| LC control no. | n 84028907 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.F778 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Franklin, Aretha |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1942-03-25 |
| Death date | 2018-08-16 |
| Place of birth | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Detroit (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Soul music |
| Affiliation | New Bethel Baptist Church (Detroit, Mich.) Chess Records (Firm) Atlantic Recording Corporation National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Soul musicians Singers Pianists Composers |
| Found in | Her Get it right [SR] p1983: label (Aretha Franklin) New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Franklin, Aretha; b. Mar. 25, 1942, Memphis, Tenn.; soul singer) LC data base, 8/16/84 (hdg.: Franklin, Aretha) Rivera, Ursula. Aretha Franklin, 2002: ECIP galley (Aretha Louise Franklin, b. Mar. 25, 1942, Memphis, Tenn.) Grove music online, Mar. 12, 2013 (Franklin, Aretha; b. Mar. 25, 1942, Memphis; American soul singer, pianist, and songwriter) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Franklin, Aretha; Aretha Louise Franklin; pianist, soul musician / singer, popular sInger, rhythm and blues musician / singer; born March 26, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States; first recorded with the Detroit's New Bethel Baptist Church at age fourteen, first album was released by Chess Records (1956); signed with Atlantic Records (1967), universally known as the "Queen of Soul"; won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance Female every year between 1967 and 1974; signed with the Arista label (1980); the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987); awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2005), won the Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance in 2003 and 2005) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 16, 2018 (Aretha Franklin; b. Aretha Louise Franklin, Mar. 25, 1942, Memphis; d. Thursday [Aug. 16, 2018], Detroit, aged 76; universally acclaimed as the "Queen of Soul" and one of America's greatest singers in any style) |
| Associated language | eng |
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