Aretha Franklin was an American singer and songwriter ... father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith, in 1956. She originally signed with Columbia Records ...
When Aretha Franklin died, the clip that was shared ... Encouraged by her father, Aretha made her first recording, the album Songs of Faith, when she was just 14, by which time she had already ...
public figures mourn death of Detroit icon Aretha Franklin 1956 — Franklin releases her first album, a gospel collection called "Songs of Faith," recorded at her father's church when she was 14.
Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit, surrounded from childhood by the now-famous faces of the civil rights movement. Her songs would become their anthems. Her Baptist minister father was the ...
T.I.‘s “Bring Em Out” and Aretha Franklin and the Royal Philarmonic’s recording of “You’re All I Need to Get By.” Another song, “The Greatest Show” from The Greatest Showman ...
The late Aretha ... Grandma.'" Franklin opted for R&B legend Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly" to perform but when it didn't move the judges, they suggested she sing another song.
But I’m delighted.’ The first songs I sang in church were “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me” and “I Am Sealed.” I was around 8 or 9. My dad asked me to sing that day. I didn’t want to sing ...
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Though it took some time for other Wonder songs to join it ... Robinson and the Miracles’ “Tears of a Clown,” Aretha Franklin’s “Until You Come Back to Me”), producing (the Spinners ...