Aretha Franklin: Our Queen
David Nathan, Blues & Soul, August 1970
THE ARRIVAL in Britain of the Queen of Soul was, naturally, a Red Letter day in the 1970 Soul calendar. After all, this was only Aretha's second European jaunt the first having been over two years ago in 1968 when she had literally blown everyone's minds with her spellbinding shows and left a very lasting impression.
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