1968. "Ain't No Way" rehearsal session with Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, producer Ted White and sound engineer Tom Dowd. Original footage ABC News Archives.
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@maninblack92712 жыл бұрын
Carolyn wrote it best, Aretha's voice completed it, and Cissy Houston's background voice perfected it. Greatly done.
@sharita7270 Жыл бұрын
Perfectly stated!!!
@jackfeathers43857 ай бұрын
How true, wonderful way to think about it.
@torangpustory96054 ай бұрын
One of the most the beautiful and difficult song to sing it not only for the Vocalis but also for the Back singer ❤❤❤ thanks Carolyn Aretha & Cissy
@user-yz3vo9iu4qАй бұрын
That back ground voice is indescribable. Such a voice coming from eternity and echoing down the corridor of time.This is blissful. ❤❤
@mikalblack87982 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact : this IS the footage Whitney Houston was talking about when she said she was in the studio as a little girl and witnessed her record this song...its ALSO the same moment that made Whitney want to sing. ugh history😩😩😩
@jaynellioriginal51602 жыл бұрын
Omg!! Chills! Rip to these Legends ❤️
@mikalblack87982 жыл бұрын
@@jaynellioriginal5160 lKR!!!
@Gatsbyesque2 жыл бұрын
EPIC.
@mikalblack87982 жыл бұрын
@@Gatsbyesque lkr!!!
@janetownley2 жыл бұрын
Why “ugh”? Was something nasty about it??
@071oakland3 жыл бұрын
Carolyn Franklin was the bomb!! Hidden Gem! Carolyn and Aretha rest in peace!!💝💝
@JasShanelle3 жыл бұрын
Rest in Paradise to Carolyn, Erma & Aretha ♥️
@ladybhive12103 жыл бұрын
Rip soul queens
@clarencesanders37892 жыл бұрын
Actually all three sisters had talent look up Erma.
@carolyngardner49992 жыл бұрын
@@clarencesanders3789 💯
@Raven-ug8uw2 жыл бұрын
She wrote my favorite Aretha tunes.
@milbrown88352 жыл бұрын
You just hear “church” all in this! Carolyn was a masterful writer! Giving her sister her greatest gift…a timeless classic!
@SoulGemzEnt2 жыл бұрын
gospel music influenced Aretha, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke
@Juliamiller562 жыл бұрын
Most definitely Church.. Glenn Jones, Al Green, That list is endless
@LouiseCB19632 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@mochabo18862 жыл бұрын
You hear LOVE in this song🤎
@valeriejohnson365711 ай бұрын
ABSOLUTELY! GREAT POINT! "CHURCH" IS INDEED IN A WHOLE LOT OF ARETHA'S RECORDS.
@TheGamersGuide8192 жыл бұрын
Aretha Franklin played by ear. She’s just amazing
@janetownley2 жыл бұрын
True, but lots and lots of gospel/R&B musicians play by ear. I’ve played by ear since I was a child, but I’m nothing special. Just saying. The hard thing is reading music 😁
@TheGamersGuide8192 жыл бұрын
@@janetownley yea that makes so much sense
@napturalgoddess66022 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing to play by ear! That’s a God given talent. Anybody can read music if taught (me) but that special ear is a rarity!🥰
@TheGamersGuide8192 жыл бұрын
@@napturalgoddess6602 playing by ear can be taught as well
@sharonyah30072 жыл бұрын
@@janetownley You still are blessed I can't do either one.
@dedrachambers87222 жыл бұрын
Carolyn Franklin Is Definitely UNSUNG.... Amazingly TALENTED
@leighatl32773 жыл бұрын
Thank you Carolyn for writing such a beautiful song and Aretha for singing it!
