Aretha Franklin

This Day in Music History — October 29

1983 : Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon album breaks the record for most weeks on the Billboard album charts when it eclipses Johnny’s Greatest Hits by Johnny Mathis with 491 weeks. Dark Side would stay a total of 741 weeks.

1993 : Tim Burton’s animated musical The Nightmare Before Christmas hits US theaters. The film features music composed by Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo; Elfman also sings the vocal parts of protagonist Jack Skellington.

2005 : The wax figures of the younger Beatles used in the cover of the band’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album are auctioned off for 81,500 pounds in London after being discovered languishing in the backroom of Madame Tussauds’ famous wax museum.

2009 : To celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a series of concerts take place at Madison Square Garden, featuring inductees like Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Mick Jagger and Aretha Franklin.

New Music Tuesday — October 21

Click on the album to listen.


Jessie Ware	T.I.	Aretha Franklin
Tough Love	Paperwork	Sings the Great Diva Classics


Little Big Town	Annie Lennox	Kiesza
Pain Killer	Nostalgia	Sound of a Woman


Billy Idol	Primus	Bush
Kings & Queens of the Underground	Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble	Man on the Run


Cold War Kids	Ben Howard	Thurston Moore
Hold My Home	I Forget Where We Were	The Best Day

Aretha Franklin Covers Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep”

from Buzzfeed

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin got a standing ovation for her rendition of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” on Late Night With David Letterman last night.

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Whitney Houston’s mother 81-year-old Cissy Houston, who sang back-up for Franklin in the 1960s, was among the singers.

Franklin, 72, has an upcoming classics tribute album, and “Rolling in the Deep” made the cut.

Franklin, 72, has an upcoming classics tribute album, and "Rolling in the Deep" made the cut.

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She even manages to sneak in a bit of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” to make it even grander. The album, aptly titled Aretha Franklin Sings The Great Diva Classics, comes out Oct. 21 on RCA Records.

Franklin dips into perfect classics, like Etta James’ “At Last” and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

Franklin dips into perfect classics, like Etta James' "At Last" and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive."

But also delves into more recent hits, like Alicia Keys’ “No One.” She’s reportedly been working with Babyface, Daryl Simmons, André 3000, Clive Davis, and other producers.

The full tracklist:

1. “At Last” (Etta James cover)
2. “Rolling In The Deep” (Adele cover)
3. “Midnight Train To Georgia” (Gladys Knight & the Pips cover)
4. “I Will Survive” (Gloria Gaynor cover)
5. “People” (Barbra Streisand cover)
6. “No One” (Alicia Keys cover)
7. “I’m Every Woman” (Chaka Khan cover) / “Respect”
8. “Teach Me Tonight” (Dinah Washington cover)
9. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (The Supremes cover)
10. “Nothing Compares 2 U” (Sinéad O’Connor/Prince cover)

Must feel pretty good to have a legend cover your music.

Aretha Franklin's Cover Of "Rolling In The Deep" Is Majestic

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You can pre-order the album at iTunes or Amazon.

Listen to the recorded version below.