Erasure

. She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2001. Although they have not retained a strong presence on the popular music charts in the United States, they enjoy a large and loyal following throughout the world and continue to release new music and support newer albums with well-known world tours. In 1986 the Michigan Legislature declared Aretha Franklin's voice to be a precious natural resource. Together with Pet Shop Boys, Erasure brought pop-synthesized music to the forefront of the American music scene in the late 80s. Aretha Franklin was sued for breach of contract in 1984 when she was unable to open in the Broadway musical "Sing, Mahalia, Sing," mainly because of her phobia of flying. Erasure burst onto the music scene in 1985 with their hit "Who Needs Love (Like That)" which reached only number 55 in the British charts (followed later by their fourth single "Sometimes" which reached #2), and have had over thirty hits since. She lives today in Detroit.

Erasure is a British synth pop duo, consisting of Vince Clarke (synthesizers), formerly of Depeche Mode and Yazoo (Yaz in the US), and Andy Bell (vocals, lyrics). The affair made her guard her private life even more jealously and she gave no interviews for several years after that. Bjorn Again. A Time Magazine cover story in 1968 led to a lawsuit from Ted White over allegations that he had roughed her up in public. Depeche Mode. The marriage ended in 1969 and she has always refused to answer questions about it. Yazoo. She married Ted White in 1962 and he became her manager during her years with Columbia Records.

Pet Shop Boys. Most critics dismiss her post-Atlantic material as far inferior to the legendary recordings of the mid to late sixties. Abba. Her most notable 1980s hit was the dance song Freeway of Love, which charted in 1985. 2005 "Don't Say You Love Me". Despite working with artists of the stature of Curtis Mayfield, popularity and critical success waned during the mid to late 1970s and the 1980s, though she scored several hits, often with partners (such as Luther Vandross). 2005 "Breathe" #4 UK. Wexler had now left Atlantic and the partnership was over.

2003 "Oh L'amour" (remix) #13 UK. She returned to working with Wexler, but her last Atlantic LP You was released in 1976. 2003 "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" #14 UK. A partnership with Quincy Jones led to a disappointing album in 1973 You. But it still produced a standout track "Angel", written by her sister Carolyn which became a soul classic. 2003 "Solsbury Hill" #10 UK. In the early 1970s, her music mellowed slightly, though losing nothing of its power, and she continued the hugely successful relationship with Wexler and Mardin while beginning to take a greater role in producing her work. 2001 "Moon & the sky". After the R&B category was added to the Grammy Awards in 1968, she was virtually unchallenged, winning eight successive awards for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance; she later added three more Grammies in this category in the 1980s.

2000 "Freedom" #27 UK. Among her most successful hit singles from this era were "Chain of Fools", "You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman", "Think", "Baby I Love You", "The House That Jack Built", and "Respect", a cover of an Otis Redding single which became her signature song. 1997 "Don't Say Your Love is Killing Me" #23 UK. Surprisingly she never made it to number one in the UK pop charts - the best result being a number four with her version of Burt Bacharach's "I Say a Little Prayer" in 1968. 1997 "In My Arms" #13 UK, #55 US. She released numerous Top Ten hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s, dabbling in gospel music, blues music, pop music, psychedelic music and rock and roll, including notable covers of songs by The Beatles ("Eleanor Rigby"), The Band ("The Weight"), Simon & Garfunkel ("Bridge Over Troubled Water"), Sam Cooke and The Drifters. Live at Fillmore West and Amazing Grace were two of her most influential full-length releases, the latter a double LP of live gospel music recorded in a Los Angeles Baptist church. 1996 "Rock me gently". Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went to Atlantic, they just sat me down at the piano and the hits started coming.".

1995 "Fingers and Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" #20 UK. By the late 1960s, Franklin had earned the nickname "The Queen of Soul", having become an internationally famous artist and a symbol of pride for the African American community. 1995 "Stay with Me" #15 UK. After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, Franklin teamed up with producers Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin, resulting in some of the most influential R&B recordings of the 1960s, including "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", a much more soulful and impassioned song than most of her earlier work. 1994 "I Love Saturday" #20 UK. However her greatest and most innovative work was yet to come. 1994 "Run to the Sun" #6 UK, #124 US. In the early 1960s, Franklin had a few popular songs, most notably "Rock-a-bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody." However Columbia really wanted her as a jazz singer and the results never gave full rein to Franklin's talents.

