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Additional Reading

Franklin’s career is discussed in Peter Guralnick, Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom (1986, reprinted 1994), pp. 332–352; and Jerry Wexler and David Ritz, Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music (1993), pp. 203–216, an overview written by Franklin’s main producer, Wexler. Aretha Franklin and David Ritz, From These Roots (1999), is an autobiography.

Representative Works

  • Aretha (1961)
  • Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
  • I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
  • Aretha Now (1968)
  • Lady Soul (1968)
  • Soul ’69 (1969)
  • Spirit in the Dark (1970)
  • Live at Fillmore West (1971)
  • Amazing Grace (1972)
  • Sparkle (1976)
  • Jump to It (1982)

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: All About Jazz - Aretha Franklin. Sep 17, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 12, 2024
Anniversary information added. Mar 21, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Memphis Music Hall of Fame - Aretha Franklin. Nov 05, 2023
Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Aretha Franklin. Jul 03, 2023
Add new Web site: National Museum of African American History and Culture - The Queen of Soul: An Appreciation. Apr 28, 2023
Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Jan 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Aretha Franklin. Oct 18, 2022
Add new Web site: National Women’s Hall of Fame - Aretha Franklin. Mar 04, 2022
Top Questions updated. Jul 19, 2019
Added the documentary Amazing Grace. Apr 09, 2019
Noted that she received a Kennedy Center Honor, a National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mentioned her 2015 Kennedy Center Honors performance. Jan 28, 2019
She died on August 16, 2018. Aug 16, 2018
Corrected display issues. May 30, 2018
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Aretha Franklin. Jan 05, 2017
Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Jan 05, 2017
Media added. Aug 24, 2015
Add new Web site: R&B Music Hall of Fame Museum - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Oct 01, 2014
Add new Web site: Michigan Rock and Roll Legends - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Oct 01, 2014
Add new Web site: BlackPast - Aretha Franklin. Mar 10, 2014
Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Mar 10, 2014
Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Mar 10, 2014
Add new Web site: The Biography Channel - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Mar 05, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Aretha Franklin. Mar 05, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Aretha Franklin. Mar 05, 2013
Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Aretha Franklin. May 08, 2009
Updated with her performance at the inauguration of Pres. Barack Obama. Jan 20, 2009
Added new Web site: TIME 100: Aretha Franklin. May 11, 2006
Article revised. Feb 09, 2000
Article added to new online database. Oct 20, 1999
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