Happy Birthday, Aretha Franklin

[filkertom]

On this date in 1942.

What are some of your favorites by the Queen of Soul? I could list a bunch of things here, but I do think my all-time fave performance of hers is "Think" from The Blues Brothers. (You can watch the scene here.)

Comments

[sveethot.livejournal.com]

Chain of Fools - I'm desk dancing just thinking about it. I loved when she guested on Murphy Brown. Years ago my BFF & I went to see her in concert here in Houston. It was in September, when the weather is still hot and sticky and she refused to have the ac on. You can only imagine. She's wearing her usual full ballgown. At one point she took her hairpiece off and placed it on the piano, joking that she would never get a man that way. Happy birthday, Sister Re.

[pjhandley.livejournal.com]

I would have to agree with you on the scene from the Blues Brothers.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Her cover of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" from the tail end of the namesake film...

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Chain of Fools, yep!

Respect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XAI-PFQcA

Bridge Over Troubled Water, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBl5gAs6WI

[virtualvirtue.livejournal.com]

Um...everything I've heard of hers, I've liked.

I do agree that I just bounce when I see that scene in the Blues Brothers.

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

I really like a version I have of her singing "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" from a 1968 show. She kicks butt and takes names - never really heard her do a BAD number.