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| | MSN Encarta - Aretha Franklin |
 | | Franklin, Aretha (Louise), born in 1942, American popular-music, soul, and rhythm-and-blues singer, praised for her great vocal capabilities and for the emotion and conviction she brings to her performances. |
 | | Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Franklin spent most of her childhood in Detroit, Michigan, where her father was a well-known evangelist preacher and singer. |
 | | She widened her audience with the albums Live at the Fillmore West (1971) and Young, Gifted and Black (1971), which appealed to fans of both popular music and rhythm and blues. |
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