Aretha FRANKLIN - "God Bless The Child" (LIVE/1982)

WOW! Thanks to WADE to post this magic moment! THE QUEEN pays tribute to THE LADY. Aretha FRANKLIN and Billie HOLIDAY, the most gifted artists of our time!

"Among a mainstream and white consumer public, Franklin was arguably the most popular black woman artist since Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday and was clearly more accessible to these audiences than Smith and Holiday. Like Smith and Holiday, Franklin infused public narratives of black and militancy, with nuanced demands for human respect and human decency".
Marc Anthony NEAL, What Music said..., (1998).

"She's more important than her music — if they must be separated — and they should be separated when she has to pass out before anyone recognizes she needs a rest and i say i need aretha's music".
Nikki GIOVANNI, "A Poem for Aretha", Re: Creation (1970).

Janis Joplin said she is the best chick singer since Billie Holiday.

Ray Charles said ARETHA is one of the greatest I've heard any time.

"I'm really inspired by talent, it doesn't threaten me. I wish I could sing like Aretha FRANKLIN. Those fantastic high notes she hits"
Barbra STREISAND, Playboy, (10/1977).

"You, Aretha, have always been and still are my only vocal mentor."
Chaka Khan, Bet Awards, (2003).

"Her success swept aside everything in its path previous standards of excellence were rendered suddenly moot by the entrance of someone so uniquely gifted, so inspired in her art that all others were dwarfed by comparison There had not been so stunning a debut in popular music since Elvis Presleys, but unlike Elviss, Arethas art was wrung from experience, as intuitive as her apprehension of that experience might be."
Peter GURALNICK, Sweet Soul Music, (1986).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• SOUL
• GOSPEL
• JAZZ
• Aretha
• Billie
• Holiday

[yaskam]

THE QUEEN pays tribute to THE LADY.

Janis JOPLIN: "Aretha is the best chick singer since Billie Holiday.

John HAMMOND: "Aretha as "the greatest voice since billie holiday'".

Dick CLARCK: "She wasn't Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday or anybody else. She was, and is ... Aretha".

Marc Anthony NEAL: "Like Smith and Holiday, Franklin infused public narratives of black and militancy, with nuanced demands for human respect and human decency".

[VeronicaCure]

I've never seen this before.  It's WONDERFUL! Thank you so much for sharing this performance of the women with the best voice on the planet.

[yaskam]

Sure about ARETHA. You're welcome.

[DERRIAN2]

I wish her phrasing and diction were this clear today. I think if she loses some weight she will ssound a lot better.

[amor8993]

of course aretha kilt it like always but no one tops the original billie holidays version

[DAVIDBROWN110]

This is very nice, but her original (with Columbia) is absolutely, to die for, superbbbb. Don't bother wondering, her interpretations have laid me back for years now!!

[mtcoh]

Aretha does a wonderful job here.  Billie would be proud!

[FreddieWolf]

I LOVE YOU

[RomanJackass]

@yaskam leave the since billie, aretha kicks ass!

[justice000777]

@blundred2 I totally disagree that this song "should not be touched". This song is my life theme song by Miss Billie. But it "has to be touched" by others, because it's meaning is so transcending. (note: I know this comment is 1 year old. lol)

[skipper8257]

I like this version more than Billy Hollidays. Both are great but Aretha has got it all.

[helloviolindonna]

her voice gives me chill bumps. totally makes my hair rise. her voice is so beautiful and haunting. she has so much soul and range in her voice!

[oneloveatatime]

amazing performance.......sing Aretha sing

[Legend09127]

She can sing anything, brilliant rendition by the one and only Queen of Soul.