Aretha Franklin

Released: July 1, 1972

Songwriter: Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II

And you'll never walk alone

[Verse]
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head, hold it up high
And don't, don't you be afraid
Of the dark
For at the end, at the end of the storm
There is a golden, a golden sky
And sweet silver song
Of the lark

Walk on, walk on through the wind
Get your courage together
Walk on, walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed
I know sometimes they get tossed and they get blown
What you gotta do is walk on

It sounds mighty mighty good to me right now

Walk on with just a little bit of hope
Right on, right on
With just a little bit of hope in your heart
And you'll never, you won't never, I will never
I know that you will never walk alone
You'll never walk alone

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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