Respect : the life of Aretha Franklin
Ritz, David2014
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Aretha Franklin began life as the daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where she struggled to find her true voice. It was not until 1967, when a white Jewish producer insisted she return to her gospel-soul roots, that fame and fortune finally came, along with a rapidfire string of hits. She has evolved ever since, amidst personal tragedy, surprise Grammy performances, and career reinventions. In 'Respect', David Ritz gives us the definitive life of one of the greatest talents in all American culture.
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New York : Little, Brown and Company,
Collation:
viii, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ;
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.
ISBN:
9780316196833 (hbk)0316196835 (hbk)
Dewey class:
782.4'21644'092 $2 23920 FRA
LC class:
ML420.F778
Language:
English
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BRN:
3504753
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