts to have surgery for an undisclosed tumor
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2009· 1 entry
Franklin made international headlines for performing "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at President Barack Obama's inaugural ceremony with her church hat becoming a popular topic online
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2008· 6 entries
Performed "Respect" and "Chain of Fools" at Dancing with the Stars
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Released album “This Christmas”.
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Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (2008).
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Awarded MusiCares Person of the Year (2008).
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Franklin was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year, and performed "Never Gonna Break My Faith", which had won her the Grammy for best gospel performance the year before
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Franklin issued the holiday album This Christmas, Aretha on DMI Records
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2007· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance (2007).
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Franklin would perform America the Beautiful at WrestleMania 23, 20 years since her performance at WrestleMania 3, where she was specifically chosen to reflect the events "all grown up" theme and tagline
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2005· 4 entries
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by George W. Bush (2005).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance (2005).
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The Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012, and posthumously the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2020 and the Volunteer State Music Hall of Fame in 2026
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And the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2015
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2004· 1 entry
Franklin announced that she was leaving Arista after more than 20 years with the label
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2003· 3 entries
Released album “So Damn Happy”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance (2003).
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And featured the Grammy-winning song "Wonderful"
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Michigan Women's Hall of Fame (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame (2000).
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1999· 2 entries
Won National Medal of Arts (1999).
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Released album “Le Meilleur”.
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1998· 7 entries
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for Amazing Grace (1998).
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Released album “A Rose Is Still a Rose”.
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Released album “The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha’s Blues”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Soul Sister: The Classic Aretha Franklin”.
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Released album “Spanish Harlem”.
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Released album “This Is Jazz 34”.
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1997· 8 entries
Awarded NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award (1997).
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Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame (1997).
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Released album “Love Songs”.
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Released album “What a Difference a Day Makes”.
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Released album “Aretha Franklin”.
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Released album “Aretha Franklin Sings Standards”.
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Released album “A Natural Woman and Other Hits”.
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Released album “The Early Years”.
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1996· 4 entries
Released album “Unforgettable”.
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Released album “Only a Look”.
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Released album “A Bit of Soul”.
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Released album “Original Recordings”.
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1995· 4 entries
Released album “Lady Soul / Aretha Now”.
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Franklin portrayed Aunt Em in the Apollo Theater revival of The Wiz
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Released album “A Little Prayer”.
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Released album “Aretha / Get It Right”.
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1994· 9 entries
Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1994).
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Awarded Kennedy Center Honors (1994).
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Released album “The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The ’70s”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits (1980-1994)”.
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Released album “Queen of Soul: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin”.
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Recipient of the National Medal of Arts in 1999, recipient of the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award presented by Awards Council member Coretta Scott King, and was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Fre
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Released album “The Very Best of Aretha Franklin”.
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Released album “The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The ’60s”.
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That her smoking was "messing with my voice", but after quitting smoking she said later, in 2003, that her weight "ballooned"
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1993· 4 entries
Released album “Chain of Fools”.
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Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1993).
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Released album “Trilogy: 3 Classic Albums”.
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With the house song "A Deeper Love", which was featured on the soundtrack to Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit and topped the Billboard Dance Club Play chart and was a UK top five hit
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1992· 5 entries
Released album “Jazz to Soul”.
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Released album “Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings”.
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Released album “The Essential”.
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Released album “La regina: Il meglio di Aretha Franklin”.
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Released album “Aretha Franklin's Greatest Hits 1960-65”.
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1991· 4 entries
Released album “What You See Is What You Sweat”.
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Awarded Grammy Legend Award (1991).
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Released album “More Hits”.
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Then the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “Respect and Other Greatest Hits”.
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1989· 3 entries
Franklin reunited with Narada Michael Walden on the album Through the Storm
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Released album “Through the Storm”.
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Released album “Respect & Other Hits”.
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1988· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Female for One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism (1988).
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1987· 7 entries
Released album “20 Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Aretha Sings the Blues”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Aretha (1987).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals (1987).
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Released album “After Hours”.
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The artist performed "America the Beautiful" at WWE's Wrestlemania III; one source states that "to this day her WrestleMania III performance might be the most memorable" of the event openers by many artists
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Became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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1986· 4 entries
Franklin issued her sixth Arista release, Aretha (sometimes referred to as Aretha '86)
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Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist (1986).
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Released album “30 Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “The Collection”.
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1985· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1985).
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Released album “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?”.
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1984· 3 entries
Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist (1984).
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Cited a fear of flying that prevented her from traveling overseas; she performed only in North America afterwards
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Released album “Aretha’s Jazz”.
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1983· 2 entries
Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Album for Jump to It (1983).
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Released album “Get It Right”.
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1982· 5 entries
Released album “Jump to It”.
