Aretha franklin new biography of ronaldo
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Who was Aretha Franklin?
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Who was Aretha Franklin?
(Book)
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We won't see the likes of Aretha Franklin again
'To say Aretha ticked all the boxes when it came to voice technique is like calling Cristiano Ronaldo an efficient footballer,' says Kanika Datta.
IMAGE: Aretha Franklin, The Queen of Soul, performs the American national anthem at the NBA finals, June 15, 2004 in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Photograph: Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images
Every time I heard Britney Spears sing, I used to think of Sister Celine, the singing teacher at school. Not that there is the slightest resemblance between the two.
But I often thought that if she had ever watched one of the svelte Ms Spears' performances, Sister Celine, dumpy and with an incipient moustache, would have fainted away with shock.
Suggestive lyrics and outré dancing would have been but part of her pain: The poor quality of the music superstar's voice would have been no less distressing.
'Sing from the roof of your mouth, dears,' she would exhort us, and, by way of example, effortless