Artist:Aretha Franklin
Song:Think
Album:Aretha Now
Of course it's classic songs like Think that made Aretha Franklin The Queen Of Soul. These days she tends to be uninspired and erratic. She was born Mar. 25, 1942 in Memphis and grew up in Detroit. Her father was Rev. C.L. Franklin and she learned to play piano and sing in his church. John Hammond signed her to Colunbia and her early 60s recordings weren't as successful as they should have been. She moved to Atlantic and producer Jerry Wexler decided to forget about trying to make her a pop singer and sent her to Muscle Shoals to record with musicians like Roger Hawkins, Spooner Oldham, Jimmy Johnson & Tommy Cogbill. Think was a top ten pop hit and a #1 R & B hit in 1968. Aretha wrote the song and of course plays piano. Aretha Now is only a half hour long so I would suggest one of the many Aretha Franklin comps now available. Aretha Franklin is a living legend of music. But she left Atlantic for Arista in the 80s and her more recent music simply doesn't hold up the way her Atlantic recordings do. Of course she got a big boost when she was asked to perform Think in The Blues Brothers film. And here's the clip of Aretha Franklin performing Think from that film.
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