Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she was signed as a recording artist for Columbia Records. While her career did not immediately flourish, Franklin found acclaim and commercial success once she signed with Atlantic Records in Franklin left Atlantic in and signed with Arista Records.
Franklin is one of the best-selling music artists , with more than 75 million records sold worldwide. She also made a featured appearance in the musical-comedy film The Blues Brothers. Franklin received numerous honors throughout her career. In , she became the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
She was delivered at her family's home located at Lucy Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. Her father was a Baptist minister and circuit preacher originally from Shelby, Mississippi , while her mother was an accomplished piano player and vocalist.
Franklin had children from prior relationships in addition to the four children they had together. When Aretha was two, the family relocated to Buffalo, New York. Franklin had permanently relocated the family to Detroit, Michigan where he took over the pastorship of the New Bethel Baptist Church. The Franklins had a troubled marriage due to Mr. Franklin's infidelities, and they separated in Aretha's father's emotionally driven sermons resulted in his being known as the man with the "million-dollar voice".
He earned thousands of dollars for sermons in various churches across the country. Martin Luther King Jr. Franklin, as well. Franklin was featured on vocals and piano. These four tracks, with the addition of "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood", were released on side one of the album, Spirituals. This was reissued by Battle Records in , under the same title.
