David Remnick on Aretha Franklin
The New Yorker Radio Hour 
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<p>Aretha Franklin brought Barack Obama to tears when she performed “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” at the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Carole King in December 2015. When video from that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHsnZT7Z2yQ" target="_blank">event went viral</a>, it reawakened Aretha fans across the country.<em> The New Yorker</em>’s David Remnick, <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/04/aretha-franklins-american-soul" target="_blank">who wrote about Franklin</a>, looks back on the singer’s childhood in Detroit and reflects on her music’s unparalleled combination of “Saturday night and Sunday morning.”</p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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