Respect: The Life of Aretha Franklin (51 page)

Schooling of Franklin’s sons Clarence and Edward, reported in
Jet,
June 9, 1975

Review of concert at Westchester Premier Theater,
Billboard,
June 14, 1975

Franklin back in New York, reported in New York Beat,
Jet,
September 25, 1975

Ruth Bowen, Carolyn Franklin, Cecil Franklin, Erma Franklin, Jerry Wexler, Natalie Cole, Jeffrey Kruger

Sparkle,
Atlantic, 1976

Sweet Passion,
Atlantic, 1977

Bob Lucas, “Looking Ahead with Aretha Franklin,”
Jet,
February 26, 1976

Ken Cunningham aiming for a filmmaking career, reported in New York Beat,
Jet,
April 22, 1976

Ace Burgess, “Aretha Franklin’s Hidden Asset: Her Brother Cecil,”
Jet,
July 15, 1976

“Aretha Franklin, Her Soul Mate End Their Love Match,”
Jet,
August 12, 1976

“Still on a Throne, Aretha Loses Weight, Looks Ahead,”
Jet,
June 23, 1977

Geoff Brow, Franklin going out with Glynn Turman, reported in People Are Talking About,
Jet,
July 28, 1977

“Aretha Franklin’s Soulmate Upset About Romance Rumors,”
Jet,
July 28, 1976

“Is There Room at the Top for Big Three of Song?,”
Jet,
September 15, 1977

Aretha to perform in England, reported in
Jet,
October 22, 1977

“U.K. Pact Flap Axes Aretha Gig,”
Billboard,
December 3, 1977

Photo of Franklin and Glynn Turman in
Jet
, December 29, 1977

Review criticizes Aretha’s show in Paris,
Billboard
, January 21, 1978

Cole and Ritz,
Love Brought Me Back

Carolyn Franklin, Erma Franklin, Cecil Franklin, Jerry Wexler

Sweet Passion
, Atlantic, 1977

Sparkle
, Atlantic, 1976

Almighty Fire,
Atlantic, 1978

“A Fabulous Party—Until Somebody Stole the Doves,”
Jet
, May 11, 1978

Full-page self-promotional ad in
Variety
, June 20, 1978

“Aretha and Glynn,”
Ebony
, July 1978

Jean Williams, “Los Angeles Aretha Fete a Puzzler,”
Billboard
, July 22, 1978

Cecil Franklin, Ahmet Ertegun, Ruth Bowen, Carolyn Franklin, Jerry Wexler

La Diva
, Atlantic, 1979

“Aretha Adopts New Lifestyle with New Family,”
Jet
, January 25, 1979

Jean Williams’s review of Franklin’s concert at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe,
Billboard
, February 10, 1979

Photo with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter,
Jet
, March 29, 1979

Carolyn Franklin, Erma Franklin, Cecil Franklin, Ruth Bowen, Arif Mardin

Aretha
, Arista, 1980

Review of performance at Kool Jazz Festival, New Jersey, reported in
Billboard
, August 25, 1979

Franklin appears at a benefit concert for C. L. Franklin in Detroit, reported in
Jet,
April 17, 1980

Jean Williams, Franklin’s questionable costumes, reported in Counterpoint,
Billboard
, July 26, 1980

Franklin’s weight loss, in
Jet
, November 15, 1980

Franklin’s contract worth $9 million, reported in
Ebony
, January 1981

Robert Palmer, “Aretha Franklin, with Feeling and Fireworks,”
New York Times
, February 27, 1981

Franklin rates her top men, reported in
Ebony,
1981

Arif Mardin, Cecil Franklin, Luther Vandross, Erma Franklin, Carolyn Franklin

Love All the Hurt Away,
Arista, 1981

Jump to It,
Arista, 1982

Stephen Holden, review of
Love All the Hurt Away, New York Times,
October 11, 1981

Julie Chenault, “Aretha Franklin Tells Why Weight Doesn’t Worry Her Anymore,”
Jet,
September 17, 1981

