Aretha Franklin, 1942 – 2018

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  The Guardian

  

  ‘At 83, I still feel sexual’: Smokey Robinson on love, joy, drugs, Motown – and his affair with Diana Ross

  The Guardian - Simon Hattenstone

  Smokey Robinson’s first collection of new songs in 14 years is gorgeous, tender and utterly filthy – a concept album about sex called Gasms. Robinson, 83, admits he thought the title would be good for business. “When people think of gasms, they think of orgasms first and foremost … I tell …

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  The Guardian

  

  Burt Bacharach: 'Trump is dangerous – my songs are a form of resistance'

  The Guardian - Eve Barlow

  He adored Dusty, drove Cilla to exhaustion and had so many hits he lost count. Now, the 90-year-old says it’s time to get political “I don’t know how many songs I’ve written, I don’t know how many hits I’ve had,” says Burt Bacharach when we meet in a dining room by the ocean in Santa Monica. “I’m …

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  The Guardian

  

  The sheer joy of Jamie Lee Curtis cheering Michelle Yeoh sets a new bar for female best-friendship

  The Guardian - Zoe Williams

  Everyone likes a photo of Jamie Lee Curtis because everyone likes Jamie Lee Curtis, but the moment caught at the Golden Globes on Tuesday was something else. Combining the razzle-dazzle of the red carpet with the raw emotionality of war photography, the shot captures the moment when Michelle Yeoh …

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  The Guardian

  

  Who’s Zoomin’ Who is the song for right now

  The Guardian - Letters

  Jordan Henderson | Marmalade | Aretha Franklin | Poo for politicians | Long reads While I applaud Jordan Henderson’s efforts (Jordan Henderson setting up Premier League coronavirus fund for NHS, 3 April), perhaps when we get to the other side of this crisis he might consider supporting a substantial …

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  The Guardian

  

  Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis dies aged 87

  Guardian US - Associated Press

  The musician had three Grammy awards, seven gold records and later, hosted his own radio and TV shows Ramsey Lewis, the renowned jazz pianist whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz …

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  The Guardian

  

  FBI tracked Aretha Franklin’s civil rights activism, declassified file shows

  The Guardian - Adrian Horton

  The 270-page unsealed file details several death threats and her friendships with Martin Luther King Jr and Angela Davis The FBI has declassified its file on Aretha Franklin, the late “Queen of Soul” who died in 2018 at age 76. The 270-page document, which includes reports from over a dozen states, …