Aretha Franklin - The Great American Songbook

Aretha is getting the major retrospective treatment with an 11-CD/DVD box set, covering her groundbreaking work from 1960-65. The 18 tracks here focus on songs by stellar composers like Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter—all of which showcase the Queen of Soul’s deeply emotive sound. But the real proof of her interpretive powers lies in how Franklin, the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, makes signature songs by legends like Billie Holiday and Otis Redding entirely her own.