Aretha Franklin

 

Artist:  Aretha Franklin
Birth Name:  Aretha Louise Franklin
Born:  March 25, 1942.  Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Died:  August 16, 2018 (Aged 76).  Detroit, Michigan, USA
Origin:  Detroit, Michigan, USA
Genre:  R&B, Soul, Gospel, Pop, Jazz
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Piano

Aretha Franklin is an American Singer and Songwriter, she is one of the Giants of Soul Music and American Pop.  She began her career singing Gospel, she achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" and "Think".  These Hits and more helped her to gain the title The Queen Of Soul by the end of of the 1960s.  She has won a total of 18 Grammy Awards and is one of the Best-Selling Female Artists of All Time, having sold over 75 million records worldwide.  She has been honored and inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987 and became the first female performer to be inducted, and she also was inducted to the UK Music Hall Of Fame in 2005.  In 2012, she was inducted into the GMA Gospel Music Hall Of Fame.  She is listed in at least two all-time lists on Rolling Stone Magazine, including the 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time, and 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time.

Title:   Knew You Were Waiting:  The Best Of Aretha Franklin 1980-2014  (2021)

Genre:  R&B, Soul, Gospel, Pop, Jazz

Label:  Arista/Legacy

Rating:  *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

LP 1:

Side A:

 1.  United Together (Single Version)  (4:09)

 2.  Love All The Hurt Away (with George Benson)  (4:07)

 3.  Jump To It (Original Radio Mix)  (4:14)

 4.  Get It Right  (4:13)

 5.  Freeway Of Love (Single Version)  (4:06)

Side B:

 1.  Who's Zoomin' Who? (Single Version)  (4:07)

 2.  Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves (Remastered Version) (with The Eurythmics)  (4:53)

 3.  Another Night (Single Version)  (4:05)

 4.  Jumpin' Jack Flash (Single Version) (with Keith Richards)  (4:27)

LP 2:

Side C:

 1.  Jimmy Lee (Single Version)  (4:25)

 2.  I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with George Michael)  (3:59)

 3.  Through The Storm (with Elton John)  (4:20)

 4.  It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be (Single Version) (with Whitney Houston)  (4:16)

Side D:

 1.  Ever Changing Times (Single Edit) (with Michael McDonald)  (4:28)

 2.  A Deeper Love (and C+C Music Factory)  (4:35)

 3.  Willing To Forgive  (4:11)

 4.  A Rose Is Still A Rose  (Original Radio Edit)  (3:52)

 5.  Rolling In The Deep (The Aretha Version)  (4:00)

 Knew You Were Waiting:  The Best Of Aretha Franklin 1980-2014 is the compilation album by Aretha Franklin, originally released i 2012 by RCA Records, remastered and reissued in 2021 by Arista/Legacy, featuring Elton John, The Eurythmics, George Benson, George Michael, Michael McDonald, Witney Houston.