1 00:00:03,045 --> 00:00:05,964 (applause). 2 00:00:05,964 --> 00:00:07,549 (crowd cheering). 3 00:00:07,549 --> 00:00:09,676 (bulbs popping). 4 00:00:10,802 --> 00:00:12,304 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪ 5 00:00:12,721 --> 00:00:14,556 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪ 6 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:16,433 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪ 7 00:00:16,892 --> 00:00:18,477 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪ 8 00:00:18,894 --> 00:00:20,521 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪ 9 00:00:20,521 --> 00:00:22,523 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪ 10 00:00:23,106 --> 00:00:26,151 ♪ Chain of fools ♪♪ 11 00:00:27,444 --> 00:00:29,363 (overlapping chatter). 12 00:00:29,363 --> 00:00:30,697 REPORTER: You've just been crowned Queen of Soul; 13 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:31,782 how does it feel? 14 00:00:31,782 --> 00:00:33,242 ARETHA: Like I'm in a fairytale. 15 00:00:33,242 --> 00:00:34,368 REPORTER 2: Are your children in the audience tonight? 16 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:35,369 ARETHA: It is way past their bedtime. 17 00:00:35,369 --> 00:00:36,411 REPORTER 2: But they're young kids, 18 00:00:36,411 --> 00:00:37,704 weren't you a mother at their age? 19 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:39,998 ARETHA: That is why tey're at home in bed. 20 00:00:39,998 --> 00:00:42,709 ♪ I'm just a link in your chain ♪ 21 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:43,961 ♪ Oh ♪ 22 00:00:43,961 --> 00:00:46,547 ♪ You got me where you want me ♪ 23 00:00:47,464 --> 00:00:49,591 ♪ I ain't nothing but your fool ♪♪ 24 00:00:49,591 --> 00:00:50,968 REPORTER 2: Your father, Reverend Franklin, 25 00:00:50,968 --> 00:00:52,427 is he okay with you singing pop? 26 00:00:52,427 --> 00:00:53,637 ARETHA: Well, he loves me. 27 00:00:53,637 --> 00:00:55,472 He loves my voice and will always support me. 28 00:00:55,472 --> 00:00:58,684 ♪ Oh‐oh‐oh you treated me cruel ♪ 29 00:01:00,269 --> 00:01:01,895 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪ 30 00:01:02,479 --> 00:01:04,106 ♪ Chain, chain, chain ♪♪ 31 00:01:04,106 --> 00:01:05,357 REPORTER 2: Doesn't pop music mean you're turning your back 32 00:01:05,357 --> 00:01:06,567 on the church? 33 00:01:06,567 --> 00:01:07,568 ARETHA: Well, my voice is a gift from God, 34 00:01:07,568 --> 00:01:08,944 so how could I possibly do that? 35 00:01:08,944 --> 00:01:11,947 ♪ Every chain ♪ 36 00:01:12,322 --> 00:01:14,992 ♪ Has got a weak link ♪ 37 00:01:16,201 --> 00:01:19,162 ♪ Ah, I might be weak, child ♪♪ 38 00:01:20,581 --> 00:01:22,583 REPORTER: Queen, your sisters sing backup for you, 39 00:01:22,583 --> 00:01:24,334 do you plan on ever singing backup for them? 40 00:01:24,334 --> 00:01:25,669 ARETHA: We are family and we will always 41 00:01:25,669 --> 00:01:27,713 support each other. 42 00:01:27,713 --> 00:01:30,507 ♪ They told me to leave you alone ♪ 43 00:01:31,508 --> 00:01:34,720 ♪ My father said, "Come on home." ♪ 44 00:01:35,596 --> 00:01:39,182 ♪ My doctor said, "Take it easy." ♪ 45 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:42,811 ♪ Oh, but your loving is much too strong ♪♪ 46 00:01:43,145 --> 00:01:44,688 REPORTER: Queen, where's your king tonight? 47 00:01:44,688 --> 00:01:46,273 What do you think about what Dr. King is trying to achieve 48 00:01:46,273 --> 00:01:47,816 for the negro? 49 00:01:47,816 --> 00:01:48,817 REPORTER 2: With your father and your husband by your side, 50 00:01:48,817 --> 00:01:50,319 I mean who's calling the shots. 51 00:01:50,319 --> 00:01:51,611 ARETHA: I think you all have been reading a few too many 52 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:52,654 gossip columns. 53 00:01:52,654 --> 00:01:58,076 (reporters overlap then fade). 54 00:02:11,673 --> 00:02:17,095 (theme music plays). 55 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:46,166 ♪ ♪ 56 00:03:04,101 --> 00:03:06,395 ♪ I know what you're doing and I'll ♪ 57 00:03:06,395 --> 00:03:08,230 ♪ save you the trouble. ♪♪ 58 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,607 ARETHA: Six years at Columbia and for all that Mr. Hamlin did, 59 00:03:10,607 --> 00:03:13,485 he couldn't get me on the charts because, well, 60 00:03:13,485 --> 00:03:16,947 he didn't get me. 61 00:03:16,947 --> 00:03:19,408 Jerry Wexler, he gets me. 62 00:03:20,701 --> 00:03:22,577 He's getting me to come all the way down here. 63 00:03:22,577 --> 00:03:24,579 TED: Well, he said Fame Studios got the vibe. 64 00:03:25,956 --> 00:03:27,666 ARETHA: It's going to be good, right? 65 00:03:27,666 --> 00:03:31,962 TED: Yes, ma'am. Good as gold. 66 00:03:37,175 --> 00:03:39,636 And I'll protect you. 67 00:03:39,636 --> 00:03:41,680 ARETHA: Daddy used to say that. 68 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,557 TED: I'll be he did. 69 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:48,145 ARETHA: I'm going to make a hit for myself. 