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Born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 25,
1942, Aretha Franklin moved with her family to Detroit when she was two.
Her father, C. L. Franklin, became pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church
and an important civil rights leader. As a teenager, Aretha was a star
in her father's traveling gospel show. Franklin struck out on her own at
age seventeen to make it in the music business. Some of her early hits
include "Respect," which won two Grammy Awards and an honorary
award from Martin Luther King Jr., "Think" and a remake of
Carol King's "A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel)." Franklin,
who still lives in Detroit, holds the record of most Grammy Awards for a
female artist.
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