BLACK MUSIC MONTH – GREATEST FEMALE SINGERS

What is soul? Aretha Franklin, that’s what it is.

The underrated. Her voice is as powerful, as sincere, as moving as it ever was.

Chaka live blows me away every time.

The singer’s singer.

Her voice is a beautiful as her appearance.

I didn’t get it as a kid, but I do now.

The pinnacle of gospel music.

I didn’t understand opera until I heard her sing.

Soulful, classy, and a string of hits over decades.

She crosses all genres of music and makes it hers.