@anglicaboo372 жыл бұрын
I love this song
@bonitahobbs20972 жыл бұрын
IT must to have been hard in the shadow...You had a beautiful voice too‼️‼️I t was kind of olden days when a market wasn't up on 2 or 3 stars in a family!! WE LOVE THE GENIUS though!!! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🥰🥰🥰🥰🎉🎉🎉✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽. WE ALSO LOVE YOU VERY MUCH TOO!! Wish y'all could have shared that one!! A DUET. THANK YALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️😘😘😘
@empresserica2 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!💃🏽👏🏾🙏🏾
@centerfold82 жыл бұрын
It’s one of my favorite songs of hers
@InHisService3332 жыл бұрын
"Be Still " by Gooden and Cohen I've come a long way still have a longer way to go it's been a Lonely Road but I know I'm not alone sometimes the going has gotten tough and I was down could not get it up but when my Sin I had enough Jesus took me by the hand Be still and know that I am God With me there's nothing that's too hard I'll get you through I've left it all behind To find the one above I had to die inside To Forgive and learn to love I've found that letting go Turns faith into a rope and so now I'm holding on to the only one who gives me hope. Be still and know that I am God With me there's nothing that's too hard I'll get you through it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJ2WnpqSuJmzZac.html
@deecovergirl12202 жыл бұрын
We All Know that Aretha Was Talented but Gosh Carolyn had something special, Awesome Skills.
@deloresking86202 жыл бұрын
That happens often in black musical families.Had Aretha not been the star she was the other two Franklin sister would have been more famous. Dionne's sister Dede Warrick who was as gifted as Dionne but because Dionne was her sister she wasn't as big as she should have been.Actually I loved her music more.ChecK out Dede song SHE DIDN'T KNOW. Charlie Pride said that his Uncle and brother were better country singers than he but he had all the fame.Salave
@scharlenelowe13322 жыл бұрын
Yes, no question 🙌
@martyemmons18592 жыл бұрын
Historical video like this shows just how much talent they had.
@kingpawn83 жыл бұрын
Carolyn pen one of the most favorable songs of all time. A great song writer
@danielalston49583 жыл бұрын
Cissy Houston high note was the missing ingredient that pull this all time classic together sing Cissy Houston
@HummerLove2 жыл бұрын
YES!!!
@TMYPiscesSunandMoonRising55482 жыл бұрын
You ain't never lied, no way that song would have been the hit it was without Mrs. Cissy Houston 👍🏾, she killed her part effortlessly 🔥🔥😁😁
@deanjosefmartell7012 жыл бұрын
i know that Miss Cissy sings & that she did sing Back-Up for Miss Aretha although i didn't know she did the High Note. ROCK ON LADIES rip Miss Aretha,Miss Carolyn + Miss Erma Franklin, DM
@MyHoney22222 жыл бұрын
Yaaaaaaaaas …… Saaaaang Cissy👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 That soaring - masterpiece of your Beautiful voice was Everything !!!!
@MyHoney22222 жыл бұрын
@@TMYPiscesSunandMoonRising5548 …. Yea BA- BY !!! “ Ain’t No Way” would certainly NOT have become the Mega Hit it became - without Miss Cissy Houston’s Searing,Soaring and Skillful rendition on that song. S. I. N. G. Miss Cissy Houston 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@shelinalewis4857 Жыл бұрын
No one on earth can sing this like the originals. First off nobody sings like Aretha and Cissy sound like a choir full of soprano angels. One of my top 5 favorite songs. The lyrics Ms Carolyn wrote. Just wow!
@marcusjunior-ub6yq2 ай бұрын
hell yeahhh, several singers did this song but use the falsetto
@rubbiegwanzura1248 күн бұрын
No one 💕
@rubbiegwanzura1248 күн бұрын
That Cissy sound ,so beautiful
@lindabrown20903 жыл бұрын
Nobody sings “Ain’t No Way “ like Aretha and Sissy Houston as background singer. Nobody. Aretha sings it beautifully. Now her Sister Carolyn was a Genius also. She was a very Skillful Writer. She also wrote “ Angel” and Aretha always gave her ,her Props, before she would sing it. Aretha also sung that beautifully too. They were both Hits. They were just a gifted family.
@beautifulsurprise94243 жыл бұрын
I agree 100%. I have heard Patti’s version and it’s incredible BUT as wonderful as it is it still doesn’t compare to Aretha’s. The best.
@ciarrajohnson38492 жыл бұрын
The only 2 Angels I knew were Anita Baker and A Winbush. I had never heard her Angel🤎🤎
@eddierosa2502 жыл бұрын
Patti’s rendition of “Ain’t no way” is out of this world. I personally prefer Patti’s rendition
@ciarrajohnson38492 жыл бұрын
@@eddierosa250 PATTI SAID SHE SANG THAT (Gave Aretha all but the KITCHEN SINK)! She said “Girl I went IN AND SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME”! Yikes
@TheLifeOfNaya2 жыл бұрын
Jennifer Hudson can sing this song good
@MScoachDANI2 жыл бұрын
Just realized this is my FAVORITE Aretha song, I love them all. But this is just amazing
@markshaw19662 жыл бұрын
@Betty Etheridge mine 3
@mozellephilpart17262 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite song too!😊❤
@kreole73762 жыл бұрын
saame
@katvorshae2 жыл бұрын
Mine too...
