5/6. Mica Paris profiles Aretha Franklin , whose upbringing, steeped in gospel music, resulted in soul-definingclassics. Aretha Sings the Blues
The 1980s are not kind to Aretha; she loses her father, sister and brother. But she battles her way back into the charts in 1985 with Freeway of Love and Who's Zoomin' Who (both US top ten hits) and Sisters Are Doin ' It for Themselves-a UKtopten collaborative hit with Eurythmics.