BMG International has announced the release of Aretha Franklin's boxed set A Portrait of the Queen.
The set features five of The Queen of Soul's original albums from the early '70s including This Girl’s In Love With You, Spirit In The Dark, Young, Gifted And Black, Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of
Kathy Sledge will perform at the O2 in London (Image: Getty) “We’d go to these countries and be treated like superstars, then I’d come home and get the bus to school… “I learned quickly never talk about it at school and never let it go to my head. If I’d said I’d been singing on stage
By Tom King
We continue our look back at the music of 50 years agoâ¦.
Donald Fagen of Steely Dan once wrote a song called âHey Nineteenâ in which an aging gentleman sings to his much younger girlfriend âHey Nineteen, we got nothing in common. She donât remember the Queen Of Soulâ. Fortunately, those of us of a certain age do remember the glory years of the Queen, Aretha Franklin including a wonderful âliveâ LP from 1971 recorded at the legendary Fillmore West in San Francisco. Promoter Bill Grahamâs western outpost had hosted most of the biggest names in Bay Area music including the Grateful Dead, Santana, CCR, Quicksilver Messenger Service and the Jefferson Airplane, when he brought Aretha to town for three nights in early March 1971.