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person_profile-Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Aretha Franklin

Date of Birth:

Mar 25, 1942

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 16, 2018

Biography of

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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Aretha Franklin

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Filmography of

Aretha Franklin

Found 53 Movies in total

WHAM!

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

... 2023

Burt Bacharach at the BBC

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

... 2022

George Michael: Portrait of an Artist

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President

Self (Archival Footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Aretha Franklin, soul sister

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Aretha Franklin Remembered (My Music)

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Apollo

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Amazing Grace

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

American Dream: Detroit

Self - Interviewee ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2018

This Is Bob Hope...

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2017

... 2017

Freedom : La Story de George Michael

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2016

... 2016

Queens of Soul at the BBC

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Led Zeppelin Played Here

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

Muscle Shoals

Self ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2010

... 2009

... 2007

Classic Soul at the BBC

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2007

... 2006

... 2006

... 2004

... 2004

Britney Spears: In the Zone

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2003

Sam Cooke: Legend

Self ( Actor )

... 2003

It's Black Entertainment

Mrs. Murphy (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

... 2001

... 2001

... 2001

... 2001

... 2000

... 1999

... 1999

... 1998

VH1: Divas Live

Self - Performer ( Actor )

... 1998

Blues Brothers 2000

Mrs. Murphy ( Actor )

... 1998

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

Homebuilt Computer / Singer (voice) ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1993

... 1990

... 1988

WrestleMania III

Self ( Actor )

... 1987

Women in Rock

Self ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1982

The Blues Brothers

Mrs. Murphy ( Actor )

... 1980

... 1968

... 1968

... 1968

... 1967