Video from 1970. Damn, she could sing.
Link via Ben Freeman at The New Yorker. Freeman has an interesting, brief critique of Ms. Franklin’s Inauguration performance, which she herself feels fell short.
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national monument? are you talking physical or referring to her persona? btw, I loved her hat.
Freeman has added a recording of Aretha Franklin’s father, C.L. Franklin singing gospel in 1950. She inherited a great deal of her talent. (Her father was a famous Detroit minister.)
Queen of Soul, Daughter of Gospel.