Aretha Franklin

[Verse]
I say I'll move the mountains, and I'll move the mountains
If he wants them out of the way
Crazy, he calls me... sure, I'm crazy;
Crazy in love, I'd say
I say I'll go through fire, yes, and I will kill fire;
As he wants it, so it shall be
Crazy, he calls me... sure, I'm crazy
Crazy in love, you see
Like the wind that shakes the bough
He moves me with a smile
The very difficult, I will do right now;
The impossible will take a little while
And I say I'll care forever, and I really will care forever
Even if I, even if I, even if I have to hold up the sky
Crazy, he calls me... well, maybe, baby, maybe, I'm crazy;
Sure, crazy in love am I
Crazy in love am I
And I will move the mountains

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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