Aretha Franklin
USA
Born: 25 March 1942
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Soul, R&B/Soul, Deep Soul, Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Quiet Storm, Southern Soul, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records -- "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The House That Jack Built," and several others -- earned her the title "Lady Soul," which she has worn uncontested ever since. Yet as much of an international institution as she's become, much of her work -- out...
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