Aretha Franklin

Released: October 17, 2014

Songwriter: Sammy Cahn Gene DePaul

Producer: Babyface Clive Davis Dapo Torimiro

Teach me tonight
Did you see that I've got a lot to learn?
Well don't think I'm trying not to learn
Since this is the perfect spot to learn -
Oooh, teach me tonight!
Let's start with the ABC of it
Roll right down to the XYZ of it
Help me solve the mystery of it
Teach me tonight!
The sky's a blackboard high above you
If a shooting star goes by
I'll use that star, to write I love you
A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn't very clear my love
Should the teacher stand so near my love?
Graduation's almost here my love
Come on and teach me tonight
I'll use that star to write I love you
A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn't very clear my love
Should the teacher stand so near my love
Graduation's almost here my love
Teach me......please teach me tonight!

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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