Aretha Franklin

[Verse 1]
Oooh, they tell me that into each life
Some rain has sure got to fall
Oooh, they tell me here, that everybody
Has sure, has sure got to cry sometime (cry
And, oh, if some rain (some rain
If some rain has got to fall (some rain
On everybody, and I’ve had enough rain in my life
Then I’m so glad right now
I got a little love around me
To keep the rain off my head, yeah, yeah
And I believe it’s, I believe it’s
I believe it’s because (tell me what do you believe
I believe it’s because
On the other night, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you, I held you in my arms, yeah
But when I woke up and found out I was mistaken, yeah
You know that I hung my (you know that I hung my
Hung my head and I cried (head and I cried

[Chorus]
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby (baby
You are my sunshine (baby
You sure make me happy, baby, oh, when the skies are grey
And you’ll never, never, never know, ah, how much I need you
I don’t want you to take my (oh baby, don’t you take my
Take my sunshine away (shining away

[Verse 2]
You told me once, you did it, that you really loved me
And no one else could ever, could ever come between, yeah
But now you’re thinking about to leaving me (leaving
For another, yeah (leaving
If you do you know you’re going to shatter
Shatter every one of my dreams (all of my dreams

[Chorus][x2]

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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