Ubuyile ukumkanikazi womphefumlo ongenakuphikiswa. Kule veki UAretha Franklin Uphinde waqaqamba kwakhona kumboniso wakhe ophilayo kumboniso kaDavid Letterman kwi-CBS, apho wenza inguqulelo emangalisayo ka-Adele ethi 'Rolling in the Deep'. U-Aretha wenze udliwano-ndlebe ku-Letterman njengenxalenye yokwazisa icwecwe lakhe elitsha, kwaye watolika impumelelo ka-Adele kwisimbo sakhe esithile kwaye wongeza ekupheleni kwengoma isiqwenga sembali yakhe yakudala, 'Ain't no mountain'.
Ngaphaya kweminyaka yakhe (72), uAretha usabugcina ubukho bakhe obukhethekileyo nobungenakulinganiswa ngelizwi elithe lamangalisa izizukulwana zabathandi bomculo womphefumlo. Ngalo mboniso udlalwayo uAretha waqala eyokuqala engatshatanga kwaye waqalisa ukunyusa irekhodi yakhe elandelayo 'UAretha Franklin Ucula iThe Great Diva Classics', Ukuqulunqwa kweenguqulelo zomculo omkhulu we-divas, oquka amanani afana no-Adele, uBarbra Streisand, uGloria Gaynor, u-Destiny's Child kunye ne-Supremes.
Uluhlu lweengoma zecwecwe lubandakanya iiklasiki ezingalibalekiyo ezifana noGladys Knight "Uloliwe WaseMidnight ukuya eGeorgia"; "Akukho mntu" nguAlicia Keys; ingoma adibanisa kuyo "I will Survive" kaGloria Gaynor kunye ne "I'm a Survivor" nguDestiny's Child kunye nenye apho adibanisa "Ndim Wonke Abafazi" ngu-Chaka Khan kunye neyakhe "Respect". Eyokuqala kwicwecwe, 'Ukuziqengqa ebunzulwini', ngoku iyafumaneka ukuphulaphula ngokusasaza kwaye iya kukhutshwa kwihlabathi jikelele ngo-Oktobha 21 ngeleyibhile yeRCA.
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