Aretha Franklin

I'm wandering
Been moving to and from just wandering
With no place to go, since I lost you
Lost you, all I ever do is be wandering
'til I wander back to you...
Oh!, I'm wishing, been yearning for your kiss
Oh! And I've Benn missing, the warmth of your caress
Since I lost you, I lost you, all I ever do is be wandering
Wandering, wandering, wandering, I'll be wandering, 'til I wander back to you...
I look on every corner, down every dismal street
Are you there?, are you there? Oh darling I repeat...
I visit all familiar places, there's no one there but me
Where can you be?, where can you be? Oh! darling where can you be?...
Oh! I'm praying your touch for me has grown
Oh! and I'm saying, for before it's not been known
I love you, I love you, and all I ever do is be wandering
Crying, wandering, wandering, I'll be wandering!
'til I wander, 'til I wander back to you!
Yeah, Oh yeah!
I'm gonna be wandering!
'till I wander back to you!
Yeah, yeah, oh wandering back to you

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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