RESPECT - The Aretha Franklin Songbook is an amazing live concert that pays tribute to the Queen Of Soul!
Featuring sensational lead vocals from Cleopatra Higgins, Tanya Edwards and Cleo Stewart accompanied by the Urban Soul Band and Gospel Choir they will be at the Rothes Halls on Saturday October 5.
The two-hour production directed by Racky Plews (Footloose, American Idiot) will take you on an uplifting musical journey as a powerful sermon is delivered throughout celebrating Aretha Franklin's life and greatest hits including Think, Isay A Little Prayer, Son Of A Reacher Man, Bridge Over Troubled Water and many more!
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. She began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was minister.
Franklin received numerous honours throughout her career. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1987, she became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She also was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
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