What if Aretha Franklin had never signed to Atlantic?
In 1966, Aretha Franklin remains at Columbia and rebuilds her career there instead of making her Atlantic breakthrough.
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Aretha Franklin’s Respect (Atlantic, 1967): Otis Redding rewritten, Muscle Shoals players, Billboard Hot 100 No. 1.
Afterlife Interview with Aretha Franklin
Riffs and Beats finds Aretha Franklin at a grand piano under Detroit church light, gold gown on, white rose on the lid, and she takes the afterlife as another call to the mic.