@martyemmons18592 жыл бұрын
It's amazing to watch GREAT artists create a true masterpiece. Their creative process is beautiful to watch.
@latishae22402 жыл бұрын
Carolyn was a beast as well!
@rahlohmcdonogh48552 жыл бұрын
Beast?
@Dion_Mustard3 жыл бұрын
wish they had recorded more of these rare videos from the days of the great soul singers...could you imagine if they had recorded etta james singing live in the studio, or darlene love, or the supremes or ben e king etc etc...why they didn't make more movies from within the studios is beyond me..it would've been AMAZING to watch them back!!!
@MrMystri3 жыл бұрын
I agree but it's one of those things one doesn't think about, at that time because everything is current. They're not thinking about that moment being something so rare to look at 50 years plus into the future. But I do agree, it would be awesome.
@PoraWasHere3 жыл бұрын
👏🏿👏🏿THIS🎯 So true!
@INDIGO.GODDESS_5732 жыл бұрын
There's lots of footage of Etta tho..
@Dion_Mustard2 жыл бұрын
@@INDIGO.GODDESS_573 not in the studio..i am talking about footage from the very early 60s when these artists were just getting a name for themselves..those early recordings of aretha in 1962-1964 - the jazz era - if only they had recorded more studio footage. but there is none. even phil spector did not video record the likes of the ronettes singing in the studio..such a shame as camera had been around for quite some time before the 60s.
@damemarthafalker67382 жыл бұрын
I have a gut feeling many more do exist. But a treasure trove of them are archived in homes of powerful people who were (or are descendants of) musicians, vocalists, songwriters, industry heads, etc., who made some significant contribution to the process, and are reserved for private consumption only.
@knightress57604 ай бұрын
When I was a kid, my Aunt's would pretend they were a singing group and they'd sing this song. When I heard Aretha sing this, I literally cried and to this day, as a 66 year old Woman, I still get that same feeling. What a beautiful song! Never knew why I always wanted to cry.
@babyk-ls3bz3 ай бұрын
I know why I'm crying right now. Ebonics double negative--"Ain't No" emphasizes and finalizes that this love can't happen.
@mochabo188612 күн бұрын
Powerful song....I'm only 46 it bring tears to my eyes the first time hearing it about a year ago. Didn't know how popular this song was...LOVE IT🤎
@ThePaul6413 ай бұрын
Carolyn and Aretha were not only impeccable singers and song writers but clearly arrangers of music.
@ReginaDillard2 жыл бұрын
Carolyn, a masterful visionary. Aretha, a masterful executioner. Your spirits are very much alive in this iconic song. Thanks for the upload.
@leonwilliams39662 жыл бұрын
Well said 👍🏽
@janetownley2 жыл бұрын
Not sure I’d call Aretha an “executioner” 🤣
@cassandradennard63232 жыл бұрын
The Greatest woman with the greatest voice ❤ RIP Aretha Franklin and carolyn,Franklin the lovely 🎶music you both left behind will Aways live butyou girls are missed we love you
@ikeane02 жыл бұрын
Beautiful way to explained the dynamics of the sisters
@RP.1235 ай бұрын
This is why she is Queen!! Aretha was known for sitting on a song for a while until it felt right. Great teamwork!
@malvaparker66183 жыл бұрын
Who’s here after seeing Respect movie yesterday on my special day? My birthday. Aretha and her sisters were musical geniuses. Wow. Totally enjoyed the movie! 🎬❤️👍🏾
@pyt100293 жыл бұрын
A great movie j hud vocals was amazing
@masseyshalonda53 жыл бұрын
Me I seen it yesterday it was amazing and beautiful movie Jennifer Hudson did her thing
@debbiewatkins94273 жыл бұрын
Me i went on my Birthday also 8-18_59 wonderful movie so good. Jennifer Played the hell out of that movie😍😍
@malvaparker66183 жыл бұрын
@@debbiewatkins9427 yea she did. Aretha Franklin personally asked her to play her in the movie. Jennifer did her justice too! She was phenomenal.
