歌手:Aretha Franklin
中文名:艾瑞莎．弗兰克林
风格:Soul/R&B/Gospel
艾瑞莎．弗兰克林（Aretha Franklin）是灵乐的巨人，同时也是美国Pop界的巨星。与其他的歌手相比，她将灵乐那种虔诚的信仰表现得淋漓尽致。1942年3月25日出生于田纳西州的曼菲斯，1967-1973是艾瑞莎．弗兰克林巅峰时期，以灵魂、福音式曲风以及女性自觉的歌曲内容掳获广大歌迷的心，畅销曲一首接一首。
60年代末她那些令人震惊的大作，例如"Respect" 、"I Never Loved a Man"、"Baby I Love You"、 "I Say a Little Prayer" 、"Think" 、"The House That Jack Built"、"Chain Of Fools"、"Share Your Love With Me"、"S
panish Harlem"、"Until You Come Back To Me"为她赢得了“Lady Soul”(灵乐女士)的称号，而她也确实当之无愧。以烈焰般燃烧的灵乐潜质，飘逸，热情，以及R&B风格的伴奏，Aretha那富有魔力的嗓音征服了无数听众。
三十多年的演唱生涯中艾瑞莎获奖无数，其中包括15座葛莱美奖，尤其节奏蓝调的项目似乎就专为她设置。另外终生成就奖、第一位女性艺人进入摇滚名人殿堂者也唯有艾瑞莎弗兰克林！跨越流行与黑人音乐界线的她拥有七十多首流行单曲与近百首节奏蓝调单曲，除号称「灵魂乐第一夫人」外，「灵魂歌后」（Queen Of Soul）的尊称更确切说明了艾瑞莎．弗兰克林在美国流行音乐的地位。
「灵魂歌后」艾瑞莎．弗兰克林1942年3月25日出生于田纳西州的曼菲斯，2岁时举家迁往底特律。由于父亲是牧师，教堂在艾瑞莎的成长环境占有重要地位；孩提时候就参加唱诗班并弹奏钢琴，10岁时已担任独唱随父亲在美国各地表演，14岁之前在芝加哥名厂Chess旗下灌有一些宗教性录音。由于在宗教界小有名气，1960年，Columbia唱片公司经理也是制作人John Hammond看上了18岁的艾瑞莎过人的音乐天赋将之签至旗下，但由于无法定位，艾瑞莎在Columbia的6年间录制不下12张唱片，或爵士或音乐剧歌曲或甜美的流行歌曲，却始终无法大红大紫，她的音乐事业似乎走入了死胡同。
1966年底另一制作人Jerry Wexler说服艾瑞莎与Atlantic唱片公司签约，在他细心呵护下，艾瑞莎的命运从此改观。Wexler造就她的秘诀在于邀集好歌让艾瑞莎充分发挥其音域宽广具爆发力的歌唱天赋，再佐以简单的节奏蓝调编排凸显她教堂式的钢琴弹奏，以期不让繁复的伴奏掩盖了拥有金嗓子的艾瑞莎。此法果然奏效，1967 年Atlantic旗下推出的首支单曲"I Never Loved A Man"一举进入美国流行榜前10名，并拿下节奏蓝调榜的冠军，此后开始了艾瑞莎灿烂的演唱生涯。
1967年由另一位灵魂歌手Otis Redding所作的第二首单曲"Respect"更使艾瑞莎声名大噪，这首歌推出后不久即成黑人世界的国歌之一，时值黑白种族问题白热化的六O年代末， "Respect"的出现就像是为黑人人权运动代言一般；由于艾瑞莎的成功，"Respect"也成为女性自觉运动的代表作，因此艾瑞莎．福兰克林最新这张两张一套精选辑便以此为标题「Respect - The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin」。1967-1973是艾瑞莎．弗兰克林巅峰时期，以灵魂、福音式曲风以及女性自觉的歌曲内容掳获广大歌迷的心，畅销曲一首接一首，这时人们便以1968年一张专辑的名称「Aretha: Lady Soul」称呼她为「灵魂乐第一夫人」。精选辑中的第一片记录了她七O年代的多首畅销曲，例如 "Chain Of Fools"、"Share Your Love With Me"、"Think"、"Spanish Harlem"、"Until You Come Back To Me"…都是节奏蓝调榜的冠军曲。
七○年代中晚期，流行榜上迪斯科肆虐使艾瑞莎的锋芒稍减，然而在节奏蓝调排行上依旧耀眼，不过1980 年她离开了Atlantic转与Arista唱片公司签约。精选辑中的第二片收录的多是她八O年代后的歌曲：和舞韵合唱团合唱的 "Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves"、英国流行天王乔治．麦可对唱的 "I Knew You Were Waiting"（同为英美两地的流行冠军曲），还有"Freeway Of Love"、"Who's Zooming Who"都是其音乐事业第二次高峰（1985-87）的代表作。
三十多年的演唱生涯中艾瑞莎获奖无数，其中包括21座葛莱美奖，尤其节奏蓝调的项目似乎就专为她设置。另外终生成就奖、第一位女性艺人进入摇滚名人殿堂者也唯有艾瑞莎．弗兰克林！跨越流行与黑人音乐界线的她拥有七十多首流行单曲与近百首节奏蓝调单曲，除号称「灵魂乐第一夫人」外，「灵魂歌后」（Queen Of Soul）的尊称更确切说明了艾瑞莎．弗兰克林在美国流行音乐的地位。
所获GRAMMY具体奖项：
Aretha Franklin's Grammy Award Wins
# Year Category Genre Title
1 1968 Best Rhythm And Blues Recording R&B Respect
2 1968 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Respect
3 1969 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Chain Of Fools
4 1970 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Share Your Love With Me
5 1971 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Don't Play That Song For Me
6 1972 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Bridge Over Troubled Water
7 1973 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Young, Gifted and Black (album)
8 1973 Best Soul Gospel Performance Gospel Amazing Grace (album)
9 1974 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Master Of Eyes
10 1975 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
11 1982 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Hold On...I'm Comin' (album track)
12 1986 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Freeway Of Love
13 1988 Best Female R&B Vocal Performance R&B Aretha (album)
14 1988 Best R&B Performance - Duo Or Group with Vocals R&B I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with George Michael)
