Just like many of the people I've been showing you lately, Aretha got her start in church. Her father was a preacher, and she took to singing solos there. Her father was actually kind of famous in the religious world, and would tour to other churches to give sermons, so he would bring her along. He actually helped her get her first recording contract, and supported her when she wanted to switch from gospel to pop music. Her album came out in 1961, singles becoming so popular that she was named as a new-star female vocalist in Down Beat magazine. I'm not going to break it down because it'll be too huge, but essentially from that moment her career just went on and up as she continued to thrive and become an icon through the next four decades. She's still going strong as far as I can tell, so this woman is a beast. She performed this song in 2015 when the co-writer Carole King was honored, which brought it back into my mind, so this is what you get today.
Peace.
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