@masseyshalonda53 жыл бұрын
@@debbiewatkins9427 Fr and happy belated birthday 🥳
@AuthorLHollingsworth2 жыл бұрын
Carolyn could sang and write music. What a gem!
@MsDonPizzle2 жыл бұрын
I still CANNOT sing this song without crying omg. Didn't even understand the words til I fell in love. Wow
@lindajones48372 жыл бұрын
I cry EVERY time I hear it. It touches my soul!
@MsDonPizzle2 жыл бұрын
@@lindajones4837 Yes sista!
@sdk05242 жыл бұрын
Same! Every since I was a little girl
@matthewcollins32662 жыл бұрын
Amen
@jgirlpretty14132 жыл бұрын
I cry as well. Every since I was little girl this song gets deep in me and does something. t's the soul that touches you!
@akuapiatas2 жыл бұрын
Amazing how it all came together and with Cissy's soprano voice oh wow
@StilettoCutsQuick.2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I didn’t know that was Cissy ❤️❤️❤️
@swansonfamilyfarm68332 жыл бұрын
I just learned something new
@freedolphin30772 жыл бұрын
Her voice and Jennifer Hudson's voice are not the same, please! J-Hud did the biopic, but that's not Aretha's voice, nobody can do her voice. Her voice is an ocean of feelings! And after watching the movie, I feel like whatever she didn't speak about, she put all that feeling into her voice.
@melglenn65562 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Because please let’s not get it twisted.
@freedolphin30772 жыл бұрын
@@melglenn6556 Yes! And that's why Aretha's voice is so powerful, and never in a by-the-book vocalist way. J-Hudson is a vocalist, Aretha is SO MUCH MORE, when Aretha's record is on the world becomes quiet and you are just completely dominated by her singing, like the ocean is in your ears. She always had her sisters and the backup singers sang like TIDAL WAVES, and her voice surfing on top of these waves, completely spontaneous like a dolphin (haha), playing with these notes and phrasings and it's a wonder! And personality-wise, she never spoke like Patti Labelle or typical black entertainers, she only said what's needed to be said and do it accordingly...that's ONE STRONG QUEEN!
@melglenn65562 жыл бұрын
@@freedolphin3077 goodness gracious you said and phrased that so perfectly. I couldn’t agree more!!! 😱
@saintfrancisobrianevangeli27932 жыл бұрын
YOU BETTER TELL THOSE PEOPLE WHAT THEY NEEDS TO KNOW UP IN HERE !!! JHUDSON MESSED UP THE QUEENS CLASSICS, BIG TIME AND FOR REAL 🥳 !!! QUEEN ARETHA CLEARLY SAID JHUDSON COULD PORTRAY HER LIFE, NOT SING HER SONGS, IN THE MOVIE !!! BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT NOBODY CAN SING QUEEN ARETHA OR WHITNEY !!! THEY ALL NEEDS TO GO SIT DOWN ANYWHERE !!! IF NO ONE CAN SING GLADYS KNIGHT, HOW THEY GONNA SING QUEEN ARETHA FRANKLIN ??? ALL THE ELDERLY LADIES IN MY FAMILY MENTIONED 5 NAMES ABOVE THE REST IN THIS GENRRE: ARETHA FRANKLIN, DIONNE WARWICK, SUPREMES, GLADYS KNIGHT, WHITNEY HOUSTON. WITH ALL RESPECTS TO PATTI LABELLE, I RECENTLY SAW AN OLD AWARD SHOW WHERE SHE MESSED UP "AINT NO WAY" WITH QUEEN ARETHA SITTING THERE AS HONOUREE !!! ME AND THE QUEEN OF SOUL WAS LIVID 😇 !!! AND WHAT DOES I KNOW ABOUT THESE THINGS ??? MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD !!! IT'S JUST THAT THE BIBLE SAYS TO GIVE HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE !!! ARETHA AND WHITNEY WERE BORN TO SING !!! ONE OF THE BADDEST ALBUMS IN ALL CREATION IS "AMAZING GRACE" BY ARETHA FRANKLIN (THANK GOD FOR MY FAMILIES MUSIC COLLECTION). AS REV. JAMES CLEVELAND SAID ON THE RECORDING OF "AMAZING GRACE": "ARETHA FRANKLIN CAN SING ANYTHING....., 3 BLIND MICE..... !!!" I SAID AMEN !!! PLEASE SOMEBODY, HURRY AND GET THE WORD OUT TO JHUDSON, SHE CAN SING MADONNA OR LADY GAGA BUT PLEASE STIR CLEAR OF ARETHA'S AND WHITNEY'S DOMIAN !!! AND WHERE WILL YOU ALL SPEND ETERNITY ??? LUKE:16:19-31. THANK YOU
@ohemaa_ang2 жыл бұрын
Umm I think everyone is over reacting- obviously JHud doesn’t sound like her… but they have been planning this movie for over 10,11 years so she knew JHud would be singing especially since JHud has sang many of her songs smh. Think of it as a tribute and not as JHUD taking her place lol. You can love and appreciate them both
@michaelscott74622 жыл бұрын
I m a grown man 68 years old. This song still puts a lump in my throat.
