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Aretha Louise Franklin (Memphis, 25 marzo 1942 – Detroit, 16 agosto 2018) è stata una cantautrice e pianista statunitense, una delle icone della musica gospel, soul ed R&B. Era soprannominata “La Regina del Soul” o “Lady Soul” per la sua capacità di aggiungere una vena soul a qualsiasi cosa cantasse, e per le sue enormi qualità vocali. Lo Stato del Michigan ha ufficialmente dichiarato la sua voce “una meraviglia della natura”. Molto nota per la sua vasta produzione di musica soul e R&B ma anche gospel, blues, jazz e rock, si è aggiudicata ben ventuno premi Grammy (otto dei quali...

Born in 1961, London, England. Fontaine began her career in her early teens, initially providing backing vocals on various recording sessions. She joined a number of lovers rock trios, including Mellow Rose, One Love and True Harmony, before emerging as a soloist. In 1981 she recorded her version of Bloodstone's classic R&B ballad, "Natural High", with producer Junior Boothe. The song became a popular lovers rock hit and was licensed to a major label, although with little success, and the follow-up, "Not A Little Girl Any More", failed to make any impact. Fontaine continued in session work, providing backing vocals...

Aretha Lafayette Henry (born August 1, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi), is an American singer-songwriter. View Full Bio .

Singer and composer Philippe Lafontaine was born on May 24, 1955 in Gosselies, Belgium. Lafontaine spent a short time in a Jesuit college that he left at 17 to pursue a career in music. His first successes came from the writing and recording of jingles for television commercials (including Stella Artois and Coca Cola. Throughout the 1980s he joined the musical comedy "Brel en mille temps", touring in Dakar, Moscow, and Leningrad, and he released three albums. The song "Coeur de Loup" was his first big hit and launched his career once and for all in Europe. The song garnered...