But it has been argued that the inspiration for Franklin's passionate vocals was likely drawn from a painful place. Encouraged by her father, Aretha made her first recording, the album Songs of ...
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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 ...
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.