ARTISTAretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis on March 25, 1942, and died in Bloomfield Hills on August 16, 2018. In 1961 she released the album Aretha, credited with The Ray Bryant Combo; The Electrifying Aretha Franklin followed in 1962, and Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington in 1964. Later releases include A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998), So Damn Happy (2003), and Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014). A Brand New Me, credited with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, was released in 2017.