The Queen Of Soul, Aretha Franklin, celebrates her 71st birthday today. Aretha's done two tours of duty with our labels, first with Columbia Records from 1961 to 1966, then a hitmaking era with Arista from 1980 to 1998. Today's photo from the Sony Music library, taken in August 1961, captures a 19-year old Aretha in the studio with the man who signed her to Columbia, the legendary John Hammond.
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