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Respect : the life of Aretha Franklin / David Ritz.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316196833 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: viii, 520 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Franklin, Aretha. Singers > United States > Biography. Soul musicians > United States > Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 782.421644092 Frank-R | 31681002491009 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A complete look at the Queen of Soul chronicles both her troubles and her triumphs over them, from her youth in Detroit as a gospel prodigy to her rise as one of America's greatest musical talents. - Baker & Taylor
An acclaimed music writer offers a complete look at the Queen of Soul, chronicling both her troubles and her triumphs over them. 100,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
"Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where shestruggled to find her true voice. She found fame, fortune, and that remarkable voice in 1967 with "Respect" and a rapid-fire string of hits. Aretha turned the industry on its head by refueling pop with heavy soul. The Queen of Soul had survived, and arrived."--Dust jacket. - Grand Central Pub
This "comprehensive and illuminating" biography of the Queen of Soul (USA Today) was hailed by Rolling Stone as "a remarkably complex portrait of Aretha Franklin's music and her tumultuous life."
Aretha Franklin began life as the golden daughter of a progressive and promiscuous Baptist preacher. Raised without her mother, she was a gospel prodigy who gave birth to two sons in her teens and left them and her native Detroit for New York, where she struggled to find her true voice. It was not until 1967, when a white Jewish producer insisted she return to her gospel-soul roots, that fame and fortune finally came via "Respect" and a rapidfire string of hits. She continued to evolve for decades, amidst personal tragedy, surprise Grammy performances, and career reinventions.
Again and again, Aretha stubbornly found a way to triumph over troubles, even as they continued to build. Her hold on the crown was tenacious, and in Respect, David Ritz gives us the definitive life of one of the greatest talents in all American culture.
