Marcus garvey full biography of aretha franklin

Aretha Franklin is a musician and singer from the United States.

Although she was a gospel singer in her youth, as an adult she moved into secular music and was signed by Columbia. Her career only took off when she moved to Atlantic Records, since then she has become among the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed black singers of her generation.

She is sometimes given the nickname “The Queen of Soul.”

Early Life

Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 25th, 1942. The daughter of a Baptist minister, she was given singing lessons by Clara Ward and Mahalia Jackson, gospel stars of the time.

Originally part of the church’s gospel choir, at the age of 12 her talents were recognized by the award of a solois