inclined, say a little prayer for the light and the sound and the life that was aretha franklin and for the family members she leaves behind. when we come back, portions of my last conversation with the queen of soul. wondering what dress i m going to wear now. i say a little prayer for you i say a little prayer for you
fans around the world are celebrating the life arpd the voice of aretha franklin. queen of soul, yesterday s singer s longtime publicist announced she died of advanced pancreatic cancer surrounded by family and friends in detroit. had a career spanning six decades and known for songs like respect, i say a little prayer and you make me feel like a natural woman. barbara siggers franklin and civil right, grew up in detroit and got her start singing during her father s church services. debuting her first album songs of faith at 14 years old. over her career she won 18 grammys awarded the president s medal of freedom and became the first woman inducted into the
redding and dionne warwick and just make them her own with respect and i say a little prayer she was versatile, no one can forget that evening in 1998 when, at the grammys, when luciano pavarotti was sick, couldn t perform and she did the arya that was you didn t think of her as an opera singer but she was just so talented and such a such a brilliant thinker as a musician that i think really one of the most important musicians of our time. donny, i interviewed, two days ago, lenny kravitz for an upcoming piece on my subbed show. hadn t passed and he talked about her. this is what lenny kravitz said. through her voice and expression we get to feel what soul really is. you know what gospel really is,
the moment i wake up before i put on my makeup i say a little prayer for you that s the voice. around the world there are millions of little prayers being said for the queen of soul, arena franklin, who we know is in hospice care at her home. stevie wonder, jesse jackson among those who visited the ailing 76-year-old in the past days. joining me is pastor robert smith, jr., of new bethel baptist church. franklin s father served as pastor in this church for more than 30 years. that s where she began her career singing gospel. we know aretha franklin has never forgotten her roots. she has never forgotten her church and how important it is. in fact, it s so much of who she is as a person, almost as much as that legendary voice we all know so much. give us a sense of what she means to bethel but also what it means to her. well, first of all, thank you
link, is officials who have criticized him or who have been targets of the president s own criticism. brooke? jeremy, thank you. coming up next, much more on the life, the legacy, aretha franklin. we re live at the apollo theater, as so many people are coming by and paying their respects. say a little prayer for you the moment i wake up before i put on my makeup i say a little prayer for you oh, yes, i do and i m wondering which dress i m gonna wear now i say a little prayer for you oh, yes, i do forever and ever you ll stay in my heart and i will love you, forever and ever never will part oh, how i love you together forever to live without you will only be heartbreak for mow