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Aretha Franklin started singing in 1765
Aretha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942
She did not attend college but rather was presented with an honorary degree from Berklee College of Music in 2006.
She released her first single for Columbia in September 1960. It reached #10 on Billboard's r&b chart. She followed that with 2 more top 10 hits but further success trailed off until she signed with Atlantic records in 1967. She won a Grammy that year for "Respect".
NO!! I'm not even 20 and I love music from the 70's and 60's- especially Aretha Franklin!
Aretha Franklin and Ken Cunningham had a seven-year relationship, but did not get married.
Aretha Franklin started singing in 1765
Aretha Franklin's mother, Barbara Vernice Siggers Franklin, died at the age of 34 on March 7, 1952 from a heart attack.
"Rescue Me" is actually performed by Fontella Bass, and yes, she does sound amazingly similar to Aretha Franklin. However, Aretha did perform a song called "Deliver Me" which used the same music for a Pizza Hut commercial.
Aretha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942
Born 3/25/1942 so she was 60 most of that year.
Her first song to hit the Top 100 was "Won't Be Long" in early 1961.
Male- Tom Jones Female- Aretha Franklin Group- The Beatles
Twenty-seven years after she began making secular music, 1987.
She did not attend college but rather was presented with an honorary degree from Berklee College of Music in 2006.
No she is alive and apparently well after losing a ton of weight. She had an undisclosed health issue last year that possibly led to the weight loss.
She released her first single for Columbia in September 1960. It reached #10 on Billboard's r&b chart. She followed that with 2 more top 10 hits but further success trailed off until she signed with Atlantic records in 1967. She won a Grammy that year for "Respect".