Tarcisio Fusco
Tarcisio Fusco was an Italian composer of film scores.
He was the brother of the composer Giovanni Fusco and the uncle of operatic soprano Cecilia Fusco.
Bert Grund
Bert Grund( 1920–1992) was a German composer of film scores.
Peter Hamel
Peter Hamel( 1911–1979) was a German screenwriter and a director of film and television.
He appeared as himself in the 1948 comedy" Film Without a Title".
He is the father of the composer Peter Michael Hamel.
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."
Barbara Benedek
Barbara Benedek( born 1956) is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1983 film" The Big Chill", for which she received a Writers Guild of America Award and several award nominations.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
Abe Meyer
Abe Meyer( 1901 – 1969) was an American composer of film scores.
Henri Verdun
Henri Verdun( 1895–1977) was a French composer of film scores.
The Big Chill (film)
The Big Chill is a 1983 American comedy-drama film directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, Jeff Goldblum, William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Mary Kay Place, Meg Tilly, and JoBeth Williams.
The plot focuses on a group of baby boomers who attended the University of Michigan, reuniting after 15 years when their friend Alex commits suicide.
Kevin Costner was cast as Alex, but all scenes showing his face were cut.
It was filmed in Beaufort, South Carolina.
The soundtrack features soul, R&B, and pop-rock music from the 1960s and 1970s, including tracks by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Rolling Stones, and Three Dog Night.
"The Big Chill" was adapted for television as the short-lived 1985 CBS series "Hometown".
Later, it influenced the TV series "thirtysomething".
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.

Question: Who is the father of the composer of film The Big Chill (Film)?
Answer: C. L. Franklin