Review of
Jump to It, Billboard,
July 31, 1982

Nelson George, review of Franklin at Superfest,
Billboard,
September 25, 1982

Franklin comments on her father’s health, reported in
Jet,
August 9, 1982

Dissolution of Franklin-Turman marriage, reported in Celebrity Beat,
Jet,
August 23, 1982

Carolyn Franklin, Cecil Franklin, Ruth Bowen, Erma Franklin

Jump to It,
Arista, 1982

“Aretha Franklin Sponsors 2nd Annual Artist’s Ball to Benefit Comatose Dad,”
Jet
, November 7, 1983

Franklin to sue Arista, reported in
Jet
, November 21, 1983

Earline Franklin, Erma Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, Ruth Bowen, Cecil Franklin, Narada Michael Walden, Luther Vandross, Jerry Wexler

Who’s Zoomin’ Who?,
Arista, 1985

Gary Graff, “Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul Decides ‘It’s Time to Get Back to It,’ ”
Chicago Tribune
, February 24, 1985

Franklin’s fear of flying over, reported in
Jet
, February 25, 1985

Paul Grein, “Freeway of Love” tops charts, reported in Chart Beat,
Billboard
, August 3, 1985

Nelson George, success of
Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
, reported in Rhythm and the Blues,
Billboard
, December 7, 1985

Jerry Wexler, Erma Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, Ray Charles, Luther Vandross, Brenda Corbett, Cecil Franklin, Ruth Bowen, Dick Alen

Aretha
, Arista, 1986

Jon Pareles, review of
Aretha
,
New York Times
, November 2, 1986

Nelson George, Franklin doesn’t travel by plane, reported in Rhythm and the Blues,
Billboard
, July 19, 1986

Richards and Fox,
Life

Cecil Franklin, Brenda Corbett, James Cleveland, Erma Franklin, Ruth Bowen, Ahmet Ertegun

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
, Arista, 1987

John Rockwell, review of
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
,
New York Times
, December 13, 1987

Photo of Franklin at annual masquerade ball, in
Jet
, August 22, 1988

Bego,
Aretha Franklin

Ruth Bowen, Jerry Wexler, Erma Franklin, Luther Vandross

Through the Storm
, Arista, 1989

Franklin and Ritz,
Aretha: From These Roots

Erma Franklin, Dick Alen, Arif Mardin, Oliver Leiber, Ruth Bowen, Vaughn Franklin, Jerry Wexler, Carmen McRae, Phil Ramone

What You See Is What You Sweat
, Arista, 1991

Amazing Grace
, Atlantic, 1972

Aretha Franklin Greatest Hits 1980–1994,
Arista, 1994

“What Now My Love,” on
Duets,
Frank Sinatra, Capitol, 1993

“The Makings of You,” on
A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield
, various artists, Warner Brothers, 1994

“New York Magistrate Rules Aretha Should Pay $230,000 for Backing Out on Play,”
Jet
, February 19, 1990

Jon Pareles, “The Unpredictable Aretha Franklin,”
New York Times
, August 11, 1990

“Aretha Franklin Talks About Men in Her Life and Sings Songs About Them,”
Jet
, August 19, 1991

Stephen Holden, “Aretha Franklin Almost Turns a Concert into a Fashion Show,”
New York Times
, September 16, 1991

“IRS Puts $225,000 Tax Lien on Aretha Franklin’s Home,”
Jet,
December 14, 1992

Ginia Bellafante, “Respect? Fur-get It,”
Time,
February 1, 1993

Jon Pareles, “Aretha Franklin in Stellar Company and on Her Own,”
New York Times,
April 29, 1993

“Aretha Blasts Columnist Over Quips About Gown,”
Jet
, May 31, 1993

Franklin and Ritz,
Aretha: From These Roots

Davis and DeCurtis,
The Soundtrack of My Life

Vaughn Franklin, Erma Franklin, Ruth Bowen, Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler

