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Celebrating Aretha’s Legacy with Respect
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“Queen of Soul” , Aretha Franklin. The legacy of Aretha is one of being one of the most gifted singer crossing multiple genres of music including gospel, R&B, as well as opera. Summer’s arrival brings a host of festivals such as the Chicago Air & Water show, International Festival of Life, the Taste of Chicago, and the African Festival of the Arts. Enjoy, have fun, & be safe!
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Over the course of her nearly 60-year career, Franklin achieved some of the most prestigious accolades. Out the 44 Grammy nominations she received, Franklin took 18 wins home -- including the Grammy Legend Award in 1991 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. In 1987, Franklin also became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Additionally, in 2005, Franklin was one of the select few civilians to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award. To date, her net worth sits at $80 million. The pianist, writer and vocalist fought for years to earn her respect in the music industry -- and through her hard work and dedication, she undoubtedly cemented her place as one of the greatest artists of all time. "From that day in January 1967, when producer Jerry Wexler took Aretha to Muscle Shoals, Alabama and she sat down at the piano to record her first Atlantic record, “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You),� music was never the same," Craig Kallman and Julie Greenwald, co-chairmen at Atlantic Records said in a joint statement. AFRICA USA TODAY 11
The great American soul singer Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76, her representative has said. She was reported to have been gravely ill with her family at her bedside. “In one of the darkest moments of our lives, we are not able to find the appropriate words to express the pain in our heart. We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family. The love she had for her children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and cousins knew no bounds,” Franklin’s family said. Franklin had been in ill health since 2010, when she was diagnosed with a tumour but returned to intermittent live performance after undergoing surgery. She died of advanced pancreatic cancer. Despite having announced her retirement from performing in 2017, she was due to headline two shows at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest this April but cancelled on doctor’s orders. Her last performance was at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City during Elton John’s 25th anniversary gala for the Elton John Aids Foundation on 7 November 2017.
Aretha Franklin. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Known as “the queen of soul”, Franklin sold more than 75m records in her lifetime and won 18 Grammy awards. She had 77 entries in the US Billboard Hot 100 and 20 No 1 singles on the R&B chart. Her last album was A Brand New Me, released in November 2017, which paired archival vocal recordings for Atlantic Records with new orchestral arrangements by the Royal 12 AFRICA USA TODAY
Her final live performance was at a gala event for Elton John’s Aids foundation, in November 2017. John posted a tribute on Instagram, saying: “The loss of Aretha Franklin is a blow for everybody who loves real music: Music from the heart, the soul and the Church. Her voice was unique, her piano playing underrated – she was one of my favourite pianists.” Carole King, who co-wrote Franklin’s classic song (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, said on Twitter: “What a life. What a legacy! So much love, respect and gratitude.” Paul McCartney called her “the Queen of our souls, who inspired us all for many many years”. Franklin was born on 25 March 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. The family moved to Buffalo, New York, when Franklin was two years old, and settled in Detroit, Michigan two years later. It was in Detroit, shortly after her mother’s death, that the 10-year-old Franklin started singing solos at New Bethel church, where her father was a preacher whose political sermons led Martin Luther King to stay with the family when he visited Detroit.
Franklin performs (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in 2015.
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50 Golden Nuggets To Becoming An Unstoppable Achiever THE ACHIEVER’S POWER $24.95 book ABOUT THE AUTHOR Princess Dr. Moradeun Ogunlana is visionary, entrepreneur, consultant, and humanitarian. She is the President/CEO of Innovative Global Consulting (IGC) Group of Companies, an Infrastructure, Agriculture, Energy, Business, and Economic Development corporation connecting businesses in Africa to the World. As the Founder/CEO of African Women’s Health Project International (AWHPI). Princess Ogunlana was recently inducted at the UCT in United Nations as an Ambassador of Culture uniting USA - China - Africa; by promoting Culture, Development and Health wellness among the women of the World; and promoting Peace Building. She currently serves as the International Coordinator for the Nigerian Ambassador for Peace in the Diaspora Initiatives. Princess Moradeun Ogunlana served (two) five-years term (10 years) as a Commissioner with the Little Rock Sister Cities Commission, appointed by the Mayor of Little Rock, and served for five years as a Little Rock Chambers of Commerce Ambassador. She was just conferred and hooded, PhD in Humanities and Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) from CICA International University and Seminary in New York, NY on October 1, 2016. She has received numerous humanitarian awards, commendations, and congressional citations, and most recently the Governor’s Excellence Award from the state of Arkansas. About The Achiever’s Power You will discover in this book, just as Shakespeare has averred, that some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. This means that even if the strategies may be different, depending on individual situations and uniqueness, everyone can indeed lead an emancipated, empowered, accomplished and transformative life. Regardless of place and circumstances of birth, regardless of disabilities, tragedies, traumas, blunders of the past and limitations of the present, everyone can fulfill their destinies and be all they are meant to be. I assure you that, as you read and meditate on these nuggets, not only will you be refreshingly enlightened but you will also be empowered to reach deep down within to discover hidden capabilities, look far beyond to see massive opportunities and launch out unstoppably to fulfill your dreams and help others to fulfill theirs! You will feel supremely alive and vibrant! You will feel supremely alive and vibrant! You will feel uncommonly elated! AFRICA USA TODAY 43
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