Slavná americká soulová zpěvačka, někdy přezdívaná “Lady Soul”. Pochází z Memphisu (nar. 1942). Její otec byl významným kazatelem a hudebníkem. V r. 1956 pořizuje první nahrávky pro značku Checker. Původně zpívá především gospely ale po odchodu...

Píseň: Today I sing The Blues

Interpret:
Aretha Franklin
Album:
Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo
Without a word of warning
The blues walked in this morning
And circled rund my lonely room
I didn't know why I had 
That sad and lonely feeling
'till my baby called and said it's through
Yesterday I sang a love song
But today I sing the blues


I know the explanation
But that's no constellation
No matter how your love
You can lose
And since I lost 
I rather walk around and worry
I guess I've walked the darkest avenue


Yesterday I sang a love song
But today I sing the blues
Now it strikes me kind of funny
How life can be this way
We were lovers last night honey
But not in love today
Now it strikes me kind of funny
How faith can be unfair
It seems that I'm the one
To lose in every love affair
Yes it must be written for me
That I should be the one to always lose
Yesterday I sang a love song
But today I sing the blues


Now it strikes me kind of funny
How life can be this way
We were lovers last night honey
But not in love today
Now it strikes me kind of funny
How faith can be unfair
It seems that I'm the one
To lose in every love affair
Yes it must be written for me
That I should be the one to always lose
Yesterday I sang a love song
But today I sing the blues