1994 "Always" #4 UK, #20 US. She signed with Columbia Records after being discovered by legendary A&R man John Hammond. 1992 "Who Needs Love Like That" #10 UK. As a child, Franklin and her sisters, Carolyn and Erma, sang at her father's Detroit-area church and made her first recordings at the age 12. / Take a Chance on Me / Voulez-Vous) #1 UK, #85 US (on the album chart). On January 3, 1987 she became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1992 "Abba-Esque EP" (Lay All Your Love on Me / S.O.S. Aretha Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is a gospel, soul and R&B singer born in Memphis, Tennessee.

1992 "Breath of Life" #8 UK. 2003 So Damn Happy. 1991 "Am I Right EP" (Am I Right / Let It Flow / Waiting for Sex / Carry on Clangers) #15 UK. 2002 Aretha's Best. 1991 "Love to Hate You" #4 UK. 1999 I Dreamed a Dream. 1991 "Chorus" #3 UK, #83 US. 1998 You Grow Closer.

1990 "Star" #11 UK. 1998 A Rose Is Still A Rose. 1990 "Blue Savannah" #3 UK. 1995 Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington. 1989 "You Surround Me" #15 UK. 1991 What You See Is What You Sweat. 1989 "Drama!" #4 UK. 1989 Through the Storm.

1988 "Crackers International EP" (Stop! / The Hardest Part / Knocking on Your Door / She Won't Be Home) #2 UK, #73 US (on the album chart). 1987 One Faith, One Lord, One Baptism. 1988 "A Little Respect" #4 UK, #14 US. 1986 Aretha. 1988 "Chains of Love" #11 UK, #12 US. 1986 Soul Survivor. 1988 "Ship of Fools" #6 UK. 1985 Who's Zoomin' Who?.

1987 "The Circus" #6 UK. 1985 First Lady of Soul. 1987 "Victim of Love" #7 UK. 1984 Aretha's Jazz. 1987 "It Doesn't Have to Be" #12 UK. 1984 Never Grow Old. 1986 "Sometimes" #2 UK. 1983 Get It Right.

1986 "Oh l'amour" #85 UK. 1982 Jump To It. 1985 "Heavenly action" #100. 1981 Love All the Hurt Away. 1985 "Who needs love like that" #55. 1980 Aretha Sings the Blues. Nightbird (2005, #27 UK, #154 US). 1980 Aretha.

Hits! (2003, #15 UK). 1979 La Diva. Other People's Songs (2003, #17 UK, #138 US). 1978 Almighty Fire. Loveboat (2000, #45 UK). 1977 Most Beautiful Songs. Cowboy (1997, #10 UK, #43 US). 1977 Sweet Passion.

Erasure (1995, #14 UK, #82 US). 1977 Satisfaction. I Say, I Say, I Say (1994, #1 UK, #18 US). 1976 Sparkle. Pop! - the First 20 Hits (1992, #1 UK, #112 US). 1975 Two Originals. Chorus (1991, #1 UK, #29 US). 1975 You.

Wild! (1989, #1 UK, #57 US). 1974 Let Me in Your Life. The Innocents (1988, #1 UK, #49 US). 1974 With Everything I Feel in Me. The Two Ring Circus (1987, #186 US). 1973 Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky). The Circus (1987, #6 UK, #190 US). 1972 Amazing Grace.

Wonderland (1986). 1971 Young, Gifted & Black. 1971 Aretha Live at the Fillmore West. 1970 Spirit in the Dark. 1970 Sweet Bitter Love.

1970 Don't Play That Song. 1970 The Girl's In Love with You. 1969 Soul '69. 1969 I Say a Little Prayer.

1969 Aretha Franklin: Live!. 1968 Aretha in Paris. 1968 Aretha Now. 1968 Lady Soul.

1967 Lee Cross. 1967 Take It Like You Give It. 1967 Aretha Arrives. 1967 I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You).

1965 Once in a Lifetime. 1963 Laughing on the Outside. 1962 The Tender, The Moving, The Swinging Aretha Franklin. 1962 The Electrifying Aretha Franklin.

1956 The Gospel Soul of Aretha Franklin.