You have wonderful artists like Patty Labelle and Aretha Franklin that have opened up the door and been able to let us through,
You have wonderful artists like Patty Labelle and Aretha Franklin that have opened up the door and been able to let us through,
I know I'm not going to sing like Aretha Franklin or Elvis Presley or any of those people.
Don't say Aretha is making a comeback, because I've never been away!
If you think about it, Aretha did basically the same things that I do.
And it's anybody's guess what the winners will say. When David Bowie announced Aretha Franklin's Grammy win, she told the audience, Wow, this is so good I could kiss David Bowie. ... I want to thank God for giving me the voice to do the song.
She (Aretha Franklin) used to baby-sit me when I was a kid.
The network television, they're always worried about how many times you're going curse on the air. They had another crisis this morning because they heard Aretha (Franklin) was going to strip when she was doing the Star Spangled Banner. But always it will all be worked out in the night. They needn't worry about it. Just calm down more and take life as it comes.
The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.
There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.
I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.
It in no way denies the horrible things that happened in the South during the civil rights struggle, ... The KKK and church bombings - all of those things did happen, but at the same time there were people like my father making Aretha Franklin records, these southern white boys who made their living playing on some of the best soul records ever made.
Being around people like Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Roberta Flack. . . had a great impact on me as a singer, as a performer, as a musician.
When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.
The network television is always worried about how many times you're going to say (blank) on the air. And they were very worried this morning because they heard Aretha was going to strip during the national anthem. But they needn't worry. Just calm down. Take life as it comes.
With all the no-shows, it was up to an old vet to keep up the festivities. Aretha Franklin , on hand to collect the Lena Horne Award for outstanding career achievements, brought down the house with crowd-pleasing performances of Until You Come Back to Me ... Respect.
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