Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is a singer and composer, pianist and America. Well known for saving his soul and is called the Queen of Soul, Franklin is a fan of jazz, blues, R & B and gospel. Franklin Rolling Stone Magazine has ranked No. 1 in the list of the greatest singers of all time.
Franklin is one of the most respected artists of the Grammy Awards, with 18 Grammy competitive to date, and two Grammy honor. He scored a total of 20 No. 1 singles on the Billboard R & B Singles Chart, one of whom also became his first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100: "Respect" (1967). "I know you wait (For Me)" (1987), a duet with George Michael, both became No. 1 on the charts last. Since 1961, he scored a total of 45 Top 40 hits on the charts Billboard Hot 100. It also has a role million unique selling female artist with 14 each. Between 1967 and 1982 he had 10 # 1 R & B albums - more than any other female artist.
In 1987, Franklin became the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [5] Aretha Franklin. Is the only singer in 2009 forBarack characteristics presidential nomination of Barack Obama.
Early life and career: 1942-1960
Aretha Louise Franklin was born in a two bedroom house in Memphis is located at 406 St. Lucy [6] It was the third of four children born toBarbara (Siggers Nee) and CL Franklin and five of six in all relations past of their parents. the family moved toBuffalo Franklin when Franklin two, then six, moved to Detroit. After moving to Detroit, the former Franklin, who has a troubled marriage, split. Because the work of his father as a Baptist minister, Franklin primarily raised by his grandmother, Rachel.Franklin has suffered tragedy when his mother died in Buffalo when Aretha was ten. Franklin singing in church at an early age and learn to play piano by ear. With his last pre-teens, Franklin appears regularly in solo numbers at New Bethel Baptist Church, his father.Father Franklin, CL (Clarence LaVaughn Abbreviation) is a respected and popular preacher. Franklin grew up with local and national celebrities hanging out at the house of his father, including a large Gospel Albertina Walker and his group caravans, Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward, the three women who play an important role in vocal development as a child.
After the father of Franklin win glory for sermon tapes for the Checker label and gain even more popularity to work as a civil rights leader, Franklin helped her daughter signed a contract with the division and record gospel JVB Checker in 1956, fourteen years released her first album, Songs Faith. Franklin then visited the gospel circuit and worked under the direction of James Cleveland. Franklin's gospel career was short lived after the singer became a mother of two son. After eighteen Franklin institution for a secular career, including his father gave his blessing. After rejecting an offer on the labels of his young Motown and Sam Cooke asked to join the RCA label, Columbia Records, located in Franklin and moved to New York. His first single, "Today, I sang the blues", was released in the fall of 1960 to R & B top ten hits, but failed to enter the pop charts.
