Aretha Franklin: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Franklin’s career is discussed in Peter Guralnick, Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom (1986, reprinted 1994), pp. 332–352; and Jerry Wexler and David Ritz, Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music (1993), pp. 203–216, an overview written by Franklin’s main producer, Wexler. Aretha Franklin and David Ritz, From These Roots (1999), is an autobiography.
Representative Works
- Aretha (1961)
- Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964)
- I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
- Aretha Now (1968)
- Lady Soul (1968)
- Soul ’69 (1969)
- Spirit in the Dark (1970)
- Live at Fillmore West (1971)
- Amazing Grace (1972)
- Sparkle (1976)
- Jump to It (1982)
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- David Ritz
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: AllMusic - Aretha Franklin. | Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - All The Things You Are: Aretha's Life In Jazz. | Apr 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Aretha Franklin. | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Dec 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: TeachRock - Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul. | Nov 24, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Memphis Music Hall of Fame - Aretha Franklin. | Nov 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Aretha Franklin. | Jul 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of African American History and Culture - The Queen of Soul: An Appreciation. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Aretha Franklin. | Jan 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Aretha Franklin. | Oct 18, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women�s Hall of Fame - Aretha Franklin. | Mar 04, 2022 | ||
| Added the documentary Amazing Grace. | Apr 09, 2019 | ||
| Noted that she received a Kennedy Center Honor, a National Medal of Arts, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mentioned her 2015 Kennedy Center Honors performance. | Jan 28, 2019 | ||
| She died on August 16, 2018. | Aug 16, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issues. | May 30, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Kennedy Center - Biography of Aretha Franklin. | Jan 05, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Aretha Franklin. | Jan 05, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 24, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: R&B Music Hall of Fame Museum - Biography of Aretha Franklin. | Oct 01, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Michigan Rock and Roll Legends - Biography of Aretha Franklin. | Oct 01, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Aretha Franklin. | Mar 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: African American Registry - Biography of Aretha Franklin. | Mar 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: BlackPast - Aretha Franklin. | Mar 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Aretha Franklin. | Mar 05, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Biography Channel - Biography of Aretha Franklin. | Mar 05, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Aretha Franklin. | Mar 05, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Aretha Franklin. | May 08, 2009 | ||
| Updated with her performance at the inauguration of Pres. Barack Obama. | Jan 20, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: TIME 100: Aretha Franklin. | May 11, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 20, 1999 |
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