


The Life and Music of Aretha Franklin: Sister Ain’t Doin’ It By Herself
Episode 19
Episode date - February 28, 2025

Whether it was bad luck or stubborn indifference, Aretha’s career took a sharp turn downward for nearly a decade.
When that happens, most artists don’t recover, but we are discussing Aretha Franklin. Finally finding sympathetic producers (who were willing to handle her difficult mannerisms and work with the utmost patience), things turned around rather quickly for Aretha in the 1980’s. Apparently, her move to Arista worked even better than could have been expected. The lasting questions, though, are 1) Is she relying too heavily on others, and 2) Do the songs hold up with her earlier classics?’ We’ll let you decide.
Featured tracks (some of them edited) include:
Jump To It
Get It Right
Who’s Zooming Who?
Freeway of Love
Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
I Knew You Were Waiting for Me
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Gimme Your Love
Through the Strom
If Ever a Love There Was
It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be
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