In the 1990s Mojo magazine voted Aretha Franklin the greatest singer of all time
and it's a view echoed by many people who've been enthralled by electrifying
records like 'Respect', 'Say a Little Prayer' and '(You Make Me Feel Like a)
Natural Woman'. The daughter of Baptist minister Rev C. L. Franklin and
singer/pianist Barbara Siggers Franklin, she was raised on gospel music and,
mentored by the great gospel singer James Cleveland, made her first album at the
age of 14. By the mid-1960s, however, she was embracing pop and R&B under the
guidance of Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Record...