Aretha Franklin
30 Greatest Hits
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AMG Review of 30 Greatest Hits
John Bush
All Music Guide30 Greatest Hits zeroes in on Aretha Franklin's prime recording period for Atlantic, from her breakout in 1967 with "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" through the end of 1974, during which the Queen of Soul truly reigned over the charts -- she averaged over one pop hit every two months. This two-disc set delivers all of her classics ("Respect," "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man," "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," "Chain of Fools," "Think," "Spanish Harlem," "Rock Steady"), plus much more excellent material for those who won't recognize much more than the songs (and there are quite a few) that have entered the cultural consciousness ("I Say a Little Prayer," "The Weight," "Spirit in the Dark," "Day Dreaming"). It's a great foundation to any collection that has yet to be equaled by a pair of Rhino sets, the two-volume Very Best of Aretha Franklin from 1994 and Aretha's Best from 2001.
As 2008 draws to a close (9)
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Where would Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield, and even Led Zeppelin have been without the production skills of Jerry Wexler, and the clever handling that was a trademark of Atlantic Records? This track features the arranging skills of Tom Dowd and King Curtis, in New York.Jerry Wexler died on 15th August. He was 91 years old.
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SUNDAY UNDER COVERS WITH ARETHA FRANKLIN
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who is greatly assisted on this cover of The Band's classic by having Duane Allman on guitar
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JERRY WEXLER 1917-2008
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This man deserves not one, but ten full pages of tributes. To lose him five days after Isaac Hayes really brings another golden era of popular music closer to its end.Everything that can be said about him will be said over the next few days. Yes, he was a flawed individual, whose devotion to the music was almost matched by his devotion to the profit/loss account, but tonight is not the night fo...
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aretha, phish and me.
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soul sunday
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how perfect is this song on a sunday night? wine, the sunday paper and a fire (cause it's cold down here in LA, haha). i've decided, this song is so good it deserves a mix, a soul sunday mix. what else should i put i on it? ideas....
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I Say a Little Prayer
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We all know the peppy little tune, "I Say A Little Prayer For You" by Dionne Warwick (where she goes totally flat in some of the harmonies with her back-up girls, causing me to cringe every time I hear it), but have you heard the version by Aretha? It's smokier, more soulful, more yearning, and brings the song to a whole new level. In Dionne's version, you imagine a little 20-something working ...
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I Say a Little Prayer
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We all know the peppy little tune, "I Say A Little Prayer For You" by Dionne Warwick (where she goes totally flat in some of the harmonies with her back-up girls, causing me to cringe every time I hear it), but have you heard the version by Aretha? It's smokier, more soulful, more yearning, and brings the song to a whole new level. In Dionne's version, you imagine a little 20-something working ...
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