@derrickbledsoe95472 жыл бұрын
Sang Aretha and Carolyn. This is Beautiful! Cutting onions in the kitchen 🤧 😭
@jorhodes85072 жыл бұрын
All right cutting onions in the kitchen... 😅
@joythompson87082 жыл бұрын
She loved her sister and her sister loved her! They were awesome together! I miss them so much!🥲
@nkululekonazo57552 жыл бұрын
Damn they don't compose ,write , arrange music 🎵🎼 🖤 like this anymore... Carolyn Franklin was a hidden 💎 gem indeed...shout out to the late great Queen 👑❤️ of soul Aretha Franklin.
@msrochellef69832 жыл бұрын
So much talent in ONE family. There will never be another Aretha... her voice cannot be duplicated. And Carolyn never got the props she deserved. RIH ladies 💜
@user-je8po9rk3o3 ай бұрын
Lol have you met the Houstons? The knowles’? The Jacksons? The Braxtons? Chyle bye
@melvinamccullough64719 күн бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤💎💎💎💎💎💎💎👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿🤎🤎🤎🔔🔔🔔🔔👌🏿👌🏿😇😇😇🏝🏝🏝🏝
@reelgood7062 жыл бұрын
Alot of people talk about Respect & Pink Cadillac but THIS WAS THE ONE FOR ARETHA FRANKLIN!! RIP to she and her sister Carolyn!
@ofentsev.moloisane67229 күн бұрын
May Carolyn and Aretha's legacy continue to live on. I'm listening 27 July 2024, on this beautiful sunny South African Saturday. Rest in Paradise Queens❤❤❤❤❤
@danahoward7592 жыл бұрын
Her background singers are like angels..the harmonies are impeccable
@vincentrobinson30782 жыл бұрын
Being a kid from the 60’s I could really appreciate this song . I remember mom playing it over and over, and we never got tired of it! RIP Queen and Ms. Carolyn Franklin !!
@sistah95412 жыл бұрын
The song is perfect. It’ll never be duplicated, ever! Aretha was absolutely amazing! That’s it, that’s all.
@mozellephilpart17262 жыл бұрын
You summed it up! Enough said#😊❤🎹
@valeriejohnson365711 ай бұрын
AMEN
@rsaved39622 жыл бұрын
Aretha sang it great and Carolyn wrote a classic!!! One of the great songs of all time !!!
@lindagoldsmith58992 жыл бұрын
Love this , Cissy’s voice was just memorable, it made me cry it was so beautiful, thank you Aretha and Carolyn for writing such a moving of the heart ❤️ song. RIP
@benjaminadler44022 жыл бұрын
Truly special, those two perfectionists together on one song.
@marjorietillman66972 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know Carolyn sounded that good. And, I didn’t know she had such wonderful songwriting skills!
@Chicanaloca Жыл бұрын
She made a couple of singles
@msoileau83 Жыл бұрын
She was on Respect. I THINK she sang the higher backgrounds ( based on this anyway) and their other sister Erma sang the other part. For years I thought Aretha "multed" (to borrow a Brian Wilson saying) on backups on that song but that is only because her sisters had a similar "familiar " sound.
@sondrasmith26912 жыл бұрын
Families singing or playing or writing music together can never be matched. You won't find that type of talent outside of families.
@omamiller46272 жыл бұрын
That is so beautiful your sister wrote your most beautiful song!!! That's how family is suppose to do it!!!!🥰❤❤
@tawanabrown89082 жыл бұрын
This and Natural Woman are my two favorites. Aretha sang this song and when Cissy Houston hit that high note that brings me to tears every time!!!! Beautiful!!!!!
