Like this: Like Loading Night is Alive. Recommended Posts John di Martino Post 2. John Di Martino Post 1. Friday Feature Janis Siegel 2. In she became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and in she won her 18th Grammy Award, making her one of the most honored artists in Grammy history. Franklin's parents separated by the time she was six, and four years later her mother succumbed to a heart attack.
Guided by C. Franklin's musical gifts became apparent at an early age. Largely self-taught, she was regarded as a child prodigy. A gifted pianist with a powerful voice, Franklin got her start singing in front of her father's congregation. By the age of 14, she had recorded some of her earliest tracks at his church , which were released by a small label as the album Songs of Faith in She also performed with C. At the age of 12, she became a mother for the first time with a son, Clarence.
A second child, Edward, followed two years later — with both sons taking her family's name. Franklin would later have two more sons: Ted White, Jr. After a brief hiatus, Franklin returned to performing and followed heroes such as Cooke and Dinah Washington into pop and blues territory.
In , with her father's blessing, Franklin traveled to New York, where after being courted by several labels, including Motown and RCA, she signed with Columbia Records, who released the album Aretha in But while Franklin enjoyed moderate results with her recordings over the next few years, they failed to fully showcase her immense talent. In she and her new husband and manager, Ted White, decided a move was in order, and Franklin signed to Atlantic.
Hitting her stride in and , Franklin churned out a string of hit singles that would become enduring classics, showcasing Franklin's powerful voice and gospel roots in a pop framework. Franklin's chart dominance soon earned her the title Queen of Soul, while at the same time she also became a symbol of Black empowerment during the civil rights movement.
In Franklin was enlisted to perform at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Amidst this newfound success, Franklin experienced upheaval in her personal life, and she and White divorced in Spurred by Mahalia Jackson's passing and a subsequent resurgence of interest in gospel music, Franklin returned to her musical origins for the album Amazing Grace , which sold more than 2 million copies and went on to become the best-selling gospel album at the time.
Franklin's success continued throughout the s, as she branched out to work with producers such as Curtis Mayfield and Quincy Jones and expanded her repertoire to include rock and pop covers.
In addition, she made a triumphal tour of Europe, where she was hailed as the successor to Bessie Smith. She was honored with Grammy Awards and Billboard magazine named her top vocalist of That era has now become known as the golden age of soul, and Aretha Franklin is its defining artist, giving voice to a black sense of identity at the time of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
With a spectacular instrument, capable of a cornet's full brassy tone and agility over several octaves, Franklin can translate pride and heartbreak into soaring, diving improvisations The Washington Post. By the mid-'70s Aretha Franklin had six gold albums, 14 gold singles, and eight Grammy Awards.
She explained the popularity of her recordings by saying, I look for a good lyric, a good melody, something meaningful.
When I go into the studio I put everything into it. Even the kitchen sink. In she realized her long-standing ambition to make movies with a knockoutemperformance in The Blues Brothers. Then in she became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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