Aretha Franklin - Serenading The Moon (Live) '2025

Artist	Aretha Franklin Related artists
Album name	Serenading The Moon (Live)
Country
Date	2025
Genre	Soul,R&B,Jazz
Play time	47:40
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	307 MB
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Tracks list

Tracklist:

01. I Can't Turn You Loose (Live 1986)
02. Get It Right (Live 1986)
03. Love All The Hurt Away (Live 1986)
04. Today I Sing The Blues (Live 1986)
05. Won't Be Long (Live 1986)
06. Try A Little Tenderness (Live 1986)
07. Rock A Bye Your Baby (Live 1986)
08. Skylark (Live 1986)
09. Chain Of Fools (Live 1986)
10. These Dreams (Live 1986)
11. Dr. Feelgood (Live 1986)
12. Freeway Of Love (Live 1986)
13. Look To The Rainbow (Live 1986)


Â moreFranklin's roots in gospel ran extremely deep. With her sisters Carolyn
and Erma (both of whom would also have recording careers), she sang at the
Detroit church of her father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, while growing up in the
'50s. In fact, she made her first recordings as a gospel artist at the age of
14. It has also been reported that Motown was interested in signing her back in
the days when it was a tiny start-up. Ultimately, however, Franklin ended up
with Columbia, to which she was signed by the renowned talent scout John
Hammond.

Franklin would record for Columbia constantly throughout the first half of the
'60s, notching occasional R&B hits (and one Top 40 single, "Rock-a-bye Your Baby
with a Dixie Melody") but never truly breaking out as a star. The Columbia
period continues to generate considerable controversy among critics, many of
whom feel that Franklin's true aspirations were being blunted by pop-oriented
material and production. In fact, there are a number of fine items to be found
on the Columbia sides, including the occasional song ("Lee Cross," "Soulville")
where she belts out soul with real gusto. It's undeniably true, though, that her
work at Columbia was considerably tamer than what was to follow, and suffered in
general from a lack of direction and an apparent emphasis on trying to develop
her as an all-around entertainer, rather than as an R&B/soul singer.

When Franklin left Columbia for Atlantic, producer Jerry Wexler was determined
to bring out her most soulful, fiery traits. As part of that plan, he had her
record her first single, "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)," at Muscle
Shoals in Alabama with esteemed Southern R&B musicians. In fact, that was to be
her only actual session at Muscle Shoals, but much of the remainder of her '60s
work would be recorded with the Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, although the
sessions would take place in New York City. The combination was one of those
magic instances of musical alchemy in pop: the backup musicians provided a much
grittier, soulful, and R&B-based accompaniment for Franklin's voice, which
soared with a passion and intensity suggesting a spirit that had been allowed to
fly loose for the first time.

In the late '60s, Franklin became one of the biggest international recording
stars in all of pop. Many also saw her as a symbol of Black America itself,
reflecting the increased confidence and pride of African-Americans in the decade
of the Civil Rights movement and other triumphs for the Black community. The
chart statistics are impressive in and of themselves: ten Top Ten hits in a
roughly 18-month span between early 1967 and late 1968, for instance, and a
steady stream of solid medium to large hits for the next five years after that.
Her Atlantic albums were also huge sellers, and far more consistent artistically
than those of most soul stars of the era. Franklin was able to maintain creative
momentum, in part because of her eclectic choice of material, which encompassed
first-class originals and gospel, blues, pop, and rock covers, from the Beatles
and Simon & Garfunkel to Sam Cooke and the Drifters. She was also a fine,
forceful, and somewhat underrated keyboardist.

Franklin's commercial and artistic success was unabated in the early '70s,
during which she landed more huge hits with "Spanish Harlem," "Bridge Over
Troubled Water," and "Day Dreaming." She also produced two of her most
respected, and earthiest, album releases with Live at Fillmore West and Amazing
Grace. The latter, a 1972 double LP, was a reinvestigation of her gospel roots,
recorded with James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir.
Remarkably, it hit the Top Ten, making it one of the greatest gospel-pop
crossover smashes of all time.

Franklin had a few more hits over the next few years -- "Angel" and the Stevie
Wonder cover "Until You Come Back to Me" being the most notable. Her Atlantic
contract ended at the close of the '70s. She signed with the Clive Davis-guided
Arista and scored number one R&B hits with "Jump to It," "Get It Right," and
"Freeway of Love." Many of her successes were duets, or crafted with the
assistance of contemporaries such as Luther Vandross and Narada Michael Walden.
In 1986, Franklin released her follow-up to Who's Zoomin' Who?, the self-titled
Aretha, which saw the single "I Knew You Were Waiting for Me," a duet with
George Michael, hit the top of the charts. In 1987, Franklin became the first
woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and she made another return to
gospel that year with One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. She shifted back to pop
with 1989's Through the Storm, but it wasn't a commercial success, and neither
was 1991's new jack swing-styled What You See Is What You Sweat.

After 1994, Franklin eased into elder stateswoman territory, performing
regularly and releasing albums every few years. A Rose Is Still a Rose went gold
upon its release in 1998, thanks to two number one R&B hits: its title track and
"Here We Go Again." It also contained the Grammy-winning song "Wonderful."
Following 2003's So Damn Happy, Franklin left Arista after A Rose Is Still a
Rose -- the label would release Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the
Queen in 2007; she formed her own imprint, Aretha's Records, for 2008's This
Christmas. After 2011's A Woman Falling Out of Love, she reteamed with Clive
Davis at RCA, who connected her with the likes of Babyface and OutKast's
AndrÃ© 3000 for 2014's Sings the Great Diva Classics, where she covered Gladys
Knight, Barbra Streisand, and Adele. A Brand New Me, an archival release
featuring classic Aretha vocals in front of newly created orchestral
arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, appeared in 2017.

Also in 2017, Franklin canceled several concerts due to health problems, but she
managed to appear at a show celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Elton John
AIDS Foundation that November. It turned out to be her last public performance.
Over the course of 2018, her health worsened due to pancreatic cancer. Franklin
started to receive hospice care on August 13 and died at her home in Detroit
three days later. The memorial service held on August 31 at Detroit's Greater
Grace Temple featured testimonials from peers, Civil Rights leaders, and
politicians, and was televised around the world.

The first posthumous Franklin release was the compilation The Atlantic Singles
Collection 1967-1970, which appeared in September 2018. It was followed in March
2019 by the re-release of Amazing Grace: The Complete Recordings. The
career-spanning four-disc box set Aretha appeared on Atlantic in July 2021,
timed to coincide with the release of the Jennifer Hudson-starring biopic
Respect. A Portrait of the Queen 1970-1974, issued in 2023, boxed her first five
studio albums of the '70s. Â© Richie Unterberger



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