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Last school year, our Composer Corner taught us a lot about some pretty famous musicians - who just happened to be all MEN. Students asked "where are the ladies?" Well, welcome to a new school year where ALL of our Composer Corner/Musician of the Month folks will be WOMEN! We're starting off with the Queen of SOUL...Ms. Aretha Franklin!!!
Last school year, our Composer Corner taught us a lot about some pretty famous musicians - who just happened to be all MEN. Students asked "where are the ladies?" Well, welcome to a new school year where ALL of our Composer Corner/Musician of the Month folks will be WOMEN! We're starting off with the Queen of SOUL...Ms. Aretha Franklin!!!
IntroIntro - Who is Aretha Franklin?
"Sealed to the Day of Redemption" - the first song Aretha sang as a solo
Ch 1Chapter 1 - Daddy the "Jazz Preacher"
What JAZZ music sounded like in the 1950's - Lionel Hampton's "Don't Mean a Thing (if it Ain't Got that Swing)"
Ch 2Chapter 2 - Big Changes
Mahalia Jackson - "Move on Up a Little Higher" - the #1 highest selling gospel single in history
Ch 3Chapter 3 - Aretha Hits the Road
Aretha Franklin's first recording - "Precious Lord, Take My Hand"
Ch 4Chapter 4 - New York, New York!
"Today I Sing the Blues"
Ch 5Chapter 5 - "I Want Hits"
"I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)"
Ch 6Chapter 6 - R-E-S-P-E-C-T!
"R-E-S-P-E-C-T"
Ch 7Chapter 7 - Amazing Grace
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (recorded live in 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA
Ch 8Chapter 8 - Jump to It
"Think" from the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers
Ch 9Chapter 9 - Long Live the Queen!
Aretha sings "Nessun Dorma" at the 1998 Grammy Awards
"My Country Tis of Thee" sung at Barak Obama's Inauguration in 2009
"Chain of Fools" Mariah Carey sings with Aretha Franklin at VH1 Divas Live!
"You Make Me Feel (Like a Natural Woman)" VH1 Divas Live Finale with Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Carole King, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain & Celine Dion
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