chain of fools her voice, the soundtrack for multiple generations. aretha franklin, the queen of soul, has passed. surrounded by family and friends in detroit after a battle with pancreatic cancer. we are celebrating her life, we are celebrating her music, her beautiful music and mourning her death this morning. i will take you back to detroit right now. ryan young is standing by at the franklin family longtime church. hi there, ryan. hello. music that touched generations and another musician is here with me. you said you had so many interactions with aretha over the years. what stood out with you? the thing that stood out to
key or whatever. okay, move that up. when it was exactly right, oh. exactly. that s it. knew exactly what she was doing every aspect of this business. that comes from sitting at a piano at a church on sunday having to do everything right. correct. she did not know she wasn t taught how to play the piano professionally or to sing or read music professionally. later on, she did go to school for it. sure. in the late 80s. that was all natural. i think it was juilliard where she went to a master class or something. she had to. she not only sings the natural woman, she is the natural woman. there s no doubt. the natural born legend of soul. thank you for sharing these moments with me. i feel like we re only scratching the surface. this is wonderful. we are really only scratching
we were talking to people in the streets yesterday. they said how much they loved aretha franklin because they felt she was a part of them. the city is a part of a resurge ent resurgence. a lot of people are like, the queen of soul meant so much. if you think about it from a civil rights stand poipoint, th idea of a woman could stand up and demand respect. i think about it. the idea that music stud oood o tremendously well. people have this connection with aretha franklin you can t imagine. they will pour out their hearts in terms of their love for this super star. i see it on your face. no matter what, you can t talk about aretha franklin s music without smiling and thinking, these are the songs that have run through the minds of generations and will continue to for generations to come. thank you so much. we will check in with ryan throughout this hour. joining me is pebo bryson,
happened, unbelievable. who would have thought it? nevertheless, it did happen. god is good. in the 80s, she adapted her music for a new generation. cruising away with a grammy for i knew you were waiting, her chart-topping duet with george michael. i knew you were waiting for me i ll be on your side forever more with her voice and her achievements in music and films, aretha is often considered to be one of the greatest singers of all time. in 2015, franklin graced the kennedy center stage again, this time to honor carol king. as she sang, president obama wiped a tear from her eye. her performance went viral. my country tis of thee
perspective, from a singer s perspective, someone who knows soul. give me the perspective of just her impact. there is no vocalist on this planet that is not trying to be some version of the original, who is the queen of soul. that s what everybody is trying to be some portion of that. if you are going to speak through music, you have to go aretha franklin. it seemed she was never sharp, she was never flat. she opened her mouth and it was perfection every time. she was born with perfect pitch. she was born to be the queen. she was born with perfect pitch. she was a great, great extremely accomplished musician. people just don t know. it was nothing for her to when she someone was talking about a story she did a