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kaka-hodari: Tweedle Dee Soul On Fire You’d Better Find Yourself Another Fool #sheiseverywoman

kaka-hodari:

Tweedle Dee

Soul On Fire

You’d Better Find Yourself Another Fool

#sheiseverywoman

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simplysupreme: wildlystaccato: Roberta Flack. Mick Jagger. Phyllis Hyman. I live for these type of pictures! 

simplysupreme:

wildlystaccato:

Roberta Flack. Mick Jagger. Phyllis Hyman.

I live for these type of pictures! 

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#sheiseverywoman

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rootsnbluesfestival: Aretha #sheiseverywoman

rootsnbluesfestival:

Aretha

#sheiseverywoman

Only 10 solo female performers and 13 groups containing at least one female performer have been added since the Hall admitted its first woman—Aretha Franklin—on January 3, 1987.

Only 10 solo female performers and 13 groups containing at least one female performer have been added since the Hall admitted its first woman—Aretha Franklin—on January 3, 1987.

inanorderlyfashion: Aretha Franklin 1967 photographed by David Gahr #sheiseverywoman

inanorderlyfashion:

Aretha Franklin 1967

photographed by David Gahr

#sheiseverywoman

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Quincy Jones describes Dinah Washington’s style: she “could take the melody in her hand, hold it like an egg, crack it open, fry it, let it sizzle, reconstruct it, put the egg back in the box and back in the refrigerator and you would’ve still understood every single syllable.” more.

Quincy Jones describes Dinah Washington’s style: she “could take the melody in her hand, hold it like an egg, crack it open, fry it, let it sizzle, reconstruct it, put the egg back in the box and back in the refrigerator and you would’ve still understood every single syllable.”

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in Nutbush, Tennessee, she was born on this day, in 1939.

in Nutbush, Tennessee, she was born on this day, in 1939.

theniftyfifties: Lena Horne #sheiseverywoman

theniftyfifties:

Lena Horne

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vintageblackglamour: Aretha Franklin rehearses steps with the legendary dancer and choreographer Charles “Cholly” Atkins at a dance studio in 1961. Mr. Atkins (1913-2003) created the iconic dance moves of The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips and The Supremes’s famous “Stop! In the Name of Love” hand movement. The Alabama-born Mr. Atkins began his career as a vaudeville performer and was one half of the legendary dance duo Coles and Atkins with Honi Coles. In 1988, he shared a Tony Awards for choreographing the Broadway show, “Black and Blue.” Photo: Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images. #sheiseverywoman

vintageblackglamour:

Aretha Franklin rehearses steps with the legendary dancer and choreographer Charles “Cholly” Atkins at a dance studio in 1961. Mr. Atkins (1913-2003) created the iconic dance moves of The Temptations, Gladys Knight and the Pips and The Supremes’s famous “Stop! In the Name of Love” hand movement. The Alabama-born Mr. Atkins began his career as a vaudeville performer and was one half of the legendary dance duo Coles and Atkins with Honi Coles. In 1988, he shared a Tony Awards for choreographing the Broadway show, “Black and Blue.” Photo: Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images.

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thesoulciety: Jet Magazine. February 20th, 1975.

thesoulciety:

Jet Magazine. February 20th, 1975.

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