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Barbara Vernice Franklin (née Siggers; June 29, 1917 – March 7, 1952) was an American gospel singer and pianist, the mother of American singer–songwriter Aretha Franklin and wife of C. L. Franklin, the African-American Baptist minister of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit.
24 giu 2021 · Aretha Franklin's mother Barbara Siggers Franklin - played by Audra McDonald in Respect - died at a very young age, but she was instrumental in encouraging the future soul singer's talent.
- Tom Eames
Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, to Barbara (née Siggers) and Clarence LaVaughn "C. L." Franklin. She was delivered at her family's home located at 406 Lucy Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee.
31 gen 2022 · Il padre della regina del soul era il predicatore battista itinerante Clarence LaVaughn Franklin. La madre era la cantante gospel e pianista Barbara Siggers. Aveva soltanto sei anni quando i suoi genitori divorziarono, per cui lei soffrì molto.
11 dic 2023 · Aretha Franklin nasce il 25 marzo 1942 a Memphis da Clarence LaVaughn, predicatore battista, e Barbara Vernice Siggers, cantante gospel. I due genitori si separano quando Aretha ha solo sei anni,...
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- Rev. C.L. Franklin
- Barbara (Siggers) Franklin
- Erma Franklin
- Rev. Cecil Franklin
- Carolyn Franklin
Franklin’s father was the man with the “million-dollar voice” — a very popular preacher and singer who was known for organizing the 1963 Walk to Freedom in Detroit with Martin Luther King, Jr. He was the first preacher to join the gospel tour in 1953, and he formed his own group, C.L. Franklin’s Gospel Caravan, that Aretha sometimes sang in. He rec...
Aretha’s mother was a piano player and singer who inspired her daughter. She married C.L. in 1936; she had a son, Vaughn, from a previous relationship, whom C.L. adopted (Vaughn didn’t learn C.L. wasn’t his biological father until 1951). The couple had a contentious relationship, and Barbara eventually grew weary of her husband’s infidelity and mov...
The oldest child of C.L. and Barbara, Erma began singing at the age of five and, alongside her other siblings, sang in her father’s gospel choir. Erma sometimes performed background vocals on Aretha’s songs, but she was also a singer-songwriter in her own right who had several brushes with success. She and Aretha performed together in the 1980s and...
Cecil, Aretha’s older brother, served at the same church as their father, New Bethel Baptist Church. Before that, he graduated as valedictorian from Morehouse College and worked as an assistant pastor for three years. After Franklin finalized her divorced from her first husband, Ted White (who was also her manager), Cecil stopped his work at the ch...
The youngest of the four siblingswas also a talented musician in her own right, even writing “Ain’t No Way,” which Franklin would later sing. Like Erma, Carolyn was also a singer who contributed background vocals to Aretha’s tracks, but didn’t achieve the same level of success despite her significant talents. Both Erma and Carolyn contributed to Fr...
18 mar 2021 · Her father, the Reverend Clarence LaVaughn “C.L.” Franklin, was a prominent Baptist preacher. Her mother, Barbara Siggers Franklin, was a highly regarded gospel singer.
