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Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul
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Published: Oct 01, 2019
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Soul
Aretha was in our lives for so long we stopped putting her into heavy rotation. Then came the Kennedy Center Honors, Once again Aretha was a trending topic. When she died, there was inevitable new stuff: a concert documentary from long ago that she blocked for reasons unknown and the 30 greatest hits.
At the Kennedy Center she was honoring Carol King. She was asked to sing “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” and sing it she did — a few seconds in, President Obama was wiping a tear from his eye. And the audience was on its feet and cheering long before she finished. Watch:
That song — along with “Chain Of Fools,” “Money Won’t Change You,” “People Get Ready,” “Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby),” “Good To Me As I Am To You,” “Ain’t No Way,” “Chain Of Fools” and “Groovin'” — can be found on “Lady Soul,” which Amazon is selling for a bargain price. Released in 1968, the aptly named CD featured great Muscle Shoals musicians and singers that included Whitney Houston’s mother. Franklin scored three Top Ten hits and stayed on the charts for a year; “Lady Soul” occupies #84 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums. Later, Franklin was the first woman inducted in the Rock Hall of Fame. [To buy the CD from Amazon, click here. For the MP3 download, click here.]
Let’s trip down Memory Lane…
And this, written by Franklin’s sister Carolyn, a killer every time you hear it:
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And more. But you got the idea three videos ago.
