What Grammy Award-winning hit song released as the first single from the 1985 album "Who's Zoomin' Who?, was written by "The Queen of Soul"
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Freeway of Love "Freeway of Love" is a Grammy Award-winning hit song released as the first single from Aretha Franklin's Platinum-certified 1985 album "Who's Zoomin' Who?" produced by Narada Michael Walden. It was one of 1985's biggest hits in the United States, reaching the #3 position of the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, and topping the Hot R&B Singles chart for five weeks (from July 27, 1985 to August 24, 1985).
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Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at the church of her father, minister C. L. Franklin's church. In 1960, at the age of 18, Franklin embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records but only achieving modest success. Following her signing to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin achieved commercial acclaim and success with songs such as "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Spanish Harlem" and "Think". By the end of the 1960s decade she had gained the title "The Queen of Soul".
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Lorraine Silver Lorraine Silver is a London-born singer, known for her record "Lost Summer Love" (1965), which came to be regarded as a classic of Northern Soul.
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The Dark End of the Street "The Dark End of the Street" is a 1967 soul song written by songwriters Dan Penn and Chips Moman and first recorded by James Carr.
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Carla Thomas Carla Venita Thomas (born December 21, 1942) is an American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen of Memphis Soul. She is the daughter of Rufus Thomas.
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Holle Thee Maxwell Holle Thee Maxwell (born October 17, 1945) is an American vocalist and songwriter who performs opera, jazz, soul music, blues, R&B, pop, and country music. She has performed with soul and blues artist Ike Turner and jazz organist Jimmy Smith. She wrote a song for Bobby Bland's 1978 album, "Come Fly with Me". Her seven-decade career includes opera training in childhood, performances as a soul balladeer in the 1960s, European tours, and appearances at the Chicago Blues Festival. The Cannes Musical Festival named her "Queen of Entertaining Entertainers".
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The King of Rock and Roll The King of Rock and Roll is Little Richard's second album for Reprise Records, a follow-up album that contained one original Little Richard song, the gospel rock "In the Name" and a new song co-written by Producer H. B. Barnum, "Green Power", the single release; and versions of tracks by artists as diverse as Hank Williams, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Three Dog Night, and The Rolling Stones. The title track, a mock braggadocio that referenced Tom Jones, Elvis Presley, Ike & Tina Turner, Sly and the Family Stone, and Aretha Franklin, amongst others, upset some fans, although the album's title tune got good airplay in New York - a 1950s style jump blues, with an exceptional Little Richard shouting vocal! But fans and critics were further upset that the album did not feature acoustic piano and that most tracks were badly mixed, with an intrusive girl group chorus.
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Lady Saw Marion Hall (born 12 July 1972; formerly known by the stage name Lady Saw) is a Jamaican singer-songwriter whose career has spanned over two decades. Widely known as the Queen of Dancehall, she is the first female deejay to win a Grammy Award and to be certified as a triple-platinum artist.
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Betty Davis Betty Davis (born Betty Mabry, July 26, 1945) is an American funk and soul singer. She is known as one of the most influential voices of the funk era and a performer who was known for her memorable live shows.
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Never Can Say Goodbye "Never Can Say Goodbye" is a song written by Clifton Davis and originally recorded by The Jackson 5. The song was originally written and intended for the Supremes to record; however Motown decided the song would be better for the Jackson 5. Released as a single in 1971, it was one of the group's most successful songs. The song has been covered numerous times, most notably in 1974 by disco diva Gloria Gaynor and in 1987 by British pop group The Communards.
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Wait for Love "Wait for Love" is a 1985 song by American recording artist Luther Vandross released in 1985. The song was released as a single to support his album "The Night I Fell in Love". The single peaked to eleven on "Billboards" Hot R&B Singles chart. Vandross performed the song on the November 22, 1986 episode of "Soul Train" and on the BET Walk of Fame in 2000.
