Aretha Franklin

Songwriter: Traditional

[Verse]
Our Father
Which art in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy, Thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
On Earth as it is in, in Heaven
Give us this day, our daily, daily, our daily bread
And forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
And then lead us not into temptation
But deliver us, deliver us
Deliver us from all evil, mhm
For, for Thine, Thine is the kingdom
And the power
And the glory, for, forever, forever Amen
Oh yeah
You're gonna know His name is the Lord should He return
Forever Amen
Forever Amen

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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