Aretha Franklin Queen Of Soul

Author : Mark Bego
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620871690

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Aretha Franklin by Mark Bego Pdf

A frank examination of Aretha Franklin, Mark Bego’s definitive biography traces her career accomplishments from her beginnings as a twelve-year-old member of a church choir in the early 1950s, to recording her first album at the age of fourteen and signing a major recording contract at eighteen, right up through her headline-grabbing 2010 health scare. Originally positioned to become a gospel star in her father’s Detroit church, Aretha had a privileged urban upbringing—stars such as Mahalia Jackson, Dinah Washington, and Sam Cooke regularly visited her father, Rev. C. L. Franklin. It wasn’t long before she was creating a string of hits, from “Respect” to “Freeway of Love,” and becoming one of the most beloved singers of the twentieth century. This New York Times bestselling author’s detailed research includes in-person interviews with record producers Jerry Wexler, Clyde Otis, and Clive Davis, Aretha’s first husband, several of her singing star contemporaries, and a rare one-on-one session with Aretha herself. Every album, every accolade, and every heart-breaking personal drama is examined with clarity and neutrality, allowing Franklin’s colorful story to unfold on its own. With two teenage pregnancies and an abusive first marriage, drinking problems, battles with her weight, the murder of her father, and tabloid wars, Aretha’s life has been a roller coaster. This freshly updated and expanded biography will give readers a clear understanding of what made Aretha Franklin the “Queen of Soul.”

Author : Linda Solomon
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814347294

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The Queen Next Door by Linda Solomon Pdf

"Aretha was private. I respected this and she trusted me." Linda Solomon met Aretha Franklin in 1983 when she was just beginning her career as a photojournalist and newspaper columnist. Franklin’s brother and business manager arranged for Solomon to capture the singer’s major career events—just as she was coming back home to Detroit from California—while Franklin requested that Solomon document everything else. Everything. And she did just that. What developed over these years of photographing birthday and Christmas parties in her home, annual celebrity galas, private backstage moments during national awards ceremonies, photo shoots with the iconic pink Cadillac, and more was a friendship between two women who grew to enjoy and respect one another. The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, An Intimate Portrait is a book full of firsts as Solomon was invited not only to capture historical events in Aretha’s music career showcasing Detroit but to join in with the Franklin family’s most intimate and cherished moments in her beloved hometown. From performance rehearsals with James Brown to off-camera shenanigans while filming a music video with the Rolling Stones, from her first television special to her first time performing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, to her last performance with her sisters at her father’s church and her son’s college graduation celebration. In the book’s afterword, Sabrina Vonne' Owens, Franklin’s niece, honors her aunt, a woman who was an overwhelming supporter of civil rights, women’s rights, and fundraising campaigns that helped to benefit her hometown. There was a time in her career—when Franklin was more in demand than ever before—when she insisted that if someone wanted her to perform, they had to come to Detroit. During this time all of her major concerts, national television specials, music videos, and commercials would happen in Detroit. Aretha Franklin showed her respect for the people in the city who championed her from the very beginning when she started singing as a young girl in the church choir. Franklin used to say, "I am the lady next door when I am not on stage." The Queen Next Door offers fans a personal and unseen look at an extraordinary woman in her most natural moments—both regal and intimate—and highlights her devotion to her family and her hometown Detroit—"forever and ever."

Author : Mark Bego
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Soul musicians
ISBN : OCLC:1028186085

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Aretha Franklin by Mark Bego Pdf

Author : Meredith Ochs
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781454934721

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Aretha by Meredith Ochs Pdf

From an award–winning journalist, an illustrated retrospective of Aretha Franklin, celebrating her life, music and legacy. Aretha Franklin’s voice was legendary, unforgettable: deeply rooted in gospel, yet versatile enough to brilliantly interpret R&B, rock, soul, pop, and jazz standards, it fueled a six-decade career. Her vocal wallop was a mix of preaching, rebuke, and elation. From the languorous “I Never Loved a Man (the Way That I Love You),” to the funky “Chain of Fools,” to the fiercely feminist “Think,” to the definitive, demanding version of Otis Redding’s “Respect,” Franklin’s songs played out against the tumultuous sociopolitical backdrop of the late ’60s like a soundtrack meant to set things right. Her accolades were many: she received the Kennedy Center honor in 1994, won 18 Grammys®, was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and performed for presidents and the Pope. Illustrated with 85 photos, and with insightful text from noted radio personality and author Meredith Ochs, Aretha explores the diva’s life, from her formative years growing up in Detroit, to her singing and recording career from the 1950s until her untimely death in 2018, to her numerous honors, awards, and causes, including her advocacy for civil rights and the arts.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1189150479

