Singer Aretha Franklin, known as the "Queen of Soul," is shown at a news conference, March 26, 1973. The daughter of a Baptist preacher famous for his fiery sermons, she was born in Memphis, Tenn., on March 25, 1942. She started out singing in the church choir, and with her dad's encouragement and connections to the major gospel artists of the day, she was making records by the age of 14.
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