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Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where she struggled to find her true voice. She found fame, fortune, and that remarkable voice in 1967 with "Respect" and a rapid-fire string of hits. Aretha turned the industry on its head by refueling pop with heavy soul. The Queen of Soul had survived, and arrived. In Respect, David Ritz uses exclusive interviews with her closest family, friends and…
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2015Back Bay Books · 528 pages · 9780316196819
- Other · English · 2014Little Brown & Company · 528 pages · 9780316196826
- Other · English · 2014Little, Brown and Company · 520 pages · 9780316196833
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