March 21, 2021 • 58m
Desperate for a hit, Aretha travels to Muscle Shoals in 1967 to record her first album with Atlantic Records. After suffering the ...Read more
March 21, 2021 • 48m
Struggling to find her sound, Aretha catches the attention of Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in 1966. Meanwhile, Little Re has h...Read more
March 22, 2021 • 51m
Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement, led by Martin Luther King Jr., in 1967 and 1968. ...Read more
March 22, 2021 • 44m
Aretha is featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1968, but she’s devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details ...Read more
March 23, 2021 • 48m
Aretha, inspired by Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers, records her protest album “Young, Gifted and Black” in 1970. Despite Je...Read more
March 23, 2021 • 52m
Aretha records her best-selling live Gospel album “Amazing Grace” in 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, ignoring her si...Read more
March 24, 2021 • 51m
As the Queen of Soul enters the age of disco, Aretha will do anything to remain relevant—including stealing an opportunity from he...Read more
March 24, 2021 • 45m
Despite significant emotional losses, including a second divorce and the death of her father in 1984, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs.