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Aretha Franklin: Songs
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Franklin picked up piano at the age of 8 just from watching her older sister Erma’s lessons. The singer’s instinctive, jazz-inflected piano playing is at the heart of almost every one of her songs.
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Much of that came under the guiding hand of Arista svengali Clive Davis, whose '80s comeback project with Franklin was a model he'd follow to great effect with artists such as Santana. Some of the Detroit star's biggest successes of that era came with her collaborative songs, and all are included here: top 40 hits such as "Jumpin' Jack Flash" with Keith Richards, "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" with the Eurythmics, the chart-topping "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" with a wispy-voiced George Michael.
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Hillary's Choice Cuts contains songs that she told the New York Post were some of her favorites, including the Beatles "Hey Jude", Aretha Franklin's "Respect", the Eagles "Take It To The Limit", and U2's "Beautiful Day". "I've got everything -- a total smorgasbord,"
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