Aretha Franklin

[Roxanne]

who here loves the Queen of Soul ? i simply adore her. i'm a huge fan. she's amazing.
the best damn female vocalist ever.

[Roxanne]

anyone ?........

[Datsymay]

I love Aretha. I always think that it is such a shame that the music industry has changed so much now thsat we will never have another Aretha cause they wouldn't fit the citeria for todays celebs. Aretha was never tv friendly, but she had the talent and she delivered.:D

[Cinnamon234]

The Queen of Soul! Aretha is definitely one of the greatest singers that ever lived. My fave songs of hers is "Spanish Harlem" and "A Natural Woman" :wub:.

[Forever_Mike]

Love her!:wub: I love the song she did a few years back called 'A rose' I think! I also love her classic stuff especially the famous R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

She plays the piano very well.

[L.J]

Oh I love love love Aretha :wub:


Just got her Jewels in the crown Album ^_^


duets with the likes of George Michael, Elton John, Whitney, Mary J Blige, Frank Sinatra and Annie Lennox ^_^


If you love Aretha I HIGHLY reccommend this album :P

I was dancing around the house rocking to Jumpin Jack Flash and Sisters are doin it for themselves :dance:

[Sparkle72]

She IS the mother of all Diva's.
Love her.

[DuranDuran]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STKkWj2WpWM

[LovelyOne]

I love Aretha. I always think that it is such a shame that the music industry has changed so much now thsat we will never have another Aretha cause they wouldn't fit the citeria for todays celebs. Aretha was never tv friendly, but she had the talent and she delivered.:D

Hey, Jennifer Hudson's the new Aretha.

:D

[DuranDuran]

A lot of her Columbia material is good, but it tends to be overlooked.

[mjscarousal]

LEGEND, nuff said...

[DuranDuran]

This is one of my favorites from 1981

Love All The Hurt Away (with George Benson)
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[mjscarousal]

This is one of my favorites from 1981

Love All The Hurt Away (with George Benson)
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Very nice and soothing. Here is one of my favorites.

Deeper Love
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[DuranDuran]

^^^^^I remember that, it's cool, but I liked the Martha Wash version better. There was a real video to Aretha's version though. I guess no one uploaded it.

[mistermaxxx]

the best Box set that I own period. you name the style and Aretha can cover it. for me her peak and prime was 67-76. she was on fire back in the day.tight on the piano and can sing/sang the gospel. i was hit and miss with the columbia records stuff. but when she found her groove there was no stoppin her. my last Aretha knock out jam was the Luther Vandross Produced "Jump to it". I can take or leave the arista records era stuff.

[DuranDuran]

the best Box set that I own period. you name the style and Aretha can cover it. for me her peak and prime was 67-76. she was on fire back in the day.tight on the piano and can sing/sang the gospel. i was hit and miss with the columbia records stuff. but when she found her groove there was no stoppin her. my last Aretha knock out jam was the Luther Vandross Produced "Jump to it". I can take or leave the arista records era stuff.
I read somewhere that Luther got the big head when he was producing Aretha and they fell out for awhile.