“It Hurts Like Hell,” on
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album,
various artists, Arista, 1995

A Rose Is Still a Rose
, Arista, 1998

“I’ll Fly Away,” on
Diana: Princess of Wales Tribute,
various artists, Sony Records, 1997

What You See Is What You Sweat
, Arista, 1991

Fred Bronson, Chart Beat,
Billboard
, May 14, 1994

Janet Jackson beats Franklin’s record for gold singles, reported in
Jet
, August 29, 1994

Stephen Holden, “Playful Aretha Franklin Plumbs Roots of Soul,”
New York Times,
November 5, 1994

David Nathan, “Veteran Divas Find New Audiences,”
Billboard
, November 19, 1994

Laura B. Randolph, “Aretha Talks About Men, Marriage, Music and Motherhood,”
Ebony
, April 1995

Geoffrey Himes, review of “It Hurts Like Hell” from
Exhale
soundtrack,
Washington Post,
November 29, 1995

Photo with Arthur Mitchell at Kennedy Center, in
Jet,
May 27, 1996

Jon Pareles, “Soaring on Passion, Rooted in Gospel,”
New York Times,
June 28, 1996

Clarence Waldron, “Aretha Franklin Still Gets R-E-S-P-E-C-T,”
Jet,
October 7, 1996

J. R. Reynolds, Rhythm and the Blues,
Billboard
, April 26, 1998

Larry Flick, review of
A Rose Is Still a Rose, Billboard
, February 7, 1998

Fred Bronson, Chart Beat,
Billboard
, February 14, 1998

Robert Christgau, review of
A Rose Is Still a Rose, Village Voice,
March 17, 1998

Review of
A Rose Is Still a Rose
,
Rolling Stone
, March 19, 1998

Franklin and Ritz,
Aretha: From These Roots

Knight,
Between Each Line

Ward-Royster and Rose,
How I Got Over

Vaughn Franklin, Jerry Wexler, Eric Keil, Ruth Bowen

“Respect,” on
Blues Brothers 2000,
Universal Records, 1998

“Nessun Dorma,” on
Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen,
Arista, 2007

Larry Flick, “The Grammys: Big Wins, Big Buzz,”
Billboard
, March 7, 1998

Fred Bronson, Chart Beat,
Billboard
, March 14, 1998

Fred Bronson, Chart Beat,
Billboard,
March 21, 1998

Clarence Waldron, “Aretha Franklin Talks About Being a Diva,”
Jet
, May 18, 1998

Franklin listed as one of the most influential people of the twentieth century,
Time
, June 8, 1998

“Arista’s Record Year,”
Billboard,
July 25, 1998

Lynn Norment, “Aretha Roars Back and Gets R-E-S-P-E-C-T,”
Ebony,
August 1998

Erma Franklin, Ruth Bowen

“Why Doesn’t Aretha Pay Her Bills?,”
Detroit Free Press
, February 15, 1999

“Franklin Calls Story on Alleged Financial Woes ‘Malicious and Vicious,’ ”
Jet,
March 8, 1999

Franklin performs at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, reported in
New York Times
, May 3, 1999

Gail Mitchell, “Aretha Pairs Up for Set of Duets and Turns Author,”
Billboard
, July 29, 1999

Aretha: From These Roots
on
New York Times
bestseller list (hardcover nonfiction), September 24, 1999

Franklin and Ritz,
Aretha: From These Roots

Jerry Wexler, Ruth Bowen, Dick Alen, Ahmet Ertegun, Erma Franklin, Sabrina Owens, Earline Franklin

Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen,
Arista, 2007

A Woman Falling Out of Love
, Aretha’s Records, 2011

Gail Mitchell, review of the
Duets
album, Rhythm and the Blues,
Billboard
, March 25, 2000

Ben Ratliff, “What Aretha Wants and Needs She Doesn’t Always Get,”
New York Times
, June 26, 2000

Franklin suing
Star
for article disparaging her, reported in
Detroit Free Press
, November 29, 2001