As a companion post to CC's always excellent Sunday Soul postings over here, Spools Sunday Soul today celebrates the immense vocal talents of Carolyn Franklin, the younger sister of Aretha and Erma. Somewhat overshadowed by her her older sisters, Carolyn was an an exceptional vocalist in her own right. Vocally she is probably closer to Aretha than Erma, but she never had the same material to perform with as her eldest sister and spent large parts of her career as a backing vocalist to Aretha. However when she did get the right material it was electrifying as today's tune will testify to...
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Nice one Scott.I'd never heard any of her solo stuff
ReplyDeleteI picked up a copy of the CD in a second hand shop in Toronto after hearing the track posted while browsing and thinking that it sounded similiar to Aretha. Had never heard Erma or Carolyn up to that point. Quite a funky wee number for Spools...
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