Find Out Everything about the Singer Aretha Franklin

Author : Hughes Nelson

Aretha Louise Franklin, globally known as Aretha Franklin is a phenomenal American singer who has brought the golden age of the music industry in the year 1960. The artist was born on 25^th March 1942 and died on 16^th August 2018. This proficient artist was an integral part of the music industry as she has given a lot of songs in her career and enriched the music industry. She started her musical journey at the very early age of 14 years with the album ‘The Gospel Sound of Aretha Franklin’. This artist is also known as the ‘Queen of Soul’ for her outstanding creations. In her whole career, she has won 18 Grammy awards, which is a huge recognition for any music artist. There are many things that are still unknown to her listeners. Therefore, let’s find out some more details about this globally renowned artist-

• Early life family & children:

  

Aretha Franklin, the singer, songwriter, and pianist is the daughter of the gospel singer and pianist Barbara and C.L. Franklin. Her father C.L. Franklin was in the New Bethel Baptist Church of Detroit, Michigan. Along with that, he was also a minister of national influence. Thus, Aretha was born a brought up in a family where everyone is inclined to the culture of music. That is why, she was also very much influenced by music. When she was six, her parents got separated and she started staying with her father in Detroit. And later after that, Barbara died when Aretha was only 10. From a young age, Aretha started singing gospel. In her beginning journey, the two great gospel singers Albertina Walker and Jackie Verdell helped her a lot with the singing. This promising artist released her very first album at the age of 14. And from that time, she started gaining recognition. After some time, at the age of 18, she made a switch in her singing and moved to New York City to practice secular music. And the very first song she sang after that is ‘Toady I Sing the Blues’ in 1960. Right after that, Aretha started delivering hit after hit and got worldwide recognition. When she was got famous in her career, then in the year 1961, she got married to an American businessman, singer, and producer, named Theodore Richard White. But later they got divorced in 1969. After the divorce, she married again in 1978 to Glynn Russell Turman. He was an actor, director, writer, and also a producer. But eventually, they also got divorced in the year 1984. Aretha Franklin is a mother of four children and all of them are Clarence Franklin, Edward Franklin, Teddy Richards, and Kecalf Franklin.

• Singing career:

Aretha is an artist who started her career at a young age. She started her career as a gospel singer and when she was 18, she moved to New York City to pursue her career in singing. There she tried her hands on the secular music. In New York, she was signed by Columbia Records. And the very first session she sang ‘Today I Sing the Blues’, which is still a classic piece of music. Later that, she sang tracks like ‘If Ever You Should Leave Me’, ‘Soulville’, ‘I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)’, and many other songs. At the beginning of her career, she used to sing various kinds of songs in a particular genre. To be more precise, her songs were marketed for both adults and teenage groups of people. For this reason, she also got to reach out to a large number of audiences in a short time span. This has been quite helpful for her growth in her career. As she had a very successful career, she was also the very first woman singer to get invited to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Along with that, she also received Kennedy Center Honor in 1994, a National Medal of Arts in 1999, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. Her contribution to the music industry has helped her to achieve the title of ‘Queen of Soul’.

• Net worth:

Aretha is a renowned artist in the industry who has given many songs and has garnered many listeners from all around the world. Along with being a popular artist, she is also an artist who has made it to the richest artist too. When she died in the year 2018, her net worth was $80 million.

• Conclusion:

Aretha Franklin is an artist who cannot be replaced by anyone. Her way of making music and doing the presentation is very much different from all the other artists, which has made her different from all the other ones.

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