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Aretha Louise Franklin (/ ə ˈ r iː θ ə / ə-REE-thə; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. [2] Honored as the " Queen of Soul ", she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
When Aretha became a recording artist, Erma provided backing vocals and toured with her. Erma sang backup for her sister Aretha on Aretha's signature tune "Respect". [2] In 1967, Erma Franklin sang the original version of "Piece of My Heart", which was a top 10 soul hit in the U.S. and rose to number 62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. [3]
Carolyn Ann Franklin (May 13, 1944 – April 25, 1988) [2] was an American singer-songwriter. Besides her own musical success, Franklin was best known as the daughter of prominent Detroit preacher and civil rights activist C. L. Franklin and the younger sister of American singer/musician Aretha Franklin .
The Sweet Inspirations is the self-titled debut album by American recording soul/gospel female group the Sweet Inspirations, released in 1967 by Atlantic Records.Led by Cissy Houston, the Sweet Inspirations were highly-in-demand female back-up singers featured on some of the most important pop and soul recordings of the 1960s and '70s.
They performed as backup singers for Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, Aretha Franklin, and Le Pamplemousse. They worked with Diana Ross [5] from 1975 to 1978 and were the backup singers on Linda Clifford's 1978 album If My Friends Could See Me Now. [1] They also performed on Tower of Power's disco-themed 1979 album Back on the Streets. Their ...
While on the Aretha tour, she said, backup singers were brought in at each town. For “Soul,” three backup singers travel with her. All of the performers have in-ear monitors, she added, so ...
The Sweet Inspirations are an American R&B girl group from Newark, New Jersey, founded by Cissy Houston, mostly known for their work as backup singers on studio recordings for other R&B and rock artists but also a Grammy-nominated recording act in their own right.
Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston and an iconic gospel singer herself, has died. She was 91. Houston died at her home in New Jersey on Monday, Oct. 7 while under hospice care for ...