Bravo not only to Aretha but to the outstanding vocals of her background singers!! Aretha always had great background singers on record or live and would let them shine either way!! She was very confident in her gift as a singer. No intimidation whatsoever!!❤
During this time she was the greatest singer in both gospel and R&B. She helped to shape the sound of gospel as we know it today. Think about it, the Clarks and others were heavily inspired by her soulful/acrobatic vocals.
Donny Hathaway in that period belongs in the convo based on his recordings and performances of songs like Lord, Help Me and We Need You Right Now on the Gospel side of things, and on the R&B side, pretty much anything he touched.
@@anthonytaylor7928 They didn't say she single handedly shaped sound. They said she "helped" to shape the sound of gospel as we know it today and that is a FACT!
She definitely was ONE of the greatest singers in both genres. However MAHALIA JACKSON was the greatest gospel singer EVER. you had many great singers Ella Fitzgerald, Whitney Houston , Shirley Ceasar . Chaka Khan . Many GREAT singers
Every time she sang a standing ovation was deserved. I listen to the current crop of "soul" singers and I despair. Aretha was a one-off never to be repeated. Thanks to God for youtube keeping this fabulous music alive.
This song is simply beautiful I truly love this song I play it over and over and over every time I hear it sounds better and better every time i hear it thank you queen.
Unstoppable. Back in the late 90's/Early 2000s, i discovered pretty much all of Arethas 70s stuff on Napster...lol if anyone remembers Napster...lol . i remember downloading this song and falling in love with all of her great 70s stuff even if all of it wasn't big hits. She just had such a huge and wonderful catalogue of songs.
For the imitators out there,Aretha could not only holler with emotion,she could sing 🎶with soul,she was the whole package,oh to have lived in the same time as her was glorious!long live the Queen 👸 of Soul ❤❤❤
I remember my auntie Liz had this album and the cover ( along with over album covers) glued to the square smoky mirrors in the living room. . The 70’s produced glorious music and Sparkle is at the top of the list. PS.... I miss my auntie Liz. She died of cancer a few years ago. Thank you for being an awesome 2nd mother. RIP...
My review: The first time I heard Giving Him Something He Can Feel made me blush and shot waves through me! I swear to God as I’m writing this, that song did something to the little kid in me! I wasn’t even a teenager yet! But Jesus, she sang that song in a way that grew me up inside! Aretha Franklins voice, phrasing, soul stirring arrangements and emotions ran me wild!! I would sneak and listen to that song bc it was so deep! I also felt that maybe, as a young kid, it was a song that I shouldn’t be hearing. Well I’m fully grown now and the song still moves me as it did then! Aretha is pure genius. I will forever miss her magic. 🙏🏽♥️
God bless everyone who made this possible...im so happy to hear her perform this live, loving it so much for so long The greatest there is, and not by a little
JUST SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL BLESS SISTER ARETHA FRANKLIN QUEEN OF SOUL AMAZING GRACE VOICE 😇 😇 AMEN AMEN AMEN 🙏 🙏💕 💕 TOO GOD BE THE GLORY 😇 😇 AMEN AMEN AMEN 🙏 🙏💕 💕
Curtis Mayfield did get the credit for writing and producing the music and the soundtrack for the movie, R.I.P TO OUR LEGENDARY MUSICIANS MATTERS PEOPLE PEACE&LOVE
She couldn't survive the way she did in the 70s without the assistance of Curtis Mayfield!! Dam right Curtis Mayfield wrote many many songs for Aretha that whole decade. What? You all thought she did it on her own? He even produced her songs! She recorded on curtis's record label...
Curtis only did two albums with Aretha. Sparkle and 1978's Almighty Fire, which flopped. Aretha spent all the 1970s on Atlantic. And her 70s hits were: Call Me (written by Aretha) Spirit in the Dark (also written by Aretha) Don't Play That Song for Me Bridge Over Troubled Water Daydreaming (another Aretha composition) Spanish Harlem Until You Come Back to Me This is easy to look up.
I know this is late and not taking anything away from Curtis but Aretha had many hits during the 1970`s without Curtis Mayfield . He only did two albums with Aretha , `Sparkle` which did well and gave her a needed boost and `Almighty Fire` which did not do well and had no hits.... Aretha gave great vocals and Curtis did his thing but disco music was dominating at the time... So actually she survived most of the 70`s without Curtis . Also you are wrong about Aretha recording on Curtis Mayfield`s label... It`s true he composed and produced those songs but the songs were recorded and released on the Atlantic record label .
@@timmy841212 plus "Rock Steady" and its flipside "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for you Baby)," "All the King's Horses," "I'm In Love," "Border Song," "Without Love," "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"....Aretha was no slouch in the 70s.
@@floydfelder3580 I'm not "disrespecting" Aretha. I love her music, but it's universally acknowledged that her fashion sense left a lot to be desired. Do you actually believe this dress looks good on her? Like many aspects of her career, she would not take advice from others about fashion choices.
