Word: aretha
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...rare voices from the past, as in a 1910 recording of the Fisk Jubilee Quartet or a 1935 recording of a South African choir that shows the influence of African-American music worldwide. More recent performers are featured as well, including the Soul Stirrers, the Staple Singers, Jessye Norman, Aretha Franklin and James Cleveland, all the way up to such contemporary neo-gospel acts as BeBe and CeCe Winans...
Carey cites soul singer Aretha Franklin as one of her influences. But on her new album, Carey tones down her vocal fireworks, seemingly in an effort to be more "mainstream." On the basis of just this album, select the pair of words that best indicates a relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair ARETHA FRANKLIN: MARIAH CAREY...
Jack Nicholson read the words of Abraham Lincoln. Aretha Franklin, a natural woman in a natural fur, sang a hymn to single motherhood from Les Miserables. Kermit the Frog sent Gonzo the Great searching for the White House. Barbra Streisand performed a knockout set and gave her benediction to the party's Arkansas hosts. Warren Beatty, recently married, spoke of political honeymoons. En Vogue and Boys II Men showed that a cappella renditions of The Star-Spangled Banner could have art and soul. Michael Jackson led a chorus of glamourati in We Are the World. Some geezer band from...
...chance to engender goodwill also prompted Time-Life Video to produce a taped account of the week's highlights, with the profits going to the Inaugural Committee, while corporate cousin HBO is paying for the right to air a Sunday-night special featuring performances by such stars as Aretha Franklin and Jack Nicholson. Scores of companies have been asked to underwrite everything from private parties for the ascendant clans with "democrat" in their names (the Democratic Leadership Council, the Democratic Mainstream Committee) to the "hospitality suites" in Washington hotels where guests will never be beyond the reach of a nightcap...
...Ball was held in the same convention center as the New England Ball, which played host to the Harvard Krokodiloes and Radcliffe Pitches as well as Little Feat and Aretha Franklin...