Aretha Franklin: 1st Piece of the Influential Women Series
 
Iconic singer Aretha Franklin will forever be remembered for hit songs such as "Respect," "Think" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," as well as her activism and role in the civil rights movement.
 
Franklin was a self-taught musician who learned to play the piano by ear and couldn't read music. 
 
Aretha Franklin started out singing in the gospel choir at her Baptist church in Detroit, Michigan – her father was the minister and took Aretha on the road during his “gospel caravan” tours.
 
Aretha won 18 Grammys, had 112 singles on the Billboard charts, and sold over 75 million records worldwide. She was the first female performer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and remains the most charted female artist in history.
 
Following her death in 2018 at age 76, the Pulitzer Prize jury awarded Franklin a special citation “for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.
 
16x16 inch Original Acrylic Painting On Canvas
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