1.Aretha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, as Aretha Louise Franklin at 406 Lucy Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A. She died August 16, 2018.



2. Aretha Franklin father was a Baptist minister and circuit preacher originally from Shelby, Mississippi, while her mother was an accomplished piano player and vocalist.



3. Aretha’s mother died of a heart attack on March 7, 1952, before Aretha’s tenth birthday.



4. Aretha Franklin became pregnant at the age of 12 and gave birth to her first child, named Clarence after her father.


5. Aretha Franklin had another child when she was 14-years-old by Edward Jordan

6. Aretha Franklin dealt with weight issues for years. In 1974, she dropped 40 pounds (18 kg) during a crash diet.

7. In 2010, Aretha Franklin cancelled a number of concerts, after she decided to have surgery for an undisclosed tumour.


8. Aretha 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, becoming the most charted female artist in the chart’s history.

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