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Franklin and Turman separated in 1982 after she returned to Michigan from California and they divorced in 1984.
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Released album “The History of Rock, Volume Eight”.
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After she returned to Michigan from California and they divorced in 1984
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Released album “Sweet Bitter Love”.
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1981· 3 entries
Released album “Love All the Hurt Away”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1981).
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Released album “The Legendary Queen of Soul”.
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1980· 4 entries
Released album “Aretha”.
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Released album “The Best of Aretha Franklin”.
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And produced the top three R&B hit single "United Together"
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After leaving Atlantic Records, Franklin signed with Clive Davis's Arista Records
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1979· 5 entries
Guested The Mike Douglas Show with her yellow costume from her La Diva album, and sang "Ladies Only", "What If I Should Ever Need You" and "Yesterday" by the Beatles
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Released album “La Diva”.
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And signed with Arista Records, where her career was revived with the hit albums Jump to It, Who's Zoomin' Who
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Had her voice declared a Michigan "natural resource" in 1985, and became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
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Franklin left the company
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1978· 1 entry
Released album “Almighty Fire”.
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1977· 2 entries
Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist (1977).
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Released album “Sweet Passion”.
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1976· 4 entries
Awarded American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist (1976).
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Released album “Ten Years of Gold”.
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Released album “Aretha Franklin’s Greatest Hits”.
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Franklin worked on the soundtrack to the film Sparkle with Curtis Mayfield
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1975· 1 entry
Released album “You”.
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1974· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1974).
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Lost 40 pounds (18 kg) on a very-low-calorie diet and maintained her new weight until the end of the decade
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Released album “Let Me in Your Life”.
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Released album “With Everything I Feel in Me”.
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1973· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1973).
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Released album “Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)”.
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Released album “Never Grow Old”.
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Though Aretha "preferred to view them strictly as friends"
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1972· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Young, Gifted and Black (1972).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance for Amazing Grace (1972).
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Released album “Young, Gifted and Black”.
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1971· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1971).
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Career landmark: Aretha Franklin concert.
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Franklin became the first R&B performer to headline Fillmore West, later that year releasing the live album Aretha Live at Fillmore West
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Released album “Aretha’s Greatest Hits”.
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1970· 5 entries
Released album “Spirit in the Dark”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1970).
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Released album “This Girl’s in Love With You”.
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Franklin told Jet: "Angela Davis must go free
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“Angela Davis must go free ... Black people will be free. I”
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1969· 6 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1969).
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Released album “Soul ’69”.
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Released album “Today I Sing the Blues”.
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Released album “Once in a Lifetime”.
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Released album “Aretha’s Gold”.
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Released album “Soft and Beautiful”.
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1968· 6 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1968).
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Released album “Aretha Now”.
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Released album “Lady Soul”.
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Released album “Queen of Soul”.
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After a contentious marriage that was marred by domestic abuse, Franklin separated from White in 1968 and divorced him in 1969.
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Franklin issued the top-selling albums Lady Soul and Aretha Now, which included some of her most popular hit singles, including "Chain of Fools", "Ain't No Way", "Think", and "I Say a Little Prayer"
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1967· 6 entries
Released album “Take a Look”.
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Released album “Aretha Arrives”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance (1967).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1967).
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Released album “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You”.
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Released album “Take It Like You Give It”.
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1966· 1 entry
Released album “Soul Sister”.
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1965· 3 entries
Released album “Yeah!!!”.
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Checker Records released Songs of Faith, featuring the five tracks from the 1956 Spirituals album, with the addition of four previously unreleased recordings
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And 1966, with the songs "One Step Ahead" and "Cry Like a Baby", while also reaching the Easy Listening charts with the ballads "You Made Me Love You" and "(No, No) I'm Losing You"
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1964· 3 entries
Released album “Runnin’ Out of Fools”.
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Her third child, Ted White Jr., was born to Franklin and her husband Theodore "Ted" White in February 1964 and is known professionally as Teddy Richards.
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Released album “Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington”.
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1963· 1 entry
Released album “Laughing on the Outside”.
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1962· 3 entries
Released album “The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin”.
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Released album “The Electrifying Aretha Franklin”.
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Columbia issued two more albums, The Electrifying Aretha Franklin and The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin, the latter of which became her first charting album, reaching number 69 on the Billboard Top LPs
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1957· 1 entry
At the age of 15, Franklin had a second child fathered by Jordan, named Edward Derone Franklin after his father
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1956· 1 entry
When she was just 14, Jerry Wexler explained that it "was not that of a child but rather of an ecstatic hierophant"
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1942· 2 entries
To Barbara (née Siggers) and Clarence LaVaughn "C
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Born 1942-03-25.
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