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Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Heart documents the beloved performing star's rocky personal life and internationally acclaimed show business job. An in-depth and frank study of Aretha, this definitive biography traces her job from her beginnings as a 12-year-old member of a cathedral choir in the early 1950s, saving her first record at age 14, a significant recording agreement at 18, and stardom in her 20s, right up through her headline-grabbing 2010 health scare, to her triumphant return: performing to her cheering Detroit hometown supporters in summer months 2011. This New York Times best-selling author's specific research includes interviews with the most important people in Aretha's life, including record suppliers Jerry Wexler, Clyde Otis, and Clive Davis; her first partner; many of Franklin's singing superstar contemporaries; and a unusual one-on-one treatment with Aretha herself. Bego's portrayal of the performing sensation is done with clearness and neutrality. A no-holds-barred take a look at her roller-coaster life, it requires her from two teenage pregnancies and an abusive first matrimony, to drinking problems, fights with her weight, the murder of her father, and tabloid wars. This critically acclaimed, newly updated biography gives readers a specific understanding of why is Aretha Franklin the "Queen of Heart."
