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I love producing, writing. I rarely write with other writers unless I have a real great respect for them. Like Burt Bacharach, or Carole Sager, or Stevie Wonder. Somebody like Smokey - like that. Otherwise, I choose to write alone.

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Franklin
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: March 25
Died: 2018
Died: August 16
Pianist
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Singer
Songwriter
Memphis
Tennessee
Aretha Louise Franklin
Rarely
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Carole
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Wonder

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