Aretha Franklin, whose voice was rightfully declared a natural resource by her home state of Michigan, was born 80 years ago today. Today's Daily Drop celebrates her legacy by taking a tour through career highlights and offers sources to learn even more about the one and only Queen of Soul.
Read her autobiography Aretha: From These Roots, Respect: The Life and Times of Aretha Franklin by David Ritz, The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, An Intimate Portrait by Linda Solomon, watch Amazing Grace on DVD orHulu, the 2021 limited series Genius: Aretha also on Hulu or the 2021 film Respect starring Jennifer Hudson.
Other sources:
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/638355847/aretha-franklin-the-fresh-air-interview
https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/franklin-aretha
https://youtu.be/6S1_skidDFI (Live in Amsterdam 1968)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2efshhuq4 (Kennedy Center Honors 2015)
The Aretha Franklin Songbook: Playlist of songs composed by Aretha
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