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Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin Announces She’s Retiring This Year At Age 74, After Album Release
US Magazine ^ | 02/09/2017 | Evan Real

Posted on 02/09/2017 12:47:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: morphing libertarian

Halle Berry always looks as though she swallowed a live bug, and just now realized it. Her resting face is glum and/or disgusted. The only way Halle could even begin to play Areatha is via camera tricks , similar to what Eddie Murphy did in some of his more funny movies.


21 posted on 02/09/2017 3:22:59 PM PST by lee martell
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I think that was aretha’s fantasy


22 posted on 02/09/2017 3:25:16 PM PST by morphing libertarian
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“I have heard she was a real diva, demanding and thought her feces had no odor.”

That might have been it. The radio program I heard was years ago and my memory isn’t the best anymore.


23 posted on 02/09/2017 3:51:41 PM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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To: Daveinyork

Ahh, okay.
I got mixed up somehow or another.
I’ll blame it on my failing memory.


24 posted on 02/09/2017 3:53:43 PM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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Soul music was king here in York, PA when I was in high school in the mid 1960’s. If you were a DJ or a band at a dance, you didn’t play Beatles, if you valued your safety.

But your error is common. A few years ago on a cruise, we heard a tribute to Motown, which included some numbers from Aretha. I mentioned it to a classmate of mine, and asked here if she knew what was wrong with that. She said, what I said, that Aretha never sang a note for Motown Records, at least back in the heyday of soul, although she might have more recently.

Some of the biggest soul music stars were not with Motown - James Brown, Joe Tex, Aretha, Ray Charles, Wilson Picket.


25 posted on 02/10/2017 3:14:29 AM PST by Daveinyork
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