Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin (52 page)

Cole and Diehl,
Angel on My Shoulder

Ruth Bowen, Troy Taylor, Gordon Chambers, Burt Bacharach, Earline Franklin

Jon Pareles, review of “The Only Thing Missin’,”
New York Times,
June 29, 2003

Fred Bronson, “Missing No More,”
Billboard,
July 19, 2003

Clarence Waldron, “Aretha Franklin Returns with Soulful CD, ‘So Damn Happy,’ ”
Jet,
September 29, 2003

“The Queen Still Reigns,”
Ebony,
March 2004

Clarence Waldron, “Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin Proclaims Today’s New R&B Royalty,”
Jet,
June 25, 2007

Jon Pareles, “The Queen of Soul Takes Control,”
New York Times,
November 4, 2007

Clarence Waldron, “Life on the Road Forces the Queen of Soul to Find a New Strategy in Her Battle with Weight,”
Jet,
November 19, 2007

“Aretha Franklin Refuses to Share Her Royal Title,”
Jet
, March 3, 2008

Franklin named greatest singer of the rock era, reported in
Rolling Stone
, November 2008

“Diva’s Duet,”
Jet,
August 23, 2010

Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen,
Arista, 2007

So Damn Happy,
Arista, 2003

This Christmas,
Rhino, 2009

A Woman Falling Out of Love,
Aretha’s Records, 2011

Franklin and Ritz,
Aretha: From These Roots

Rashod Ollison, Ruth Bowen, Cheryl Pawelski, Earline Franklin

A Woman Falling Out of Love,
Aretha’s Records, 2011

Franklin discusses her inauguration hat, reported in
Newsweek,
March 12, 2012

“Aretha Franklin Cancer,”
National Enquirer,
December 8, 2010

Patricia Shipp, “Aretha Cancer Tragedy,”
National Enquirer,
December 20, 2010

Clarence Waldron, “Aretha Franklin: The Lord Will Bring Me Through,”
Jet
, January 10, 2011

“It’s a New Chapter in My Life,”
Jet,
March 7, 2011

Will Hermes, review of
A Woman Falling Out of Love, Rolling Stone,
May 26, 2011

Composer Norman West sues Franklin, reported in
Billboard,
August 2, 2011

Franklin sings at same-sex wedding, reported in
New York Times,
October 20, 2011

Franklin announces she is marrying Willie Wilkerson, reported by the Associated Press, January 6, 2012

Franklin and Ritz,
Aretha: From These Roots

Earline Franklin, Brenda Corbett

Ben Ratliff, review of the Essence Music Festival,
New York Times,
July 9, 2012

Franklin interested in being
American Idol
judge, reported by Reuters, July 15, 2012

Bego, Mark.
Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul.
New York: Da Capo, 1989.

Boyer, Clarence, and Lloyd Yearwood.
How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel.
Washington, DC: Elliott and Clark, 1995.

Branch, Taylor.
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965–1968.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006.

Carpenter, Bill.
Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia.
San Francisco: Backbeat Books, 2005.

Charles, Ray, and David Ritz.
Brother Ray.
New York: Dial Press, 1978.

Cohen, Aaron.
Amazing Grace.
New York: Continuum, 2011.

Cohodas, Nadine.
Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington.
New York: Pantheon, 2004.

Cole, Natalie, with David Ritz.
Love Brought Me Back: A Journey of Loss and Gain.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010.

Cole, Natalie, with Digby Diehl.
Angel on My Shoulder.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2000.

Davis, Clive, with Anthony DeCurtis.
The Soundtrack of My Life.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012.

Dobkin, Matt.
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece.
New York: St. Martin’s, 2004.

Farley, Charles.
Soul of the Man: Bobby “Blue” Bland.
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

Franklin, Aretha, and David Ritz.
Aretha: From These Roots.
New York: Villard, 1999.

Franklin, Rev. C. L.
Give Me This Mountain: Life History and Selected Sermons.
Edited by Jeff Todd Tilton. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Freeman, Scott.
Otis!
New York: St. Martin’s, 2001.

Heilbut, Anthony.
The Fan Who Knew Too Much: Aretha Franklin, the Rise of the Soap Opera, Children of the Gospel Church, and Other Meditations.
New York: Knopf, 2012.

———.
The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

James, Etta, and David Ritz.
Rage to Survive.
New York: Villard, 1995.

Jones, Quincy.
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones.
New York: Doubleday, 2001.

Kelley, Robin D. G.
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original.
New York: Free Press, 2009.

King, B.B., with David Ritz.
Blues All Around Me: The Autobiography of B.B. King.
New York: Avon Books, 1996.

Knight, Gladys.
Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story.
New York: Hyperion, 1997.

LaVette, Bettye, with David Ritz.
A Woman Like Me.
New York: Blue Rider Press, 2013.

Pleasants, Henry.
The Great American Popular Singers.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974.

Prial, Dunstan.
The Producer: John Hammond and the Soul of American Music.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.

Richards, Keith, with James Fox.
Life.
Boston: Little, Brown, 2010.

Ritz, David.
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985.

Robinson, Smokey, with David Ritz.
Smokey: Inside My Life.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989.

Salvatore, Nick.
Singing in a Strange Land: C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America.
Boston: Little, Brown, 2005.

