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."
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.
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.
Panda (Astro song)
" Panda" is a song of the Chilean band Astro and is the fifth song of the homonymous album of the year 2011.
The song was composed and produced by the singer of the band Andrés Nusser and released like third single of the album on February 1, 2013.
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.
Astrid North
Astrid North( Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter.
She was the singer of the German band, with whom she released five Albums.
As guest singer of the band she published three albums.
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.
Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is a British singer of Greek Cypriot descent, and is the singer for the indie rock band One eskimO.
Jim Bob
James Robert Morrison, known as Jim Bob, is a British musician and author.
He was the singer of indie punk band Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.
Operation Heartbreak
"Operation Heartbreak" is a song written by Al Kasha, Alan Thomas, and Curtis Williams and performed by Aretha Franklin.
The song reached #6 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961.
The song's A-side, "Rock-a-Bye
Your Baby with a Dixie Melody", reached #37 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.

Question: Where did the performer of song Operation Heartbreak die?
Answer: Detroit