2. Ritz later confirmed that Carolyn’s preference was for women. 2:08; You Can Have My Soul - Carolyn Franklin. All images are used for the purpose of review and critique, thus constituting 'fair use'. The Friends of Distinction. LaVette and Wilson are unsure, while Armstrong calls the theory “bullshit … It’s just a love song about having a broken heart.”. Songs List. Read below! Tight, irrepressibly funky, and full of attitude – with some sonic parallels to Aretha’s ‘Rock Steady’. First time ever European release of debut album, Sing It Loud: Black and Proud – 28 October 11.10pm. Yet it was Aretha who would go on to become the Queen of Soul, and whose story will be depicted this year in the biopic Respect, while Carolyn has been mostly overlooked, known – if at all – for a few songwriting credits. 1. "Respect" is a song originally released by American singer-songwriter Otis Redding in 1965. Carolyn died in April, a week after her graduation, at 43 years old. It is quite possibly soul music’s finest ballad. Her debut album, Baby Dynamite, was released in May 1969, with a second the following year drawing largely on covers. Carolyn recorded for RCA Victor Records and wrote songs for both Erma Franklin ("Don't Catch The Dog's Bone") and Aretha Franklin ("Ain't No Way" "Angel"). Carolyn was only four when her mother, exasperated by her husband’s philandering, returned to Buffalo. Find the song lyrics for Carolyn Franklin - Top Tracks. Though devastated, Carolyn still conceded the virtuosity of Aretha’s performance. Barbara died of a heart attack in 1952; Carolyn, her sisters, Erma and Aretha, and her brother, Cecil, were raised primarily by their father. Carolyn paces herself vocally, before jumping the octave and riding that funky groove. ‘The lyrics were about the fact that we all live on the same planet and that all of us have a right to the fruits and productivity of the planet,’ songwriter Mike Appel (known for managing Bruce Springsteen’s early career) told me via email. There I Go (Se Per Te C'E' Soltanto Quell 'Uomo) 3. “It probably hurt them more than helped them,” says Carolyn’s niece Sabrina Owens. Writer: Carolyn Franklin Piano: Aretha Franklin Backing Vocals: Aretha Franklin Backing Vocals: Carolyn Franklin See All Song Credits. Released in the year 1968, as a B side to her single, ‘Since You’ve Been Gone’, … Carolyn Franklin - Samples, Covers and Remixes on WhoSampled. Carolyn repurposes the song as a sensual, pseudo-gospel ode with an arrangement courtesy of Sonny Sanders (who she later wrote ‘Angel‘ with). Carolyn wrote the blues ballad Baby, Baby, Baby and the jaunty Ain’t Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around) for Aretha’s first two Atlantic albums. Due acknowledgement for each image is given within the specific article. “Anybody that heard it, of course, wanted to record it,” LaVette says – she asked Carolyn if she could record Ain’t No Way before it was given to Aretha. Compared with Erma’s jazzier cadences, and Aretha’s distinctive marriage of gospel and blues, Carolyn has a rougher, less polished sound; she is less dextrous than Aretha as a vocalist, but sings with power, attack and personality. Signed by Buzz Willis as part of RCA’s concerted push into the R&B market, Carolyn was eager to step out of Aretha’s shadow and establish her identity as a solo artist. It's True I'm Gonna Miss You is a popular song by Carolyn Franklin | Create your own TikTok videos with the It's True I'm Gonna Miss You song and explore 0 … ‘I Don’t Want To Lose You’ was Carolyn’s first single after singing to RCA Records in 1969. March 1970. Radcliffe blames “lack of support from the label in budgeting and promotion. Reeves reconnected with Carolyn when both their fathers were in hospital in the early 1980s. Despite positive reviews in Billboard, though, neither album charted. Get all the lyrics to songs by Carolyn Franklin and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. “Erma was very demure; Aretha was very Baptist; Carolyn was very neighbourhood-ish.”. Then I realised: ‘She’s singing about me!’ I will never forget that day.”. Having realised that her solo recording career was over, Carolyn enrolled at Marygrove college, in Detroit, in 1982. Carolyn Franklin. Her reading of the song has a moody intensity – more anguished and dramatic than the original. Against a backdrop of punchy brass, she has fantastic interplay with the backing vocals as she bids farewell to a no-good lover. Franklin was born in Memphis, to Barbara (née Siggers) and Reverend C. L. Franklin. Albums include The Smoocher: 12 Finely Matured Soul Tracks, If You Want Me, and Reality / It's True I'm Gonna Miss You. But after her third album, I’d Rather Be Lonely, also made little impact, Carolyn was dropped by RCA. Alternatively, she may have been singing about the political upheaval that gripped Detroit (and other parts of the US) in the late 1960s as the civil rights movement reached its apex. She had already been dropped by RCA after the dismal performance of her third album I’d Rather Be Lonely (1973). “She was so good with him,” Owens tells me. Signed by Buzz Willis as part of RCA’s concerted push into the R&B market, Carolyn was eager to step out of Aretha’s shadow and establish her identity as a solo artist. Copyright © 2020 The House That Soul Built. Genres: Soul. Carolyn Franklin. Carolyn Franklin. “We looked very much alike; we were the same size, and we both acted very boyish.” I asked her how the Franklin sisters differed. Carolyn Ann Franklin (May 13, 1944 - April 25, 1988) was the younger sister of soul music singer Aretha Franklin. Carolyn Franklin. “They hired me to put them in the Black music business,” Willis says. ‘I Don’t Want To Lose You’, from Baby Dynamite (1969) ‘I Don’t Want To Lose You’ was Carolyn’s first single after singing to RCA Records in 1969. “It’s hard for me to say that Aretha sang those songs better than anyone could have. While studying music at the University of Southern California, Carolyn spent time in New York, where both her sisters held recording contracts. Carolyn Franklin- Song Man. ‘So why can’t you see it’s up to you and me to start a chain reaction / To make the love of mankind the centre of attraction,’ she sings, possibly calling for both racial and sexual equality. She enlisted her cousin Brenda Corbett and singers Margaret Branch and Patricia Smith for backing vocal duties on Baby Dynamite and her subsequent albums. Carolyn soon became closely involved in Aretha’s career. 6 August 1932, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 13 April 1986, Santa Monica, California, USA. The youngest of the minister's six children, she moved to Buffalo, New York, shortly after her birth. I ask Carolyn’s family how they want her to be remembered. Profile: Singer and songwriter, born 13 May 1944 in Memphis, Tennessee, died 25 April 1988 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. We were cheering and crying,” Erma told Ritz. “I knew guys she used to date,” he says; the Temptations’ Otis Williams writes in his autobiography that he dated Carolyn briefly.