Biography of Harlem Boys Choir
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Biography of Aretha Franklin
Born in Memphis, TN, Franklin sang in her father's Baptist church in Detroit and with her father and sisters as The Franklin Singers before her jazz career at Columbia Records. At Atlantic Records she was known as The Queen of Soul for her earthy contralto and ability to breath emotion into lyrics (between 1967-1978). Since then she has been associated with Arista Records and more sophisticated R&B, Top-Forty-style music. Aretha Franklin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) in 1994. She also issued another greatest hits recording, this one covering her Arista period, and Rhino released a two-disc set covering her greatest Atlantic hits. It was a condensed version of 1992's four-disc Queen of Soul set. Her last current release was What You See Is What You Sweat in 1991. ~ Bil Carpenter and Ron Wynn
Biography of Mary J. Blige
R&B singer Mary J. Blige, born in Atlanta and raised in Yonkers, NY, launched her recording career in 1992 with the million-selling Top Ten album What's the 411?, which contained the gold Top Ten pop hit "Real Love," one of five chart singles drawn from the album. After releasing an album of remixes of the songs from What's the 411? in 1993, Blige put out her second album, My Life, in November 1994. It hit the Top Ten. ~ William Ruhlmann
