as anccompanying other players - folks will listen over the next few days. here at npr music, we are sharing play lists and analysis of her work. when you listen, listen to the piano fill, the piano intros. that s a part of her genius that this week i think gives us a chance to remember. i will listen with a different ear. i appreciate that. thank you so much for joining me. thank you. appreciate it. i want to bring this in as we are talking about tributes and all of the big names paying tribute to aretha franklin. president trump has tweeted about aretha franklin. the queen of soul, aretha franklin is dead. she was a great woman with a wonderful gift from god, her voice. she will be missed. the president sharing in the sentiment that so many people are feeling at this moment. we will continue to celebrate the woman, the legend after a
do you feel we re moving forward fast enough? i think that we have come a very, very long way. we have come to the forefront in many fields, of course, entertainment, sports and so on. but we still have a long way to go. i had earlier we have made great strides. you think so? you were there. you saw it. you were on the front lines sgli wasn . i wasn t on the front line. i was with dr. king from church service to church service. that s the line. that s the line. well, i was behind dr. king. i was a very young girl. don, your thoughts? i mean, what do you say after that? right. she was the queen. she was the queen of everything. the queen of keeping it real.
franklin s music being the soundtrack to my childhood. at every family garagering, eve gathering, on family vacations, when we listened to aretha. there is no voice and no one ever that will be like her. some people have a gift that there s music in their voice. they just open their mouths and the song just drops out. and that is that was aretha franklin. she could not she was unmatched. but i think a lot of that also came from the church and her father. because she grew up with her father in the church. that came from the church. you have to think about, there was no auto tune. she could play the piano and other instruments. she would sit there and she was music. it s hard to even think that i m
but we put a tribute on to her in 2011 and honored her as american music master. had the privilege of leading the team that put that together. she attended and was part of the celebration. i will never forget it. tell me what you won t forget about that. the quality of the performances by the people who honored her, people like dennis cissy houston who sang backup with her for years. we had eric holder who wanted to attends a guest, the attorney general was so reflective of aretha s civil rights impact and commitments which so many of the guests this morning have talked about. she attended and watched the show. she hadn t planned to perform. she came up at the end of the night and after seeing so many people sing her music, the great gospel star who represented her gospel years so well, aretha
18 grammys, a woman who blessed us all with her music, bringing the country together, her countless chart toppers like respect and natural woman. aretha franklin has died at her home in detroit. here is a look at the remarkable woman and her remarkable career. what you want, baby i got it she was the queen of soul what garnered respect on and off stage. born aretha louise franklin in memphis, tennessee. the four octave range vocalist got her start at a young age in her father s church in detroit. the so she credited him with nurturing her talent. he taught me a number of things having to do with timing and phrasing and different things like that and coaching me in different ways. he did say at one point that one day i would sing for kings and