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Results for Aretha FranklinAretha Franklin demands R-E-S-P-E-C-T and she gets it. A giant in soul music, she drives her songs with the angst, love and anger of womanly strength and conviction. The Queen of Soul was discovered by John Hammond in the early 60’s and signed with Columbia Records, who tried to breed her as a jazz singer. It was only after she went over to Atlantic in 1967 that her charisma was unleashed, and it was here that she unloaded hit after hit, among them "Chain of Fools", "You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman)" and her signature tune, Otis Redding’s "Respect." A favorite of Bill Graham’s, she exceeded her "LadySoul" persona, delivering to the masses gospel, blues, jazz, pop, rock and even opera music. After Aretha left Atlantic Records, her critical success waned, but she’s continued to perform and record with passion and charisma that few artists have ever been able to replicate. In 2001, she was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, and she’s won 17 Grammy Awards to date....more
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by Warren Zanes•August 20, 2008•
The lore attached to the project suggests that the actual making of the album sometimes lacked such structure.
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by Greg Gaston•June 4, 2008•
With the release of Brighter Than Creation’s Dark, the Truckers have yet again dealt with internal turmoil and regrouped to record this sprawling epic. Most bands are lucky to have one gifted songwriter on board, but these guys have three strong contributors. They wrote and recorded over 50 songs for Creation’s Dark, eventually whittling them down
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by Denise Sullivan•April 16, 2008•
"The story on this reissue is disc two"
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by j. poet•March 26, 2008•
When Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff started Philadelphia International Records in 1971 they were already well-known songwriters and producers with dozens of hits to their individual credit. They’d written and/or produced local Philadelphia acts like the Sapphires (“Who Do You Love”) and the Soul Survivors
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by Denise Sullivan•March 12, 2008•
When I set out to take on the matter of cover songs, I thought I'd be seeking uncomplicated answers to simple questions like: Is there such a thing as a definitive version of a song? Who decides these things? And why do we care?
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