MONICA L. JOHNSON

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The day she was born was on March 25, 1942.Her home town was in Detroit, and also she wasa preachers daughter from Detroit. Soon enoughshe became one of the most famous singers in hertime. January 3, 1987 she became the first woman to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame.

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Her gospel success led legendary talent scout JohnHammond Jr. To sign her to Columbia Records, but the label sought to market her as a jazz talent since gospel had not yet bled into the pop mainstream.

The title may not be 100-percent accurate, since the songs here culled from franklins soul years, roughly between1967-1974, and she’s had lots more its since then.

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The gospel sound of Aretha Franklin is released on the Detroit-based JVB Records. Recorded in churchat age fourteen, it would be reissued thirty years later as Aretha Gospel.

Aretha records four demos in New York City, witch leadto a contract with Columbia records. The great Aretha Franklin