August 16, 2018

45 RPMs 25: Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston ~ Now A Duet in Heaven

~    
Aretha Franklin

 March 25, 1942
 ~
August 16, 2018
     
      

45 rpm sleeve cover
illustration by Bob Gleason
photo of sleeve cover by Styrous®
     
          
     
Aretha Franklin died today of pancreatic cancer; I couldn't believe it! She was 76 years old. As with all the great people I have loved, it seemed she would go on forever. Well, she will in my heart.      

It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be is a duet recorded between Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, and appeared on Franklin's 1989 album Through the Storm. It was released as a single in June of that year. It peaked at #41 on the Billboard Hot 100.  

In 2009, she sang, My Country Tis Of Thee, at the inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44th and 1st African American president (links below).   
    
45 rpm sleeve back cover
illustration by Bob Gleason
photo of sleeve cover by Styrous®
   
        

Personnel:

  • Walter Afanasieff – co-producer, keyboards, synth bass, drum programming
  • Kitty Beethoven – backing vocals
  • Lincoln Clapp – engineer
  • Marlene Cohen – art direction
  • Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, vocal engineer
  • David Frazer – engineer, mixing engineer
  • Dana Jon Chappelle - additional engineer
  • Whitney Houston – lead vocals
  • Melisa Kary – backing vocals
  • Ren KlyceFairlight CMI programming
  • Peter Max – front & back cover art
  • Norman Parkinson – photography
  • Narada Michael Walden – producer, arrangements
    
45 rpm record
photo by Styrous®
    
    
    
Viewfinder link:      
        
            
Net links:      
        
Aretha Franklin site
BBC obit      
NPR obit        
The New Yorker ~ Soul Survivor        
NY Times ~ Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It?
The Washington Post ~ Relive 7 iconic Aretha Franklin performances 
          
YouTube links:      
        
It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be 
Barack Obama Inauguration - Jan 20, 2009 ~ 
          My Country Tis Of Thee          
          
  
   
     
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 


 
Styrous® ~ Thursday, August 16, 2018   
           












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