Saw some clips on you tube from yesteryear that truly showcase the immense soul and talents of Aretha Franklin. Damn she neds to sit down and play piano more often.

"You Send Me" from 1971 in Italy
http://www.youtube.com/wa...zE0Tj-Wo0Y

"Baby, Baby, Baby" (aduio only)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...XKisuzJJKQ

"Call Me" (from This Is Tom Jones Show In London)

Franklin isn't what she used to be, now that she is almost 67 years of age - but damn if she never ever opened her mouth again, what she did in her prime will last forever - for those that don't know, FWYH, this woman is the shizzzzit!!!

Eh, she's aiiiiight

Better than most...


Smooches;)

Um fcuk that
Nina Simone is the Queen of Soul

Either her:



Or her:



To me, they're the forerunners for what Aretha eventually ruled with later on.

There's more than one queen so it's safe to say Etta, Gladys and Aretha are all "queens of soul". Everyone else follows after those three (and Nina ).

Umm is Etta James black or white?

trueiopian said:

Black but rumor is her father was Italian. Then again, does it really matter? She's always claimed she was a SISTA anyway.
[Edited 1/17/09 15:43pm]

Timmy84 said:

Oh ok I was just confused by the picture.

trueiopian said:

She's naturally light-skinned anyway and she is over 70 now... her nickname is "Peaches" and that was actually the name of her backing girl group when she started doing music.

trueiopian said:

Her mother is black and the rumor has always been that Minnesota fats was her father. She has said this publicly, though he publicly denied it. If you look at them side by side, she does look a lot like him and so does her son, so I'm thinking he was down with the swirl, back in the day


Smooches;)