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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin


Background information
Birth name Aretha Louise Franklin
Born March 25, 1942
Born place Memphis, Tennesee, U.S.
Origin Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genre(s) Soul
Jazz
Blues
R&B
Gospel
Rock
Years active 1956—present
Label(s) Arista Records
Columbia Records
Atlantic Records
Associated acts George Michael
Sweet Inspirations
Carolyn Franklin
Erma Franklin
Cissy Houston
George Benson
Michael McDonald
Mahalia Jackson
Albertina Walker
Stevie Wonder
Chaka Khan
Marvin Gaye
Natalie Cole



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X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK Charts

November 28, 2010
X Factor Finalists And Take That Storm UK ChartsThe X Factor finalists have gone straight in at number one on the UK singles chart with their charity single 'Heroes'.

The track, a cover version of the David Bowie classic, features all 16 of this year's finalists, and pushed JLS off the top spot.

Rihanna had two entries in this week's chart with 'Only Girl (In The World)' slipping to number five and new sngle 'What's My Name' featuring Drake entered the chart at number ten.

Elsewhere, Ellie Goulding climbed one spot to number two with 'Your Song', while Olly Murs scored his second UK top 10 with 'Thinking Of Me'.

In the album chart, Take That's 'Progress' held the top spot for the second week running, selling more than 580,000 copies. The other new entry in this week's album chart was JLS's 'Outta This World' at number two.

(by Holly Frith)



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