3. WHAT IS SOUL MUSIC ?
● Soul Music means "music of the soul" .
● Soul music is popular African-American born in the late 1950's in the
United States, derived from, among others, gospel and rhythm and
blues (R & B).
● It is considered by some as a return of rhythm and blues roots from
which it came: the gospel (church music).
14. Her mother Barbara
It is a gospel singer. She separated from her
husband, when Aretha was only six years old,
but she often visited her children she had left in
the care of her husband.
15. Her father Clarence leVaughn Franklin
Reverend Clarence LeVaughn Franklin,
Aretha's father, is a famous Baptist minister and
civil rights activist. Shot in 1979 during an
attempted robbery at his home, he died in 1984,
after a five-year coma.
17. Aretha and her sisters gospel singers
Aretha and her sisters,
Carolyn (1944-1988) and
Erma (1939-2002),
singing in the church
choir in Detroit their
father and made their
first recordings at the
age of 14 years.
18. Her brothers
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One of his two brothers, Cecil, became pastor
as their father, but was also the impresario of
the singer for a while.
●
Another brother, Vaughn became pilot Air
Force.
24. Some albums in her discography headlights
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1956 : Songs of faith
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1967 : I never loved a
man the way I love you
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1968 : Lady Soul
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1968 : Aretha Now
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1972 : Young, Gifted and
Black
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1985 : Who's zoomin'
who ?
25. Awards
Aretha Franklin has won
18 Grammy Awards in
45-year career and still
holds the record for
best female vocal
performance R & B
(Best Female R & B
Vocal Performance) with
11 wins. (with 8
consecutive victories from
1968-1975).
26. The consecration
On 20 January 2009 she
sings at the swearing-in
ceremony of the new
President of the United
States of America
Barack H. Obama
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five, sometimes stylized The Jackson 5ive), later known as The Jacksons, or simply Jacksons, are an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana. Founding group members Jackie Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Marlon Jackson and Michael Jackson formed the group after performing in an early incarnation called The Jackson Brothers, which originally consisted of a trio of the three older brothers. Active from 1964 to 1990, the Jacksons played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, pop and (in the 1970s) disco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5 http://legend-of-music.kazeo.com/jackson-five/jackson-five,r1871.html
Another singer : Elvis Aaron Presley was born to Vernon and Gladys Presley in a two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935 He died suddenly on august 8, 1977 in Memphis in Tennesse. Pictures : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Memphis,_Tennessee