Aretha Franklin was a singer born in Memphis and raised in Detroit. Gospel was the first room, and then the songs of the 1960s, Respect among them, carried her voice into public life. Concerts, records, and the farewell in Detroit in 2018 are the events a visitor can picture. She was mourned as a person the country already knew by her first name.
Gând
A sample thought. A colleague would remember the work, and the way it was done.
Paul
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Poveste
Sunday at the table
This is a sample story. A son would write about Sunday, the extra chair, and the way Aretha Franklin kept a place for whoever arrived.
Jon
Fotografie
Atlantic Records · Public domain
Fotografie
The White House from Washington, DC · Public domain
Fotografie
Llez · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lumânare
For the songs, and for Sunday.
Nora
Lumânare
A sample candle left beside the story.
Sofia
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for Aretha Franklin. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
A song they loved
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Aretha Franklin.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in Memphis
Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee.
Cronologie
Respect
Her recording of Respect became a public song, played far beyond the radio that first carried it.
Cronologie
A farewell in Detroit
She died in Detroit, the city of her father’s church and of her own long working life.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for Aretha Franklin. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1942
1967
2018