Talk:Aretha Franklin
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[edit] Vocal Range
What's her vocal range
It seems to me that her range is recorded correctly but her, belt, as it is called here, or chest voice rather is extremely short changed. C6, or a soprano C is where I have heard her get to a number or times. Most notably on her "Live at Filmore West" album during her version of "Reach out and Touch Somebody's Hand" she then continues to D6 in her falsetto. The author of this bio, has a clear bias towards Aretha's acclaime. Her voice is "rumored" to be four octaves: just listen to her recordings and say what it is don't insinuate otherwise. Her voice has lowered over the 40 years that she has been recording, she acknowledges this as well, but at her prime she undoubtedly had a four octave range and that is why she has recieved so much praise. Listen to "Sit Down and Cry" and you can clearly hear that an F5 as her top chest voice note is absurd.
Her Voice has not lowered that much in the Ultimate Diva Concert She hit And sustained a A5 and a strained B5 in the Chest
[edit] "Ms. Franklin"
"Ms. Franklin has won eighteen competitive Grammys." Why not simply "Franklin" or "Aretha Franklin", or even "Aretha"? The "Ms." seems out of place.
- --213.196.5.160 18:46, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Meager
This is surprisingly meager considering how significant she is to music.--T. Anthony 20:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Considering that Aretha is 'The Queen of soul' why is this article so lacking. She deserves more much more than this.
[edit] How bout Ahmet?
Considering the importance Aretha attaches to the late Ahmet Ertegun in her career (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6636365), shouldn't he be included here?
[edit] Biography?
I find it difficult to classify this as a biography entry, because it contains almost no biographical information at all. --Dandelions 00:12, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
where is she living now?
[edit] aretha
girl u can sing.
[edit] VH1 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll
Aretha was named the #1 greatest woman of rock. This should surely be included as an achievement.
from yo gil leiya murphy
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.124.93.39 (talk) 16:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC).
