Respect Respect

Respect

The Life of Aretha Franklin

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Publisher Description

This illuminating biography presents "a remarkably complex portrait of Aretha Franklin's music and her tumultuous life" (Rolling Stone).

Aretha Franklin began life as the golden 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 with a rapidfire string of hits, including the immortal anthem “Respect”. Aretha continued to evolve for decades, amidst personal tragedy, surprise Grammy performances, and career reinventions.

Again and again, Aretha stubbornly found a way to triumph over troubles, even as they continued to build. Her hold on the crown was tenacious, and in Respect, David Ritz gives us the definitive life of one of the greatest talents in all American culture.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2014
October 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
500
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown and Company
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
11.4
MB
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