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    Thanks Brook...I just love going down "the memory lane" with you...this is serious fun! Did you hear me tapping on my desk?

    Here's one with Whoopi Goldberg and Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) from the Jumping Jack Flash movie


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    It is fun...and well worth the trip down that lane. To me she is the awesome of awesome!

    I'm going to take a small break for breakfast...and turn on the hits!

    Here is another duet of awesomeness!

    Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)




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    Loved her in the Blues Brothers


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    That is a good one Dramtimer...but it means you missed some good ones on the first page...Elen posted an Annie Lennon that purely rocks...check em out! Well worth the visit!

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    Just in case you all didn't know, it is pancreatic CA she has suffered from for more than five years, which means she has survived longer than what the oncologists expected. Most sufferers of pancreatic CA last for a really short time after diagnosis.

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    Aretha Franklin - Queen of Soul, Documentary

    This is how it started: The Legend of a Queen. Dad was a coach and gave her all the support she needed for success!

    #One


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKfkvbOP1sc


    And she worked with Martin Luther King.


    #Two


    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpo0RG4zGNo


    The shooting and death of her father. And reaching for the top!

    #Three


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    Good Morning! Won't have much time this morning to dedicate here today. I will listen to the three vids Elen as I spend the next six hours devoted to my medical needs.

    Be back later...

    Here's a good one with the morning coffee:



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    Never heard that one before Brook! Thanks, and it so happened that I am having a coffee!

    Wishing you the best!

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    Quote Originally posted by Elen View Post
    Never heard that one before Brook! Thanks, and it so happened that I am having a coffee!

    Wishing you the best!
    Haha....we Scott's do many things alike eh? Love it. That song is an old one and she nails it! Gotta run in a while... but later I'll be back and we will continue this one together.

    I love doing this thread in honor of one great lady!

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    Quote Originally posted by Shadowself View Post
    Haha....we Scott's do many things alike eh? Love it. That song is an old one and she nails it! Gotta run in a while... but later I'll be back and we will continue this one together.

    I love doing this thread in honor of one great lady!
    I'm right there with you on that journey !!

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    Okay I have time for one more...

    In 2010, Rolling Stone ranked her the greatest singer of all time,

    just ahead of Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke and John Lennon.

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/m...=2#list-item-1

    You know a force from heaven. You know something that God made. And Aretha is a gift from God. When it comes to expressing yourself through song, there is no one who can touch her. She is the reason why women want to sing.

    Aretha has everything — the power, the technique. She is honest with everything she says. Everything she's thinking or dealing with is all in the music, from "Chain of Fools" to "Respect" to her live performances. And she has total confidence; she does not waver at all. I think her gospel base brings that confidence, because in gospel they do not play around — they're all about chops, who has the vocal runs. This is no game to her.

    As a child, I used to listen to Aretha's music because my mom played "Do Right Woman" and "Ain't No Way" every single day. I would see my mother cry when she listened to those songs, and I'd cry too. Then I discovered her on my own with the Sparkle soundtrack. I must have played "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" 30 times in a row; eventually, I connected the dots to that voice my mom was listening to.

    Even the way she pronounces words is amazing: In "Giving Him Something He Can Feel," when she sings, "Many say that I'm too young" — the way she says "I'm," you can almost see her saying it, like she's all in your face, but you're still right with her. You can really visualize her hands when she sings, "You're tying both of my hands," on "Ain't No Way" — it's the powerful way she hits the word "both."

    When you watch her work, you can see why Aretha is who she is. When we did the song "Don't Waste Your Time" on my album Mary, she just went in there and ate that record like Pac-Man. She could be doing a church vocal run, and it would turn into some jazz-space thing, something I never encountered before. You'd say, "Where did that come from? Where did she find that note?"

    It's beautiful to see, because it helps people with a lack of confidence in their ability, like myself. I look at her and think, "I need a piece of that. Whatever that is."
    Only ReRe could get away with wearing cowboy boots with an evening gown!

    You go girl!



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    Watch the behind-the-scenes story of the making of Aretha Franklin’s A Brand New Me, containing clips from the recording at Abbey Road Studios and archive footage of Aretha in concert, as well as interviews with: Nile Rodgers (Chic), James Williams (Managing Director, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra), Nick Patrick (Album Co-Producer), and Don Reedman (Album Co-Producer).




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    Quote Originally posted by Shadowself View Post
    [B][CENTER]You're welcome Dreamtime. I believe she has earned this small tribute I'm presenting here:

    She was the first woman to be inducted into the
    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
    that's a good one...
    “El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"

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    Well..here we go again..water works streaming....partially due to the morning I've had but now this.

    I turned on the TV and this is what I saw...

    The queen had died.


    I'm going to replay this one...


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    I just saw that as well.

    Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul," died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 76.
    Her family was close friends with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who often stayed at their home. Some of the most important gospel artists of the day came to visit regularly as well, including Clara Ward and the Famous Ward Singers, Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke.
    Franklin made her first album for JVB when she was just 14 years old. It was a collection of gospel songs that included "Precious Lord (Take My Hand)."

    Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujRur_sDjgM


    In 1961, the bluesy "Won't Be Long," from her first Columbia album, Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo, became Franklin's first song to reach the Billboard Hot 100.
    Aretha Franklin received just about every award a singer can get, including 18 Grammys (plus The Recording Academy's Grammy Legend Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award), the Presidential Medal of Freedom and, in 1987, an induction as the first woman into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She performed until she couldn't anymore — because being the Queen of Soul was second nature to her.

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