TASK 5:ALBUM PRESENTATION

TASK 5:ALBUM PRESENTATION

(I WAS UNABLE TO PUT A VIDEO HERE BECAUSE IT WAS ACCIDENTALY DELETED OF MY PHONE, SO I HAVE DECIDE TO WRITE THE NOTES THAT WAS USED FOR MY PRESENTATION)

ARETHA FRANKLIN SOUL 69/ARETHA GOLD ALBUM

(I have done two Aretha Franklin that was both produced in 1969)

INTRODUCTION

Preacher daughter from Detroit, Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 25th 1942. She is well known for her cover of 'respect' and her song 'Natural woman'. Franklin is a multiple Grammy winner and is well known as the queen of soul. Her first recorded album was released in 1961 by Colombia Records. In 1968 she was enlisted to sing at Martin Luther kings funeral. And in 2005 Aretha was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, and also became the 2nd woman to ever be inducted in the UK hall of fame.

SOUL 69

Soul 69 was Aretha franklin 16th studio album, which was released in January 17th 1969 by Atlantic Records. This album covers a large amount of different type of materials, but overall it charted at #1on the R&B billboard. The album had  positive remarks from the Rolling Stones and music all journalist Stanley Booth. Soul69 was Aretha's 5th Atlantic album, and this album is also unique in the sense that it doesn't sound like any of her other albums from Atlantic. This album has a combination of genres such as; blues, jazz, pop, and ballads but overall it is part of the soul genre, hence the name soul 69. Other than the song 'today I sing the blues', and 'Tracks of my tears', the rest were produced with big jazz band arrangements. The songs such as 'pitfull', 'one more cooker and 'bring it on home to me', are the more delicate and bouncier songs of this album.

ARETHA GOLD

Aretha Gold was released in 1969 by Atlantic Recording corporation. It was also recorded in the New York Atlantic studio, except for the songs ' I have never love a man', and 'do right woman do right man', which were recorded at the Fame Recording studios. The Aretha Gold Album is based on Franklins successes between 1967-1968 with Atlantic Records. The first song on the album 'I never love a man ' was a single first released in  1967, it was also her first big hit of her career, charting number #1 on the R&B billboard. The 3rd song of the album 'respect' was originally Otis Redding song , which was released in 1965. This song was also a signature hit for Aretha, giving her 2 Grammy awards for Best Rhythm & Blues record, and Best vocal performance in 1968.

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