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Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) [1] was an American poet, writer, and educator from Buffalo, New York. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] From 1979 to 1985 she was Poet Laureate of Maryland . Clifton was a finalist twice for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry.
The Dark Corner is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens. [2] The film was not a commercial success but has since been described as a "Grade A example of film noir ."
Aretha is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 30, 1980, by Arista Records . This is Franklin's second eponymous album, and her first for Arista Records after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records .
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The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin is the third studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in 1962 by Columbia Records. [4] It was her first album to achieve any commercial success, reaching number 69 on the Billboard pop album charts. [6] Unlike its predecessor, however, it did not have a hit single.
Franklin came up with the idea for the song after she saw a young couple engaged in deep conversation on New York's Park Avenue. Before they parted, Franklin heard them say to each other: "I love you... call me." [1] With the exception of Franklin on piano, musical backing for "Call Me" was handled by members of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.
Tyson reads "Three Wishes" by Lucille Clifton, a folktale about a girl who gets three wishes after finding a penny with her birth year on New Year's Day. Thomas, Kristofferson, and Coolidge sing "Circle of Friends" with their friends. Baby Brooks and Thomas bid each other farewell as they are taken away to live their own lives.
"American Idol" contestant Julia Gagnon auditioned with an Aretha Franklin song dedicated to her birth mom and blew the judges away, resulting in a rare platinum ticket.