Aretha Franklin has passed away

[DavetheCat2001]

Sad news.

My favourite track is her version of Bridge Over Troubled Water. Just sublime.

maggie, thanks so much for that clip. How beautiful.

If anyone were to ask me what my favourite film is, I'd probably plump for Manon des Sources. But the Blues Brothers would run it a close second. Amazing! Such a joyful film. Anyway, let's think about the wonderful and incomparable Aretha Franklin. Click into the link if you fancy. It's a clip from the Blues Brothers with Aretha.

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I liked all her work, but there's one sublime song that she sang with her younger sister, Carolyn who died 30 yrs ago, called "Walk Around Heaven. I have it as a single.

I was amazed to learn that she got pregnant with her first child age 12, and had her second age 14 - and still went on to start her singing career as a teenager. She must have had such a tough time. Incredible lady.