2020 introduction: Aretha Franklin had just enjoyed major success with the Stevie Wonder composition 'Until You Come Back To Me'. She was in contract re-negotiations with Atlantic Records and already working on material for a new album when she did a rare transatlantic phone interview with London-based music journalist (and then-future SoulMusic.com founder) David Nathan...
A new box set releasing in 2020 chronicles the Queen of Soul's entire career.
The Queen of Soul's legacy continues.
Lyrics from the song include, “My Lord, won’t you help them to understand/That when someone takes the life of an innocent man/Well they’ve never really won, and all they’ve really done/Is set the soul free, where it’s supposed to be.”
Aretha Franklin's 1967 cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" became the emblem of the civil rights movement, a fiery force in the feminist movement and another unstoppable No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. #QueenofSoul
This week on My Classic Soul podcast, hosts Bethany Dawson and David Nathan, the British Ambassador of Soul, talk Soul Food, including the time Aretha Franklin made Nathan peach cobbler.
This week on My Classic Soul podcast, hosts Bethany Dawson and David Nathan, the British Ambassador of Soul deep dive into a classic Aretha Franklin album.
David Nathan remembers his first time meeting P.P. Arnold (Pat) within her first year visiting Britain in '66.
Luther Vandross and Aretha Franklin activated their Wonder-Twin powers into the form of timeless hit records.
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