Aretha Franklin Biography Interview
Deanna McCloud
October 31st, 2012
Purple/ Miss Wallace
Aretha Franklin
By: Leslie Gourse
Question 1: Where did you begin your singing career?
Answer: I started singing gospel music at my church in the choir.
Question 2: What made you decide that you wanted to become a singer?
Answer: After I saw Clara Ward, who was a gospel singer, throw her hat at a funeral; I knew that I wanted to become a singer.
Question 3: What was the first company you signed with?
Answer: John Hammond arranged me to sign a contract with Columbia, which was my first company.
Question 4: Who was your first husband, and did you marriage go well?
Answer: I was married to Ted White, and during the years of our marriage we fought a lot.
Question 5: What was the name of the second company that you signed with?
Answer: I signed a contract with Atlantic second; after I was convinced to by Jerry Wexler, who was a partner in Atlantic Records, to sign with them.
Question 6: How many albums did you make with Jerry Wexler at Atlantic?
Answer: We made about fourteen together at Atlantic Records.
Question 7: Who was your second husband after you and Ted White didn’t work out?
Answer: I married Glynn Turman on April 12th, 1978. We stayed married for about four years.
Question 8: When you went to American Music Awards what awards did you win?
Answer: When I appeared there I won the favorite Soul/R&B video award, the favorite Soul/R&B singer award and also for the song and also video “Freeway of Love”
October 31st, 2012
Purple/ Miss Wallace
Aretha Franklin
By: Leslie Gourse
Question 1: Where did you begin your singing career?
Answer: I started singing gospel music at my church in the choir.
Question 2: What made you decide that you wanted to become a singer?
Answer: After I saw Clara Ward, who was a gospel singer, throw her hat at a funeral; I knew that I wanted to become a singer.
Question 3: What was the first company you signed with?
Answer: John Hammond arranged me to sign a contract with Columbia, which was my first company.
Question 4: Who was your first husband, and did you marriage go well?
Answer: I was married to Ted White, and during the years of our marriage we fought a lot.
Question 5: What was the name of the second company that you signed with?
Answer: I signed a contract with Atlantic second; after I was convinced to by Jerry Wexler, who was a partner in Atlantic Records, to sign with them.
Question 6: How many albums did you make with Jerry Wexler at Atlantic?
Answer: We made about fourteen together at Atlantic Records.
Question 7: Who was your second husband after you and Ted White didn’t work out?
Answer: I married Glynn Turman on April 12th, 1978. We stayed married for about four years.
Question 8: When you went to American Music Awards what awards did you win?
Answer: When I appeared there I won the favorite Soul/R&B video award, the favorite Soul/R&B singer award and also for the song and also video “Freeway of Love”