@melvinamccullough64719 күн бұрын
❤❤❤😂😂😂😂Facts
@beautymarc5102 жыл бұрын
It’s a treat hearing it in this higher key… almost gives a slightly different feel. Hands down one of her best songs. True masterpiece 🙌🏽
@sandybeaches39502 жыл бұрын
Putting songs together ain't always as easy as it seems. It truly is a Gift from God.
@stroop36662 жыл бұрын
Carolyn thank you for letting Aretha sing your beautiful song!!!! Rest in Peace and Power Ladies. I know God's Choir is LIT right about Now!!!
@joannkelly79942 жыл бұрын
I loved Aretha, Erma and Carolyn. This is a beautiful piece to have. I believe the sisters didn’t get the credit they deserved. But, let’s just face it - Aretha was and still is “iconic”. Only she would say her performance wasn’t to her standard. But, guess what? It worked. Rest In Peace, Ladies.
@Mezsi_FueGo2 жыл бұрын
This is the type of musicians that we need in today’s music industry
@vernitabrown71212 жыл бұрын
Yes 👏🏽 Carolyn was the hidden gem 💎 of the family. Sis could do it all, read, write and compose the music. She even taught it.
@rebahenderson2112 жыл бұрын
My favorite Aretha Franklin song is written by sister Carolyn Franklin, wow! The musical heritage of these two ladies was long and influential.
@cathythomas91283 жыл бұрын
Soul sistas rest in peace.🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️
@markdrinkwater15082 жыл бұрын
She has no rivals, the celestial tone and sweet beauty of Aretha's sound has never been matched and probably never will.
@noreneal72522 жыл бұрын
💯 I don’t think we’ll ever see something like that again!!! 🐐🙌🏾
@christhomas57612 жыл бұрын
Mark Drinkwater , I have to agree with you on that .
@saintfrancisobrianevangeli27932 жыл бұрын
AMEN !!! WHERE WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY ??? LUKE:16:19-31
@thabigcohuna2 жыл бұрын
Whitney Houston says hello
@markdrinkwater15082 жыл бұрын
@@thabigcohuna Please don't mention mediocrity when we're appreciating artistic divinity.
@glendasmilesalot29592 жыл бұрын
Both of Aretha Franklin's sisters, Carolyn and Erma, had great talent but unfortunately were always in her shadow! Thank you for posting this!
@kennethcraddock76042 жыл бұрын
In my mind this is the Magnum Opus of Aretha. Carolyn is the songwriter. Listening to this l have come to believe music and singing along with Carolyn's writing just doesn't get any better. RIP Queen Of Soul and your very talented sibling Carolyn. Thank both of you for giving humanity great music 🎶.
@choward54302 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of my mother, grandmother, aunts, cousins, marveling as we listened to Aretha Franklin.
@DJ-ts5uv2 жыл бұрын
I swear all the greats are gone. They just don’t make em’ like this anymore!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@earlenehicks76462 жыл бұрын
Patti still alive!
@carolcarney10222 жыл бұрын
Sad isn't it... 🥺🥺🥺🥺 I dreaded the day when we would lose The Queen...
@yowzahful3 жыл бұрын
No other voice like hers. If she only knew what that smoke was going to do to her voice back then. Rest in peace Miss Franklin xxx
@roseamberzine58462 жыл бұрын
You are so right. I lost two sisters to Cancer because they smoked cigarettes even while receiving cancer treatment. They said they just couldn't stop smoking. RIP
@ManifestedSonofTheMostHigh232 жыл бұрын
I say that all the time. Back then they did not have a working understanding of what cigarette smoke does to the voice and how he can set you up later four different types of cancers in various places in the body. A music voice professional was saying it takes about 15 to 20 years or so before cigarette smoke it begins to damage the voice to where you can hear it. Her voice got lower and lower over the years in her range became lower and widest of her voice began to constrict. Regardless of all of that Aretha kept the anointing on her voice till the end. That's why no matter what state she was in when she sang everybody else in the audience that had a pulse could feel it. It was absolutely unbelievable how much of the Spirit of God was on her voice. God bless the soul of the queen!
@markdrinkwater15082 жыл бұрын
She had no rivals, her voice had a celestial beauty that has never been matched and probably never will, it rang out with suck a sweet beautiful tone.
