Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist.
Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was minister.
At the age of 18, she embarked on a secular musical career as a recording artist for Columbia Records.
While Franklin's career did not immediately flourish, she found acclaim and commercial success after signing with Atlantic Records in 1966.
Hit songs such as "RespectChain of FoolsThink(You
Make Me Feel Like)
A Natural WomanI Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", and
"I Say a Little Prayer", propelled her past her musical peers.
By the end of the 1960s, Aretha Franklin had come to be known as "The Queen of Soul".
Franklin continued to record acclaimed albums such as
"I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You" (1967), "Lady Soul" (1968), "Spirit in the Dark" (1970), "Young, Gifted and Black" (1972), "Amazing Grace" (1972), and "Sparkle" (1976) before experiencing problems with her record company.
Franklin left Atlantic in 1979 and signed with Arista Records.
She appeared in the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers" before releasing the successful albums "Jump to It" (1982),
"Who's Zoomin
' Who?"
(1985), and "Aretha" (1986) on the Arista label.
In 1998, Franklin returned to the Top 40 with the Lauryn Hill-produced song "
A Rose Is Still a Rose"; later, she released an album of the same name which was certified gold.
That same year, Franklin earned international acclaim for her performance of "Nessun dorma" at the Grammy Awards; she filled in at the last minute for Luciano Pavarotti, who canceled his appearance after the show had already begun.
In a widely noted performance, she paid tribute to 2015 honoree Carole King by singing "
(You Make Me Feel Like)
A Natural Woman" at the Kennedy Center Honors.
Franklin recorded 112 charted singles on "Billboard", including 77 Hot 100 entries, 17 top-ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries, and 20 number-one R&B singles.
She is the most charted female artist in history.
Franklin's well-known hits include "Rock SteadyCall MeAin't No WayDon't Play That Song (You Lied)Spanish
HarlemDay DreamingUntil
You Come Back to Me
(That's What I'm Gonna Do)Something
He Can FeelJump to ItFreeway of LoveWho's Zoomin'
Who", and
"I Knew You Were Waiting
(For Me)" (a duet with George Michael).
She won 18 Grammy Awards, including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance (1968–1975).
Franklin is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career.
She was awarded the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 1987, she became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She also was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
In 2010, "Rolling Stone" magazine ranked her number one on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers of All Time" and number nine on its list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time".
The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2019 awarded Franklin a posthumous special citation "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades."
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
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.
Break It to Me Gently
" Break It to Me Gently" is a pop song written by blues musician Joe Seneca with lyrics by Diane Lampert.
Both Brenda Lee and Juice Newton met with considerable success with their versions of the song.
Brenda
Lee recorded" Break It to Me Gently" on August 31, 1961 with Owen Bradley producing the session at his Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville: after another track from the same session," Fool# 1", had become a Top Ten hit.
" Break It To Me Gently" was released as a single at the end of 1961 and reached number four on the US" Billboard" Hot 100 in January 1962.
In 2008, the Brenda Lee version of the song was featured at the closing of season 2, episode 7 of the AMC series" Mad Men".
Lee's" Break It to Me Gently" is on the track list of the CD" Pan Am: Music From and Inspired By the Original Series" set for release January 17, 2012.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Send It to Me
" Send It to Me" is a song by rock and roll band
The Rolling Stones featured on the 1980 album" Emotional Rescue".
Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards," Send It to Me" is largely the work of Jagger, with him saying at the time of its release," I did it with Charlie[ Watts] very early on ...
That was a good example of one, you know, we tried in all kinds of different ways, different times."
The song is heavily influenced by reggae music, the Stones being very big fans ever since their introduction to it during the recording sessions for 1973's" Goats Head Soup" in Jamaica.
Its influence is also felt on a number of earlier tracks like" Cherry Oh Baby" off" Black and Blue" and later Richards compositions.
While the influence is evident, Bill Janovitz notes in his review of the song that also incorporates" ... a great R&B guitar lick from Keith Richards ... and then cut to a disco feel for the chorus."
The song's lyrics deal with" ... a lonely man looking for a mail- order bride," and a quite tongue- in- cheek in its approach to this subject, with Jagger invoking off- the- cuff rhymes and in an affected, drawn vocal performance; Associate producer and chief engineer Chris Kimsey remarked on the song after the album's release," I remember it being very, very long, about twelve minutes long.
I had to chop it down to whatever it ended up being.
I think, in the twelve- minute version, there were like 19 or 20 verses and we just picked the last verses out and chopped it all together."
Janovitz concludes of the song," Taken for what it is and not what it is a harbinger of, however,' Send It to Me' is a fun song — catchy, with numerous hooks, and also fun to sing along to.
An oft- repeated criticism of the Stones from this period on notes that their records seem to be written as an excuse to go out and tour, as if they need one.
It is a valid point, though; the records seem like afterthoughts, and songs such as" Send It to Me" seem to be written to be performed live".
In fact the Rolling Stones have never performed" Send It to Me" live on any of their tours since its introduction, and the Stones did n't even tour in support of Emotional Rescue's release at all.
Recording began on" Send It to Me" in June 1979 at Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris, France and concluded later in the year at New York City's Electric Lady Studios.
With Jagger on lead vocals, Ronnie Wood performs electric slide guitar, including the song's solo.
Richards provides the song's rhythm guitar hooks.
Watts and Bill Wyman perform the song's thumping drums and bass, respectively.
Harmonica is performed by Sugar Blue, a contributor to songs from the Stones' previous album," Some Girls" and their next," Tattoo You".
Another notable contribution comes from reggae singer Max Romeo who provides the song's tacking percussion parts.
Lars Eliasson
He is the father of the later Member of Parliament Anna Eliasson.
Obata Toramori
He was the father of Obata Masamori.

Question: Who is the father of the performer of song Break It To Me Gently (Aretha Franklin Song)?
Answer: C. L. Franklin