Aretha Franklin & James Brown = Gimme Your Love 

The Life and Music of Aretha Franklin: Sister Ain’t Doin’ It By Herself

Episode 19

Episode date - February 28, 2025

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    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

    Channel 155 - The Life and Music of Aretha Franklin