@daramcneil42972 жыл бұрын
@Lee Irby exactly, what are they talking about? There was never any noticeable damage or difference in Arethas voice, until the end. Now Whitney... Her voice did suffer and she acknowledged that.
@kimsmith2752 жыл бұрын
@Lee Irby I agree
@clifst.laurent10682 жыл бұрын
This is a hidden jewel if ever there was one. I feel like I owe someone money
@geraldine14372 жыл бұрын
What a TEAM! Two sisters getting it done and Aretha putting the icing on top. This is one of my songs. Old school for real!!
@jasminefranc58892 жыл бұрын
Girlllll... and the fact she thought she didn’t do well on the song 🙈🙈 this song is a masterpiece and still moves whoever listens to it.... half a century later
@inkmasterzprintingembroide29872 жыл бұрын
This clip is priceless
@darrelllane24822 жыл бұрын
Classic. Thanks for this video. Aretha is a American treasure. I love her sister Carol input and writing this song. Also Cissy Houston background vocals was God send.
@MarisaTurnerMusic2 жыл бұрын
Carolyn was so sweet...such a humble and kind person... I'm so glad we met! ♥️
@ErestuPedro2 жыл бұрын
crazy how she was smoking cigarettes and still was able to sing like that
@HummerLove2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing to witness. A masterpiece in progress.
@ladyzinada53412 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs., by Aretha Franklin
@jeribuckner34812 жыл бұрын
When I first heard this song I was a teenager at a bowling alley and they were playing it. But when one of those background singers hit that high note (Woohoo) it just echoed through the whole building....oh my goodness it sounded so beautiful!! My favorite song.
@dr.r2552 жыл бұрын
That was Whitney Houston's mother, Cissy, who hit that note.
@jeribuckner34812 жыл бұрын
@@dr.r255Really Dr. R.....WOW!!!
@therenegaderev4692 жыл бұрын
Smooth as Butter.....electronics can’t even touch that. Now that’s goals.
@vgray57663 жыл бұрын
This is amazing . You don’t see and hear music like this, that much. These days. There are some artists that can really sing and do a great job. Some, 😳…. It’s just the studio machines. This is great… thanks for sharing it.
@kingeliii90112 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I play this song over and over about 100 times in one night.It's just mind boggling to hear this masterpiece without it disassembling your soul. Let me pull myself back together. Aretha got me in tears.
@bo715882 жыл бұрын
WHAT A VOICE OMG
@CanePollFishermon2 жыл бұрын
Gone but will never be forgotten, rest on Franklin sisters. Aretha you left a legacy for generations to come, and for those of us who remain that have followed you down through the years we'll see you on the other side one day, if God say the same.
@PatentRob2 жыл бұрын
The way Aretha belted the notes and feeling to "Ain't No Way" I find it hard to believe she couldn't get the song. Who's idea was it to get Cissy? It took me a minute to pick it up, but the horns are phenomenal. Aretha is pure Detroit, Michigan.
@lutherwilliams84292 жыл бұрын
All of those Franklin ladies could sing,, and had that range!:)
@gdubbs6803 жыл бұрын
Wow. That song and performance takes you to that place.
@mlolob.35483 жыл бұрын
That place is deep down in the Soul. That's true Soul Music; she felt it. 🙂
@bigeman252 жыл бұрын
In my own top five songs sung by Ms. Franklin. The backup singer, Cissy Houston, and I believe it's the group she sang with at that time, the Sweet Inspirations. They knocked this song to its knees. Thank you all. Especially you Carolyn.
@lonniecoward36402 жыл бұрын
Thank you Carolyn it's one of her classics
@tinalouise54752 жыл бұрын
They were some beast on this song. “Ain’t No Way” anyone else could ever do it better.
@vernonweatherbe1192 жыл бұрын
That song is beautiful! I love the way Aretha sang it. I remember growing up in Philly and when she gets to the part near the end where she sings, "If you won't let me . ." the DJ, Jimmy Bishop, from WDAS, would say real smooth, Baaabay!! Even as a kid, I like that song.
@brendagayden12972 жыл бұрын
Those Franklin women was so gifted. Continue to rest beautiful sisters!