15 1989 Best Soul Gospel Performance - Female Gospel One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism (album)
16 1991 Living Legend Award Special
17 1994 Lifetime Achievement Award Special
18 2004 Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance R&B Wonderful
19 2006 Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance R&B A House Is Not A Home
20 2007 Golden Grammy Awards Special
21 2008 Best Gospel-Soul Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group Gospel Never Gonna Break My Faith (with Mary J. Blige)
专辑列表
1956
Songs of Faith
1961
Aretha (with the Ray Bryant Combo)
1962
The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin
69
1963
Laughing on the Outside
1964
Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington
Runnin' Out of Fools
84
1965
Yeah!: Aretha Franklin in Person
101
1966
Soul Sister
132
1967
Take It Like You Give It
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
2
Aretha Franklin's Greatest Hits
94
Aretha Arrives
5
Take a Look
173
1968
Lady Soul
2
Gold
Aretha Now
3
Aretha in Paris
13
1969
Soul '69
15
Aretha's Gold
18
1970
This Girl's in Love with You
17
Spirit in the Dark
25
1971
Aretha Live at Fillmore West
7
Gold
Aretha's Greatest Hits
19
Young, Gifted and Black
11
1972
Amazing Grace
7
2x Multi-Platinum
In the Beginning/The World of Aretha Franklin 1960-1967
160
1973
Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)
30
1974
Let Me in Your Life
14
With Everything I Feel in Me
57
1975
You
83
1976
Sparkle
18
Gold
Ten Years of Gold
135
1977
Sweet Passion
49
1978
Almighty Fire
63
1979
La Diva
146
1980
Aretha
47
Aretha Sings the Blues
1981
Love All the Hurt Away
36
1982
Jump to It
23
Gold
1983
Get It Right
36
1985
30 Greatest Hits
Who's Zoomin' Who?
13Platinum
1986
Aretha
32
Gold
1987
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
106
1989
Through the Storm
55
1991
What You See Is What You Sweat
153
1992
Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings
1994
Greatest Hits (1980-1994)
85
Platinum
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The 60's
Platinum
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin: The 70's
1996
Aretha Sings Standards
1997
Love Songs
1998
The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha's Blues
A Rose Is Still a Rose
30Gold
1999
Greatest Hits
2001
Aretha Franklin Greatest Hits
2002
Queen in Waiting: Columbia Years 1960-1965
Respect: The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin
2003
So Damn Happy
33
2007
Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen
54
Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul
2008
This Christmas, Aretha
103
2009
A Woman, Fallin' Out of Love
TOP10单曲
Year
Title
Peak
1967
"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"
9
1967
"Respect"
1
1967
"Baby I Love You"
4
1967
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
8
1967
"Chain of Fools"
2
1968
"(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"
5
1968
"Think"
7
1968
"The House That Jack Built"
6
1968
"I Say a Little Prayer"
10
1971
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" / "Brand New Me"
6
1971
"Spanish Harlem"
2
1971
"Rock Steady"
9
1972
"Day Dreaming"
5
1973
"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"
3
1985
"Freeway of Love"
3
1985
"Who's Zoomin' Who"
7
1987
"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with George Michael)
1