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Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul by Anonim Pdf

Author : Silvia Anne Sheafer
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766062252

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The Life of Aretha Franklin by Silvia Anne Sheafer Pdf

Author Silvia Anne Sheafer relates the entertaining life and career of this legend of soul music, from her childhood in Detroit, through her struggles with personal heartache and racial prejudice, to her continued success as a major force in the music industry. Crowned the "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin has won fifteen Grammy Awards, and has also received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Author : David Ritz
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316196826

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Respect by David Ritz Pdf

The definitive biography of the Queen of Soul from acclaimed music writer David Ritz, hailed by Rolling Stone as "a remarkably complex portrait of Aretha Franklin's music and her tumultuous life." Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where she struggled to find her true voice. It was not until 1967, when a white Jewish producer insisted she return to her gospel-soul roots, that fame and fortune finally came via "Respect" and a rapidfire string of hits. She has evolved ever since, amidst personal tragedy, surprise Grammy performances, and career reinventions. Again and again, Aretha stubbornly finds a way to triumph over troubles, even as they continue to build. Her hold on the crown is tenacious, and in Respect, David Ritz gives us the definitive life of one of the greatest talents in all American culture. "Comprehensive and illuminating." --USA Today

Author : Charlotte Etinde-Crompton,Samuel Willard Crompton
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781978504646

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Aretha Franklin by Charlotte Etinde-Crompton,Samuel Willard Crompton Pdf

Aretha Franklin was blessed with one of the greatest voices in all of popular music. She sang from the age of eight, and performed professionally from the age of fourteen. Her talent, which many described simply as God-given, seemed sufficient to ensure her a life of comfort and ease. In spite of earning large sums of money and having millions of adoring fans, Franklin experienced powerful insecurity. Nonetheless, the "Queen of Soul" persevered and became one of the legendary talents of her generation. With this fact-filled biography, readers will be able to celebrate this extraordinary artist by learning all about her fascinating life and career.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : African American women entertainers
ISBN : OCLC:1050340653

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Aretha Franklin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jessica Rusick
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781098216849

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Aretha Franklin by Jessica Rusick Pdf

This biography highlights the life and accomplishments of Aretha Franklin. Readers learn about Franklin's early life, her award-winning career during which she became known as the Queen of Soul, was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Features include a timeline, glossary, fun facts, online resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Heather Lehr Wagner
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : African American singers
ISBN : 9781438134192

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Aretha Franklin by Heather Lehr Wagner Pdf

Profiles the life and career of the "queen of soul," Aretha Franklin.

Author : Matt Dobkin
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781466862784

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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Matt Dobkin Pdf

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece presents the remarkable story of how The Queen of Soul created what Rolling Stone called “the greatest soul album ever made.” The album she recorded that earned soul legend Aretha Franklin her first major hits after eleven previous efforts, I Never Loved A Man the Way I Loved You was a pop and soul music milestone. Apart from its status as a #1 hit record, the album also had a much wider cultural impact. By early 1967, when the album was released, the Civil Rights Movement was well underway; Aretha’s music gave it its theme song. And the #1 Billboard pop chart single “Respect”—written by Otis Redding—not only won two Grammys for best R&B recording and best R&B solo female vocal performance, it became a passionate call to arms for the burgeoning feminist movement. Matt Dobkin has unearthed a wonderful story of the creation of an album that goes far beyond anything that’s been written about Aretha before. With scores of interviews—including ones with Atlantic Records’ famed producer Jerry Wexler, and the Muscle Shoals session musicians who recorded with Aretha—I Never Loved A Man the Way I Love You is the story of a great artistic achievement. It’s also the story of a star who is both more complex and determined than her modern image as a diva indicates.

Author : Meredith Ochs
Publisher : Sterling
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1454934581

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Aretha Queen of Soul by Meredith Ochs Pdf

Aretha Franklin's voice and presence were legendary, and this beautifully illustrated unofficial retrospective, with insightful text by Meredith Ochs, celebrates the Queen of Soul's legacy. Aretha explores Franklin's life and music, from her formative years in Detroit, to her singing career from the 1950s until her untimely death in 2018, to her numerous honors, awards, and causes, including her advocacy for civil rights and the arts.

Author : Ursula Rivera
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823936392

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Aretha Franklin by Ursula Rivera Pdf

Explores the life of the artist who has won more Grammy Awards than any other female singer and who, along with her success in soul and gospel music, has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Author : Aretha Franklin,David Ritz
Publisher : Villard Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047438844

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Aretha by Aretha Franklin,David Ritz Pdf

America's Queen of Soul recounts the story of her life, from her childhood as a minister's daughter in Detroit to her rise to success, offering insights into the faith and determination that have taken her to the top.