@NativeAmerican102 жыл бұрын
The real beauty and brains. Ms Carolyn
@storiking6502 жыл бұрын
The Queen may have had to quit school early in life to pursue her career, but I'll tell u what, she was INDEED a TRUE, NATURAL GENIUS, NOT JUST IN THE OBVIOUS PLACE, MUSIC, WHERE WE KNOW SHE TAUGHT HERSELF TO PLAY PIANO BY EAR, AS A SMALL CHILD. In addition to that, she was also a VERY WELL READ & CULTURED WOMAN. What I admire MOST is how EXTREMELY ELOQUENT & INTELLIGIBLY ARTICULATE SHE IS & I'M TALKING SO EXTREMELY WELL SPOKEN, that she'll make the average Joe-Schmo do a doubletake!!!!! Total & complete CLASS ACT she was, all the way to the day she was reunited w/both of her beloved parents & ALL of her beloved siblings & good friends who'd traversed to the other side b4 her, as so, so many had. WE LOVE YOU ETERNALLY RE-RE💯!!!
@sylviacarlson3561 Жыл бұрын
My favorite Aretha Franklin song. So touching and full of emotion.
@Ceelle22 жыл бұрын
My favorite Franklin song.
@jcjc39142 жыл бұрын
Lordddd have mercy my God she’s forever the best vocalist. My absolutely favorite
@ADQue-vq7tb2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Imagine being Carolyn knowing you're singing your tail off and then Aretha does this to your song. The bridge with those piercing high notes, put chills down my body. My goodness.
@seckhoffable2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. To see this being made from scratch. There's talent, there's inspiration, there's hard work, and then there's the Franklins. America is in their debt.
@SoulGuy252 жыл бұрын
the franklin sisters Aretha, Erma and Carolyn now all singing up in heaven!!RIP
@bonnietaylor-williams51122 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen a version of this studio session many times and never get tired of it.
@dariusdiamante3172 жыл бұрын
Carolyn's songwriting skills were profound. "Ain't No Way" and "Angel" were and always will be....CLASSICS!
@deezmiddle13482 жыл бұрын
Raw Soul pure Universal understanding!*;*! 😇✌️👂👏👏👏👏👏👀💞💎🕊️🦉🌻🐝💐🐝🍇🥗🌍🌎🗽🎨🚀🌚🌡️🌛🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆♠️♥️🎼🎶🎵🎵🎙️🎤Dream Team Infinite Force that Forever remains Gravitational
@suzettelawes21042 жыл бұрын
What happened to soul music? This song drives you to a place where if your broken you'll understand why. Music like this speaks talent and the pain of love between a man and woman. We shall never hear music like this. Rest in sleep....icons.
@katrinabooth76262 жыл бұрын
Love This Song And Aretha Franklin .
@chelleweatherspoon22262 жыл бұрын
Wow! Is all I can say. Really miss her. Can never hear her songs too much. They always sound so new.
@Inthemixmedia Жыл бұрын
All that talent in one room
@caryd14845 ай бұрын
Can you imagine being there when the rehearsal of this song was being put together and recorded in black and white, look at the fun they're having even with the white guys that's involved to help this song become a classic hit, you see Arehtha and Carolyn rehearsing this hit Aretha husband right there as well, Then listen to the orchestra and the band as this Diamond song is put together and then you have the finish touches of the this song. Even listening to this song today it takes you wayyy back to what you was doing when it hit the radio waves let alone seeing her in concert at that time, All I can say is Man Man Man what a time and what a Classic. Much Respect to Carolyn and Aretha.
@Supersuccessful2 жыл бұрын
Just when I thought I couldn’t love her anymore she showed me the whole crew and I fell head over heals deeper in love
@truthfuljones45572 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite songs sung by Aretha Franklin. I didn’t know until after her death that it was written by Carolyn Franklin.
@QueenLeeMi792 жыл бұрын
My uncle joe was her production manager at the time she passed among others. He recently passed in july I never got their chance to meet her but my parents did.
@estherbradley32182 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of Carolyn until this video… Trust me. I will know her after this
@rasta4872 жыл бұрын
Perfection. And with all of their talent, intelligence & beauty, all women like this truly want is the love & protection of a man who wants to do right by them. In so many instances its the exact opposite. So glad that Aretha, Mary J Blige, Lauryn Hill & so many more of the national treasures were able to get away from their users & abusers.
@soulonice992 жыл бұрын
The pressure on Aretha must have been crushing, but in spite of everything, she produced **Diamonds.**