Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, died today. I'm not even an especially big fan of hers, but her impact is far too significant to ignore. I'm not going to even to attempt to review her career -- spanning 60+ years, with over 100 charting singles, and 18 Grammys, her career speaks for itself. I do count myself lucky to have seen her perform live once: Danette and I saw her at the Ferguson Center in Newport News in 2009.
I will mark her passing with her 1985 single "Freeway of Love", from the LP "Who's Zoomin' Who?" It's certainly not one of her classics, but it was her last #1 single and did result in her 12th Grammy. It's a very 80s sounding song, and features Clarence Clemons (bonus Bruce reference -- he had a 1984 song called "Pink Cadillac"). And while you hear her classics all the time, I don't recall the last time I heard this song.
Aretha Franklin - "Freeway of Love": single edit, 12" "Rock Mix" (this version also features Dez Dickerson of The Revolution)
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