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To Be Continued... (Temptations album) To Be Continued... is a 1986 album by American R&B vocal group The Temptations released on June 17, 1986 by Motown Records' Gordy label. The album featured the group's third top ten R&B hit of the 1980s, "Lady Soul", which reached No. 4 R&B and No. 47 pop. It was the third and final album to feature Ali-Ollie Woodson during his first stint with the group. The following year he was replaced by Dennis Edwards, then two years later rejoined the group replacing Edwards.
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1990 Soul Train Music Awards The 1990 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on March 14, 1990 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Patti LaBelle, Luther Vandross and Dionne Warrick.
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A Black Man's Soul A Black Man's Soul is an instrumental funk and soul album released by Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm in 1969 on Pompeii Records. The album was recorded while Turner was touring with then-wife Tina Turner during his free time. "A Black Man's Soul" exposed a side of Turner's music not as popular with his audiences of the time. While Turner's more popular tracks like "Proud Mary" relied heavily on vocal harmonies and popular soul influences, these tracks reflected a more traditional and simple funk popularized by acts such as Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Baby Huey, The Bar-Kays and Brother Jack McDuff, among others.
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Soul Pride "Soul Pride" is an instrumental written by James Brown and Alfred Ellis and recorded by James Brown with his band. Released as a two-part single in 1969, it charted #33 R&B.
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I Feel for You "I Feel for You" is a song written by Prince that originally appeared on his 1979 self-titled album. The most successful and best-known version was recorded by R&B singer Chaka Khan, appearing on her 1984 album, "I Feel for You". Prince, as songwriter, won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. The Song was also featured on Jess Glynne's Take Me Home Tour In 2016
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Preston Glass Preston Glass (born January 9, 1960) is an American songwriter and producer. He has co-written and produced a series of songs which have made it to the top of the music charts including "Miss You Like Crazy" performed by Natalie Cole and "Who's Zoomin' Who" by Aretha Franklin. He also produced the 1987 solo album "Love For What It Is" by Anita Pointer, member of pop/R&B group The Pointer Sisters.
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Yolanda Adams Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961) is an American gospel singer, record producer, actress, and former radio host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. s of 2009 , she had sold 4.5 million albums since 1991 in the United States, and nearly 8 million albums worldwide according to SoundScan. Adams is known as the "Queen of Contemporary Gospel Music" and the "First Lady of Modern Gospel".
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Sue Cassidy Clark Sue Cassidy Clark is a music journalist and photographer who specialized in soul, gospel, and rock music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many of the individuals with whom Clark conducted interviews were musical pioneers, and the period in which the interviews took place was a time when American popular music was evolving rapidly. Over the course of her life, Clark has interviewed many notable musicians, including [[], [[Jerry Butler], [, [Jerry Wexler]], [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], [], [[The Doors]], [[], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[The Grateful Dead]], [[Al Green]], [[], [[Isaac Hayes]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[The Isley Brothers]], [[], [[Etta James]], [[Jefferson Airplane]], [[B. B. King]], [[Gladys Knight]], [[Patti LaBelle]], [[Little Richard]], [[Curtis Mayfield]], [[The O'Jays]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Otis Redding]], [[Martha Reeves]], [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Rolling Stones]], [[Nina Simone]], [[Sly Stone]]Chaka Kahn, David Ruffin, and [[Tina Turner]].
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King Floyd King Floyd (February 13, 1945 – March 6, 2006) was a New Orleans soul singer and songwriter, best known for his Top 10 hit from 1970, "Groove Me".
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A Woman's Touch A Woman's Touch is the seventeenth studio album by singer and songwriter, Thelma Houston. "A Woman's Touch" is an album that consists of her renditions of vintage R&B and Pop songs by male singers such as Luther Vandross, Glen Campbell, Marvin Gaye and Sting. The lead single from the album is "Brand New Day."
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Break It to Me Gently (Aretha Franklin song) "Break It to Me Gently" is a song written by Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch which was an R&B hit for Aretha Franklin in 1977. Released from the "Sweet Passion" album, it reached Number 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in June 1977. The song's success was only faintly reflected on the "Billboard" Hot 100 with a Number 85 peak, before dropping out of the Hot 100 after two weeks. "Break It to Me Gently" would be Franklin's final Atlantic single to appear on the Hot 100 - from which she would be absent until 1980.