After the golden years of 1967 and 1968, Aretha Franklin's career walked a complex road. "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Natural Woman" — having changed the world with these songs, Aretha faced the challenge that every great artist eventually confronts: what comes after the summit. But the reason her story is not a simple narrative of glory followed by decline is that she was an artist who returned, again and again. Chapter 2 follows the second half of the Queen of Soul's life: the trials of the 1970s, the remarkable comeback of the 1980s, ...
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