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University of Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne
IUT Saint-etienne
France
SOUL MUSIC
ARETHA FRANKLIN
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).
Few singers of soul
      music
Barry White
The Jackson five
The supreme
The Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin
Biography
She was born in Memphis in
         Tennesse
She grew up in Detroit in
       Michigan
Her parents
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.
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.
Aretha whit her father
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.
Her brothers
●
    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.
What do you want ? Some soul
          Music ?!
Aretha is a diva...
...and she is very romatique
She is funny
She is also a pianist
Some albums in her discography headlights
                     ●
                         1956 : Songs of faith
                     ●
                         1967 : I never loved a
                         man the way I love you
                     ●
                         1968 : Lady Soul
                     ●
                         1968 : Aretha Now
                     ●
                         1972 : Young, Gifted and
                         Black
                     ●
                         1985 : Who's zoomin'
                         who ?
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).
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
His hat
New life
●
    She still lives in Detroit.

●
    A film is planned on his life and should
    be interpreted by Halle Berry.
                            Berry
My favorites songs
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Aretha Franklin the Queen of Soul music

  • 1. Created by Loïs-Fleur SONGWA TCHOALA University of Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne IUT Saint-etienne France
  • 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).
  • 4. Few singers of soul music
  • 11. She was born in Memphis in Tennesse
  • 12. She grew up in Detroit in Michigan
  • 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.
  • 16. Aretha whit her father
  • 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 ● 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.
  • 19. What do you want ? Some soul Music ?!
  • 20. Aretha is a diva...
  • 21. ...and she is very romatique
  • 23. She is also a pianist
  • 24. Some albums in her discography headlights ● 1956 : Songs of faith ● 1967 : I never loved a man the way I love you ● 1968 : Lady Soul ● 1968 : Aretha Now ● 1972 : Young, Gifted and Black ● 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
  • 28. New life ● She still lives in Detroit. ● A film is planned on his life and should be interpreted by Halle Berry. Berry

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Soul music
  2. Link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music
  3. http://www.barrywhite.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_White
  4. 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
  5. 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