Aretha Franklin – A Bit Of Soul (1965/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 53:58 minutes | 900 MB | Genre: R&B, Soul
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Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and musician. Franklin began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at age 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records only achieving modest success. Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin 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 the 1960s decade.
Franklin eventually recorded a total of 88 charted singles on Billboard, including 77 Hot 100 entries and twenty number-one R&B singles, becoming the most charted female artist in the chart’s history. Franklin also recorded acclaimed albums such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Lady Soul, Young, Gifted & Black and Amazing Grace before experiencing problems with her record company by the mid-1970s. After her father was shot in 1979, Franklin left Atlantic and signed with Arista Records, finding success with a cameo appearance in the film, The Blues Brothers and with the albums, Jump to It and Who’s Zoomin’ Who?. In 1998, Franklin won international acclaim for singing the opera aria, ‘Nessun Dorma’, at the Grammys of that year replacing Luciano Pavarotti. Later that same year, she scored her final Top 40 recording with ‘A Rose Is Still a Rose’.
Tracklist:
1. Follow Your Heart 02:26
2. Only the One You Love 02:24
3. One Step Ahead 02:34
4. Can’t You Just See Me 02:03
5. How to Murder Your Wife 02:55
6. A Little Bit of Soul 02:21
7. Cry Like a Baby 02:13
8. Her Little Heart Went to Loveland 02:34
9. Remember Me 02:13
10. Land of Dreams 02:14
11. Little Miss Raggedy Ann 02:10
Bonus tracks:
12. Deeper 02:12
13. I Still Can’t Forget 02:55
14. Rose of Washington Square 02:38
Mono Mixes:
15. Take It Like You Give It 01:53
16. Follow Your Heart 02:26
17. Only the One You Love 02:22
18. One Step Ahead 02:27
19. How to Murder Your Wife 02:49
20. A Little Bit of Soul 02:18
21. Cry Like a Baby 02:06
22. Her Little Heart Went to Loveland 02:35
Personnel:
Aretha Franklin, vocals, piano
Belford C. Hendricks, arranger, conductor
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