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joking and personalities aside
how can you diss Aretha in such a way
from 60-67 its true her recordings did nothing ,then with the right team behind her she gave the world some AWESOME tunes
think,,respect,never loved a man,you make me feel ,chain of fools and LOADS more in the 60s
dont play that song,spanish harlem,until you come back to me, in the 70s
her gospel rendition of Amazing Grace is an iconic recording as many of her tracks are....
her chart success and recording history is close to unrivalled by very few black female artists as you can get
saying shes the queen of soul is a shallow statement is as shallow as you can get imo
oh well all good fun i suppose - yours mark