Aretha Franklin
People often refer to known American singer Aretha Franklin, who recorded gospel music, as the “queen of soul,” and her popular songs include “Respect” (1967), “Natural Woman” (1967), and “I Say a Little Prayer” (1968).
Aretha Louise Franklin, a pianist, wrote. The world knows her, and her fans affectionately call her "sister Ree," renowned and adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and even opera. A massive and powerful vocal range aids her widely acclaimed passionate style.
After Alison Krauss, Franklin ranks as the second most honored female in history of Grammy.
She won the living legend and the lifetime achievement, and 18 other Grammy awards. Aretha won eight consecutive awards between 1968 and 1975; during this time, people nicknamed the category of best female rhythm and blues vocal performance as "the Aretha award."
No other female act surpassed a total of twenty number-one rhythm and blues of Franklin with 17 top-ten on the billboard hot 100. She scored well two number-one hits in the 1960s and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," her 1980s duet with George Michael.
From advanced pancreatic cancer, she passed away at her home in Detroit.
“If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Because that's what soul is all about.”
“I sing to the realists .People who accept it like it is .”
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T!!!”
“I've always felt that rock & roll was very, very wholesome.”
“The man who gets me is getting one hell of a woman.”