Sail on your majesty... The Queen of Soul.
Her album "Spirit in the Dark" released in 1970 featured a young keyboard player named Michael Utley....
Sail on Aretha Franklin
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Sail on Aretha Franklin
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Re: Sail on Aretha Franklin
A lot of the talent-free people in the music business could learn a lot from Aretha. When you can actually sing, all you need when you walk on stage is a microphone.
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Re: Sail on Aretha Franklin
LIPH wrote: August 16, 2018 7:15 pm A lot of the talent-free people in the music business could learn a lot from Aretha. When you can actually sing, all you need when you walk on stage is a microphone.

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Re: Sail on Aretha Franklin
And really bounced back from a tough childhood. She had her first two children when she was very young, like 12/13.
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