ARETHA is gone! Long live the Queen!

[bnm73]

http://www.vulture.com/2018/08/9-incredible-aretha-franklin-stories.html

 

9 true stories about the great one. My favorite:

 

When Luciano Pavarotti was too ill to sing at the 1998 Grammys, Aretha stepped in.

In a stunning show of raw talent and professionalism, Aretha Franklin performed the aria “Nessun Dorma” during the Grammys’ “In Memoriam” segment. When pressed for a replacement, that year’s producer, Ken Ehrlich, went to Aretha.

 

“And she said she wanted to hear the dress rehearsal,” he told the U.K.’s Far Out magazine “In those days we had a boombox with a cassette. And I brought it to her and played it for her. When she heard it, she said, ‘Yeah, I can do this.’” Needless to say, she did not disappoint.

Hopefully, the Grammys will replay this when they remember her...it's what she did 20 years ago that I mentioned above. It still gives me chills.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tsYKhGu--U

[+ WilliamM]

Spanky gave a touching remembrance of Aretha: “I knew her well. She worked for me.”

 

What a great president.*

 

New York Times

 

It was not clear when the president was saying, but Ms. Franklin did perform a handfull of times at Mr. Trump's properties.

 

Trump at his cabinet meeting:

 

I want to begin today by expressing condolences to the family of a person I knew well. She worked for me on numerous occasions [an exaggeration]. She was terrific:

Aretha Franklin."

[+ deej]

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