Aretha Franklin

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Artist Biography

Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942) is a Memphis, Tennessee-born but Detroit, Michigan raised American iconic gospel, soul and R&B singer. 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 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 is the second most honored female popular singer in Grammy history after Allison Krauss. Ms. Franklin has won eighteen competitive Grammys (including an unprecedented eleven for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, eight of them consecutive) and the state of Michigan has declared her voice to be a natural wonder.

In 2006 Aretha Franklin's Grammy total rose to 17 with a best traditional R&B vocal award for "A House Is Not a Home," a track from the Luther Vandross tribute "So Amazing."

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Artist Discography

Albums

A Bit of Soul
Amazing Grace (1972)
Aretha (1986)
Aretha Arrives (1967-08-04)
Aretha Franklin Sings Standards
Aretha Now (1968-06-14)
A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998-03-24)
Get It Right (1983)
Hall of Fame
Hey Now Hey
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1995)
Jump to It
Lady Soul (1995-06-20)
Let Me In Your Life
Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
Respect
So Damn Happy (2003-09-16)
Soul '69
Spirit in the Dark (1970)
Sweet Bitter Love (1970-01-01)
This Girl's in Love With You (1970-01-15)
Through the Storm
Two Classic Albums From Aretha Franklin: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging / Soft and Beautiful
Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1995)
What You See Is What You Sweat
Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985)
With Everything I Feel in Me (1974)
Young, Gifted and Black (1971)

Singles

A Deeper Love
A Natural Woman / Baby, Baby, Baby (1967)
A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998)
Tracks of My Tears / The Weight

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