Aretha: From These Roots - Aretha Franklin

Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Language: EnglishKeywords: Aretha Franklin Autobiography Music Nonfiction Queen Of Soul
Written by Aretha Franklin
Read by Ann Duquesnay
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
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Aretha Franklin’s immense and unique talent has made her one of America’s most popular singers for more than three decades. She is the winner of seventeen Grammy Awards, more than any other female performer; she has recorded twenty-one number-one R&B hits and eight top-ten pop hits; she was the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and she was the recipient of the Grammy Legend Award in 1991, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1994, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.
Now, Aretha reaches into her heart to reveal how she achieved the power to touch us all. Aretha: From These Roots tells the story of her music-filled childhood in Detroit, at home and at the New Bethel Baptist Church, presided over by her father, the world-renowned Reverend C.L. Franklin; her early days of struggle as a singer; and her unprecedented, meteoric breakthrough success. Aretha also offers special insights into the joys of motherhood, the challenges of romance, and the faith, hard work, and inspiration that have taken her to the top of the charts and kept her there, at the pinnacle of American music.
Written in collaboration with award-winning author David Ritz, Aretha: From These Roots is an inspiring, heartbreaking, and altogether unforgettable memoir that is sure to be the most talked-about story of the year, and for years to come.
Date of release: 1999
Length: 6 hours
Aretha Franklin’s immense and unique talent has made her one of America’s most popular singers for more than three decades. She is the winner of seventeen Grammy Awards, more than any other female performer; she has recorded twenty-one number-one R&B hits and eight top-ten pop hits; she was the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; and she was the recipient of the Grammy Legend Award in 1991, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1994, and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994.

Now, Aretha reaches into her heart to reveal how she achieved the power to touch us all. Aretha: From These Roots tells the story of her music-filled childhood in Detroit, at home and at the New Bethel Baptist Church, presided over by her father, the world-renowned Reverend C.L. Franklin; her early days of struggle as a singer; and her unprecedented, meteoric breakthrough success. Aretha also offers special insights into the joys of motherhood, the challenges of romance, and the faith, hard work, and inspiration that have taken her to the top of the charts and kept her there, at the pinnacle of American music.

Written in collaboration with award-winning author David Ritz, Aretha: From These Roots is an inspiring, heartbreaking, and altogether unforgettable memoir that is sure to be the most talked-about story of the year, and for years to come.

Date of release: 1999
Length: 6 hours