同樣在八月16日貓王Elvis
Presley去世的日子,音樂界痛失另一位傳奇歌星,在抵抗胰臟癌一段時間後,The Queen
of Soul 靈魂歌曲天后Aretha Franklin不幸於底特律家裡去世(76歲)。
Aretha
Franklin的成就影響了跨世代的音樂界各類型藝人,Diana Ross、John Legend、 Idina Menzel、 Lin-Manuel Miranda 與 Andy Cohen這些各界知名人士,在獲知這個不幸的消息之後,立即在推特上表達了他們對Aretha Franklin的敬愛,而Ariana Grande,、Mariah Carey、Tony Bennett等其他藝人也隨即加入致敬的行列。
除了網路社群外,Clive Davis、 Quincy
Jones、Annie Lennox、Michael
McDonald等與Aretha Franklin平輩歌手也表達了她們對Aretha 的誠摯哀悼。
Aretha Franklin於1942年出生於美國田納西州孟菲斯。父親是底特律New Bethel Baptist Church的一位有名的牧師,她最早即在父親的教堂裡演唱福音歌曲,1956年開始錄聖歌,18歲時開始錄流行歌曲,並與Columbia唱片公司簽約,自此踏入流行音樂界。
當時他的成名曲原來是Dixie風的"Rock-A-Bye Your
Baby " (#37-1961),1967年她轉去Atlantic唱片公司時,歌路有了革命性的改變,傳奇製作人Jerry Wexler帶她到阿拉巴馬州的Muscle Shoals,製作了"I Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Loved You)" (#9-1967),他倆發現這首歌的調性很適合Aretha Franklin,接著又錄了Otis Redding寫的"Respect" (#1-1967),該曲得了冠軍之後,接著暢銷曲不斷,包括"Chain Of Fools" (#2-1968), "Spanish Harlem"
(#2-1971), "Until You Come Back to Me" (#3-1974, "Baby I Love
You" (#4-1967), "Since You've Been Gone" (#5-1968和 "Day
Dreaming" (#5-1972)...,從1974 到 1983年,Aretha Franklin還不斷有歌進排行榜,但沒有top 10的歌。
1984年他跳槽Arista 唱片公司。唱片銷售成績有了起色,暢銷歌曲有"I Knew You Were Waiting" (#1-1987 with George Michael),
"Freeway Of Love" (#3-1985) and "Who's Zoomin' Who"
(#7-1985),1987年他進了搖滾樂名人堂,是第一位女歌星獲得此殊榮,1979年他曾在好萊塢星光大道得到一顆星, 1994年則獲得Grammy終生成就獎,除了類似這些眾多的獎外,Aretha Franklin擁有七千五百萬張唱片的銷售量,得過
18座Grammy獎,底特律有二條街用她名字命名...,他也參加the Blues Brothers Brothers的電影"福祿雙霸天"的演出。
David Ritz替她寫的自傳"From These Roots"於 1999出版。
I
say a little prayer是Aretha Franklin1968年獲得過第10名的歌。
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
Burt Bacharach
The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair, now,
And wondering what dress to wear, now,
I say a little prayer for you
Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart
and I will love you
Forever, forever, we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only be heartbreak for me.
I run for the bus, dear,
While riding I think of us, dear,
I say a little prayer for you.
At work I just take time
And all through my coffee break-time,
I say a little prayer for you.
Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart
and I will love you
Forever, forever we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only be heartbreak for me.
My darling believe me,
For me there is no one
But you.
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