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Aretha Franklin’s voice may be deeply familiar to millions, but her origin story is lesser known—and that was by the Queen of Soul’s design. When the singer-songwriter commissioned a memoir, 1999’s From These Roots, it largely glossed over traumatic milestones in the performer’s life, including the death of Aretha’s mother, when the singer was only 10; Aretha’s pregnancy at 12 years old; her first marriage; and her alleged battles with alcohol.

The book was so sanitized that its ghostwriter, David Ritz, eventually admitted his disappointment, claiming it contained “enormous gaps and oversights.” About 15 years later, Ritz convinced Franklin to let him write a more honest biography, 2014’s Respect—bolstered by interviews with Franklin’s family members and contemporaries like Ray Charles, Billy Preston, and Luther Vandross. (“Mr. Ritz managed to persuade Ms. Franklin that if she didn’t let him write his own gloves-off story,” explained The New York Times, “someone more meanspirited would do it.” Even so, after Respect was published, Aretha called the book “full of lies.

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Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul

Aretha Franklin (born March 25, 1942, died August 16, 2018) was an American singer who was a pioneer of music, and defined the golden age of soul in the 1960s. Her mother was a gospel singer, and her father was a minister, allowing Aretha to perform gospel programs around the country as a young teenager. At age 18, she began recording secular music. While stunningly taleneted, she intially struggled to reach audiences until her 1967 single “I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)” became her first million-seller. Success continued to follow with her albums "Aretha Arrives" (1967) and "Soul '69" (1969), to name a few. She was a highly awarded artist: receiving a Hollywood Star in 1979, being the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, a Kennedy Center Honor in 1994, a National Medal of Arts in 1999, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. Aretha was a dedicated activist, using her platform to promote civil and women's rights, often covering payroll for activist groups, and performing at various benefits. Aretha Fra

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Encyclopedia Of Detroit

The “Queen of Soul” Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 25, 1942 to the Reverend Clarence L. Franklin and Barbara V. Siggers. When she was two years old her family moved to Detroit, Michigan where her father became minister at New Bethel Baptist Church. Both parents were gospel singers but her mother, later separated from Franklin’s father, died when Franklin was ten.

Living in the church parish house on Boston Boulevard and Oakland Avenue, Aretha was exposed at an early age to such music legends as Art Tatum and Nat King Cole, when they visited her father. Unchallenged by piano lessons she taught herself to play by ear. She grew up with Smokey Robinson in a neighborhood that spawned the Four Tops, Diana Ross and Jackie Wilson. Franklin’s father and gospel singer Clara Ward were major influences, according to Franklin’s autobiography Aretha, From These Roots. Franklin sang her first solo in her father’s church at age nine or ten. Her first recording, made by Chess Records when she was 16, had nine sacred songs recorded live. W