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...SINGERS: TWO PROFILES (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). A documentary about what it takes to become a successful pop singer, featuring Vocalists Aretha Franklin and Gloria Loring...
...music," says Aretha Franklin, "is me-and I'm not sure what that is." Her confusion is understandable. At 25, she is still Aretha the Baptist minister's daughter, the former teenage gospel singer in her father's church in Detroit, the shy girl who regards the glamorous trappings of show business as "a game." She can overcome her nervousness at singing in public only by imagining that she is "just at a party, and the audience is just my friends...
...listeners, and more are being converted all the time. In the past ten months, Aretha has reeled off a spectacular string of record hits: three singles (I Never Loved a Man, Respect, Baby, I Love You) that sold more than 1,000,000 copies apiece, an album that topped $1,000,000 in sales, and a new single release (Chain of Fools) that has sold more than 900,000 copies and is going at the rate of 75,000 a week...
...soul" flavor of Aretha's performances comes from the influence of her father, the Rev. Clarence L. Franklin, a preacher and singer who has recorded more than 40 albums. She served her apprenticeship with him by traveling as a featured performer in his evangelist shows. When she developed a habit of rushing through her lyrics, he advised her: "Take your time; say what you want...
Wednesday, December 27 THE KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).-"Woody Allen Looks at 1967" with a satiric eye, calling on Conservative William F. Buckley Jr. for comment, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli for musical assistance...