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...Supremes, the Temptations), black musicians have yet to win a proportionate share of credit or cash. Symptomatic statistics: from 1960 to 1970, of the twelve popular soloists or groups receiving ten or more gold records (signifying sales of $1 million or one million records), only two, the Supremes and Aretha Franklin, were black...
...about as popular as a U.S. rock group can be. Prior to its release two weeks ago, Déjà Vu had already earned $2,000,000 in advance orders -an unprecedented feat at Atlantic Records, which has also produced such bestselling artists as Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin and Cream. Not only that, the group's first LP won the "best new artists of 1969" award at the recent Grammy Awards, the record industry's version of the Oscars. Where were the boys while all the other new groups were hopefully eying the Grammy gala? Crosby...
...Aretha Franklin soul concert at New York's Madison Square Garden...
Singer Marion Williams will present her unique brand of gospel music that has influenced recording artists from Lutle Richard to Aretha Franklin tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the Eliot House dining room...
Exactly what is happening on Brattle Street are three one-act plays, all written by young Americans and all deeply rooted in the nightmarish decade that is now grinding to a halt. A decade of snipings and war, assassinations and drugs, Tiny Tim and Aretha Franklin- Morning, Noon and Night is not so much about these things as of them. And such is the stuff we are made of- we and night mares...