by Kevin Morton | Mar 13, 2012
In my book, anytime you combine Aretha Franklin with drummer Roger Hawkins and the rest of the Fame Studio musicians, the music will be burning. In this early Aretha recording, its a slow burn that carries throughout. Hawkins has always played with a great touch and...
by Kevin Morton | Sep 15, 2007
In the movie business, sequels are a funny thing, rarely living up to the promise of the first movie. Likewise, in music, a cover is tricky, because everyone has the first rendition to compare it to. Aretha Franklin’s treatment of the Burt Bachrach song “I...
by Kevin Morton | Jul 12, 2007
“For five long years, I thought you were my man/’Till I found out, I’m just a link in your chain.” So begins Aretha Franklin’s fifth hit of 1967, a sequence that began with “Respect” hitting the top in June, and ending with...
by Kevin Morton | Jul 12, 2007
What can one say about this absolute classic, this pinnacle of soul music that hit the top of the charts for 11 weeks in 1967? Aretha Franklin was raised in Detroit, her dad a famous preacher. Aretha was singing gospel music from the age of nine, and that experience...
by Kevin Morton | Jul 12, 2007
