PEOPLE Aretha
()
About this ebook
Related to PEOPLE Aretha
Related ebooks
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Why Labelle Matters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAaliyah Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAaliyah: More Than a Woman Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5LIFE Eagles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Life and Times of Little Richard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neil Sedaka Rock 'n' roll Survivor: The inside story of his incredible comeback Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTina Turner: The Queen of Rock n Roll: How Tina Turner Rose to the Top Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhat Was Going On: The Life and Times of Marvin Gaye Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhitney and Bobbi Kristina Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5LIFE Michelle Obama Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Off the Record: A Reporter Unveils the Celebrity Worlds of Hollywood, Hip-hop, and Sports Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I Am Charlie Wilson Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Starting Over Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5PEOPLE All Seven Seasons of Scandal: So Long to the Intrigue, Lust, Plot Twists, Popcorn & Olivia Pope Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Beat of My Own Drum: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Search of Pharrell Williams Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings:10 Seconds to Air Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI'll Be There: My Life with the Four Tops Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Big Life of Little Richard Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Fifth Harmony Quiz Book: 100 Questions on the American Girl Band Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTaylor Swift: Incredible Singer Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Whitney Houston!: The Spectacular Rise and Tragic Fall of the Woman Whose Voice Inspired a Generation Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown's First Superstar Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Super Freak: The Life of Rick James Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSparkle: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beyoncé: The Queen of Pop Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack and Blue: The Redd Foxx Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Entertainers and the Rich & Famous For You
Yes Please Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm Glad My Mom Died Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Mormon: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elvis and Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Robin Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Woman in Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Coreyography: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Counting the Cost Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Magnolia Story (with Bonus Content) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Finding Me: An Oprah's Book Club Pick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Me: Elton John Official Autobiography Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Mommie Dearest Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Making It So: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Taste: My Life Through Food Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Foundling: The True Story of a Kidnapping, a Family Secret, and My Search for the Real Me Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for PEOPLE Aretha
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
PEOPLE Aretha - Meredith Corporation
HER LIFE IN PICTURES
ALL HAIL THE QUEEN
FROM SINGING IN THE CHOIR OF HER FATHER’S CHURCH TO PERFORMING FOR PRESIDENTS, ARETHA FRANKLIN BLAZED A PATH ALOFT ON THE VOICE SHE CALLED A GIFT FROM GOD
RECORD REVIEW Franklin’s 14th LP, Soul ’69, an album of cover versions that includes two takes on songs by friends: Sam Cooke’s Bring It On Home to Me
and Smokey Robinson’s Tracks of My Tears.
SWEET HARMONY On a break from recording 1970’s This Girl’s in Love with You. The album featured backing vocals by the Sweet Inspirations.
VERY SPECIAL GUEST In October 1970 Aretha visited the TV variety show This Is Tom Jones and joined the Welsh superstar for a medley of her See Saw
and Spirit in the Dark.
MIRROR, MIRROR Aretha did her own makeup before taking the stage at Newark’s Symphony Hall in 1969.
SONS AND ROSES Aretha with Clarence Franklin, the oldest of her four sons, and Kecalf, the youngest, in 1976.
FAMILY PORTRAIT In 1979 Aretha’s second husband, actor Glynn Turman, lined up members of their blended family (from left, Aretha’s son Teddy, Aretha, Kecalf and Turman’s son Glynn Jr. and daughter Stephanie) at home in Encino, Calif. Though Aretha and Turman divorced in 1984, they remained friends until her death.
IN THE SWIM Franklin and her sisters worked hard—both Carolyn (above right) and Erma were musicians too. They also sometimes enjoyed a break together.
BROTHERLY LOVE Aretha celebrated her 35th birthday with a March 1977 party at the Beverly Hills Hotel. With her was brother Cecil, a pastor who later became her manager and spoke at his sister’s 1987 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Tonight [she] has been written into history.
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., met up with friend and activist Aretha in Atlanta in 1993. Franklin sang at memorials for both Martin and Coretta, who died in 2006.
WHITE NIGHT LL Cool J paid his respects during Sean Diddy
Combs’s annual White Party in Bridgehampton, N.Y., in 2004. According to The New York Times, Aretha’s transparent purse revealed great handfuls of $20 bills.
MUSE AND MOGUL Aretha in 1989 with Arista Records chief Clive Davis, who oversaw her career for 20 years starting in 1980. She was worried about having hits after turning 40, he said. He assured her, To me, you’re timeless.
PARTNERS Luther Vandross (with Aretha in 1982) produced two of her albums, that year’s Jump to It and 1983’s Get It Right.
FLASH FRIENDS In 1986 Aretha (with Whoopi Goldberg) recorded a version of the Rolling Stones’ Jumpin’ Jack Flash
for the Goldberg film of the same name.
CAR TUNE The 1985 song Freeway of Love
was Aretha’s highest-charting single in 12 years. A 1989 show at Radio City Music Hall paid homage to its signature line, "We’re goin’ riding on the freeway of love/ in my pink Cadillac."
BEING A SINGER IS A NATURAL GIFT. IT MEANS I’M USING TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE POSSIBLE THE GIFT THAT GOD GAVE ME TO USE. I’M HAPPY WITH THAT
—ARETHA FRANKLIN
MOVING AHEAD In 2011, after recovering from what was later revealed to be pancreatic cancer surgery, Franklin got back to making music and living life. She told People that year, You might see me out in the market, chatting with other women. Just everyday things.
PEOPLE IN THE CHECKOUT LINES SAID THEY PRAYED FOR ME. IT’S AMAZING HOW BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE CAN BE
—ARETHA FRANKIN, TO PEOPLE IN 2011
HER CHILDHOOD
A GIRL GENIUS
THE DAUGHTER OF A FAMOUS PREACHER AND A MOTHER SHE ADORED BUT LOST TOO SOON, ARETHA FRANKLIN WAS A MUSICAL PRODIGY WHO GREW UP FAST
BY JEANNINE AMBER
THE MINISTER’S KIDS C.L. Franklin with his children (from left)Cecil, Erma, Carolyn and Aretha in 1953 at Detroit’s New Bethel Baptist Church, where Rev. Franklin preached.
There is much we don’t know about Aretha Franklin’s formative years; the Queen was not often inclined to share. She was guarded with reporters and even with the biographer, David Ritz, she selected to help write her 1999 memoir Aretha: From These Roots, in which she recounts a happy childhood. [Aretha] fashioned the book according to her fantasy of an idyllic life,
Ritz wrote in