{"id":1137706,"date":"2018-08-20T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/?p=1137706"},"modified":"2018-08-21T12:15:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T10:15:21","slug":"the-gospel-according-to-aretha-franklin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nhub.news\/ru\/2018\/08\/the-gospel-according-to-aretha-franklin\/","title":{"rendered":"The gospel according to Aretha Franklin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two songs that show off Aretha Franklin\u2019s gospel roots.<\/b>
\nAretha Franklin will always be the Queen of Soul. As Sammy Davis Jr. put it, \u201cShe doesn\u2019t sing soul, she is soul.\u201d But how exactly did she so masterfully embody the spirit of soul music? Well, it starts with understanding the backbone of soul: gospel.
Franklin grew up in the church. Her father, C. L. Franklin, was one of the most famous preachers in America in the 1940s and \u201950s. He was known as the \u201cman with the million-dollar voice\u201d because his radio show, which was syndicated across the country during the golden age of gospel music, featured both his preaching and his singing.
And it wasn\u2019t just her father\u2019s influence; some of the most legendary gospel singers passed through her home, teaching her how to play piano and sing from her soul.
Some of Franklin\u2019s earliest recordings \u2014 even the ones under Columbia Records, where she was groomed to be a white glove-wearing pop singer \u2014 reveal just how effectively she could transform any popular tune into a goosebump-producing recording driven by the tradition of gospel music. Listen to \u201cMaybe I\u2019m a Fool\u201d and imagine what it might sound like if any other pop star sang it in 1961.
When Franklin signed to Atlantic Records, she was given much more creative freedom under the supervision of her producer Jerry Wexler. During the Atlantic era of her music, her gospel roots really shine. Two incredible pop songs in particular \u2014 a cover and a live performance \u2014 demonstrate just how well she could wreck a church with her music.
In the video above, Robert Darden and Birgitta Johnson, two experts in gospel music, help me break down how she made her cover of \u201cSon of a Preacher Man\u201d and live performance of \u201cDr. Feelgood\u201d bring people to church.<\/p>\n

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