Schwerin, Jules.
Got to Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Seymour, Craig.
Luther: The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross.
New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

Ward-Royster, Willa, as told to Toni Rose.
How I Got Over: Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers.
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.

Wexler, Jerry, and David Ritz.
Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music
. New York: Knopf, 1993.

Songs of Faith
(1956)

Aretha
(1961)

The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
(1962)

The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin
(1962)

Laughing on the Outside
(1963)

Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
(1964)

Runnin’ Out of Fools
(1964)

Yeah!!! In Person with Her Quartet
(1965)

Soul Sister
(1965)

Take It Like You Give It
(1967)

Aretha Franklin’s Greatest Hits
(1967)

Take a Look
(1967)

Aretha Franklin’s Greatest Hits Vol. II
(1968)

Soft and Beautiful
(1969)

Today I Sing the Blues
(1969)

In the Beginning: The World of Aretha Franklin 1960–1967
(1972)

Aretha: The First 12 Sides
(1972)

Aretha Franklin: Legendary Queen of Soul
(1981)

The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years 1960–1965
(2002)

Take a Look: Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia
(2011, box set; includes DVD
Aretha ’64! Live on The Steve Allen Show
)

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
(1967)

Aretha Arrives
(1967)

Lady Soul
(1968)

Aretha Now
(1968)

Aretha in Paris
(1968)

Aretha Franklin: Soul ’69
(1969)

Aretha’s Gold
(1969)

This Girl’s in Love with You
(1970)

Spirit in the Dark
(1970)

Aretha Live at Fillmore West
(1971)

Young, Gifted, and Black
(1972)

Amazing Grace
(1972, two-record set)

Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
(1973)

Let Me in Your Life
(1974)

With Everything I Feel in Me
(1974)

You
(1975)

Sparkle
(1976)

Sweet Passion
(1977)

Almighty Fire
(1978)

La Diva
(1979)

Aretha’s Jazz
(1984)

Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits
(1986, two-record set)

Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings
(1999, two-disc set)

Aretha
(1980)

Love All the Hurt Away
(1981)

Jump to It
(1982)

Get It Right
(1983)

Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
(1985)

Aretha
(1986)

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
(1987, two-record set)

Through the Storm
(1989)

What You See Is What You Sweat
(1991)

Aretha Franklin Greatest Hits 1980–1994
(1994)

A Rose Is Still a Rose
(1998)

So Damn Happy
(2003)

Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen
(2007)

Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980–1988
(2012)

A Woman Falling Out of Love
(2011)

Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings
(1992, box set)

Aretha Franklin: Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul
(2007, two-disc set)

Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live in Philly, 1972
(2008)

This Christmas
(2009)

“Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do).” Johnny Carson,
Here’s Johnny: Magic Moments from the ‘Tonight Show’
(Casablanca Records, 1974)

“Think.”
The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording,
various artists (Atlantic, 1980)

“Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves.” Eurythmics,
Be Yourself Tonight
(RCA, 1985)

“Someday We’ll All Be Free.”
Malcolm X: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack,
various artists (Qwest, 1992)

“O Christmas Tree.”
A Very Special Christmas 2,
various artists (A&M Records, 1992)

“What Now My Love.” Frank Sinatra,
Duets
(Capitol, 1993)

“A Deeper Love.”
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit—Songs from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,
various artists (Hollywood Records, 1993)

“Respect.”
Grammy’s Greatest Moments Volume II,
various artists (Atlantic, 1994)

“Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
Grammy’s Greatest Moments Volume III,
various artists (Atlantic, 1994)

“The Makings of You.”
A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield,
various artists (Warner Brothers Records, 1994)

“You’ve Got a Friend.”
Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King,
various artists (Atlantic, 1995)

“It Hurts Like Hell.”
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album,
various artists (Arista, 1995)

“Jumpin’ Jack Flash.”
Jumpin’ Jack Flash: Original Movie Soundtrack,
various artists (Musicrama, 1995)

“I’ll Fly Away.”
Diana: Princess of Wales Tribute,
various artists (Sony, 1997, two-disc set)

“Respect.”
Blues Brothers 2000: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,
various artists (Universal, 1998)

“Chain of Fools,” “A Natural Woman,” “Testimony.”
VH1 Divas Live,
various artists (Sony, 1998)

“Don’t Waste Your Time.” Mary J. Blige,
Mary
(MCA Records, 1999)

“Ain’t No Way.”
Ali: Original Soundtrack
(Interscope, 2001)

“Respect.”
Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack—Special Collectors’ Edition
(Sony, 2001, two-disc set)

“A House Is Not a Home.”
So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross,
various artists (J Records, 2005)

“Message from Aretha,” “Gotta Make It (Remix).” Trey Songz,
I Gotta Make It
(Atlantic, 2005)

“Never Gonna Break My Faith.”
Bobby
(motion picture soundtrack), various artists (Island Def Jam, 2006)

“How Do You Keep the Music Playing?” Tony Bennett,
Duets II
(Columbia, 2011)

Hannah the Ideal Mother
(Atlanta International, 2006)

The Best of Rev. C. L. Franklin
(Jewel Records, 2010)

Super Soul Sister
(Brunswick Records, 2003)

Piece of Her Heart: The Epic and Shout Years
(Shout Records, 2009)

Baby Dynamite!
(RCA, 1969)

Sister Soul: The Best of the RCA Years 1969–1976
(Ace Records, 2006)