70 00:03:48,687 --> 00:03:50,856 (Ted laughing). 71 00:03:55,026 --> 00:03:57,988 TED: You gotta get there first. 72 00:03:57,988 --> 00:03:59,739 ARETHA: We'll get there. 73 00:04:03,702 --> 00:04:07,789 ♪ I will trust in the Lord ♪ 74 00:04:08,874 --> 00:04:12,252 ♪ I will trust in the Lord ♪ 75 00:04:12,752 --> 00:04:13,837 ♪ How I got over ♪ 76 00:04:13,837 --> 00:04:14,963 ♪ How I got over ♪ 77 00:04:14,963 --> 00:04:16,256 ♪ How I got over ♪ 78 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,301 ♪ Oh, my soul looks back in wonder ♪ 79 00:04:19,301 --> 00:04:21,386 ♪ How I got over ♪ 80 00:04:21,386 --> 00:04:23,180 ♪ Mmm, how I got over ♪ 81 00:04:23,180 --> 00:04:24,347 ♪ How I got over ♪ 82 00:04:24,347 --> 00:04:25,557 ♪ How I got over ♪ 83 00:04:25,557 --> 00:04:26,892 ♪ How I got over ♪ 84 00:04:26,892 --> 00:04:28,435 ♪ Yeah, my soul looks back in wonder ♪ 85 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:30,353 ♪ How I got over ♪ 86 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:33,190 ♪ Well, just as soon as I can meet Jesus ♪ 87 00:04:33,190 --> 00:04:35,025 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ The man that made me free ♪ 88 00:04:35,025 --> 00:04:36,276 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 89 00:04:36,276 --> 00:04:37,360 ♪ The man that bled and suffered ♪ 90 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,320 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 91 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:39,488 ♪ And died for you and me ♪ 92 00:04:39,488 --> 00:04:40,864 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 93 00:04:40,864 --> 00:04:41,740 ♪ I want to thank him because he walks ♪ 94 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:43,116 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 95 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:44,201 ♪ I want to thank him because he talks ♪ 96 00:04:44,201 --> 00:04:45,494 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ 97 00:04:45,494 --> 00:04:47,621 CL: That's right, that's right, that's right. 98 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:50,123 (tire blowout). 99 00:04:50,123 --> 00:04:54,085 (tires screeching). 100 00:04:54,669 --> 00:04:56,004 (crash). 101 00:04:58,507 --> 00:05:02,344 (grunting and groaning). 102 00:05:02,344 --> 00:05:03,386 Damn it to hell. 103 00:05:03,386 --> 00:05:05,722 ARETHA: Anything I can do to help? 104 00:05:06,223 --> 00:05:08,266 CL: Handkerchief, thank you. 105 00:05:08,517 --> 00:05:10,435 Thank you. 106 00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:15,941 Ah, thank you. 107 00:05:21,696 --> 00:05:25,951 ♪ ♪ 108 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:31,832 (man whistles). 109 00:05:31,832 --> 00:05:33,959 CL: Get in the car, Re. 110 00:05:34,584 --> 00:05:36,127 MAN: Not from around here, huh? 111 00:05:36,127 --> 00:05:38,922 CL: No, we from Detroit, Michigan. 112 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:42,425 MAN: She's about my woman's size. 113 00:05:42,425 --> 00:05:43,927 Your wife? 114 00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:45,637 CL: That's my daughter. 115 00:05:45,637 --> 00:05:46,972 (Aretha screams). 116 00:05:46,972 --> 00:05:49,474 CL: Stop, get back. Get back. 117 00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:51,101 ♪ I will trust ♪♪ 118 00:05:51,101 --> 00:05:52,561 MAN: Okay. 119 00:05:55,897 --> 00:06:01,778 ♪ I will trust in the Lord till I ♪ 120 00:06:03,655 --> 00:06:05,115 CL: Re? 121 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,496 Ya'll like my car? 122 00:06:12,664 --> 00:06:14,165 MAN: Yeah. 123 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:20,380 CL: You can have it. 124 00:06:22,007 --> 00:06:23,884 Re? 125 00:06:24,843 --> 00:06:27,137 Come on, Re. 126 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:35,186 Come on, baby. 127 00:06:37,939 --> 00:06:39,399 ARETHA: That was scary, Daddy. 128 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:41,735 CL: Yeah, it sure was. 129 00:06:41,735 --> 00:06:43,528 ARETHA: Why did you give them your car? 130 00:06:43,528 --> 00:06:47,657 CL: Just to see the look on his face. 131 00:06:47,657 --> 00:06:50,368 I'm always going to protect you, you remember that. 132 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:58,376 CL: Woo, look at that one now. 133 00:06:59,002 --> 00:07:01,755 Now, that's pretty, that one is pretty. 134 00:07:02,756 --> 00:07:05,508 Oh, look at it. 135 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:08,386 Eh, look at the pearl handle thing there. 136 00:07:08,386 --> 00:07:11,014 Woo, now that's a beauty. 137 00:07:11,014 --> 00:07:13,141 SALESMAN: Yeah, well we got some used models in the back. 138 00:07:13,141 --> 00:07:14,309 CL: Yeah. 139 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:15,810 SALESMAN: But hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 140 00:07:15,810 --> 00:07:16,895 CL: Nice, nice, nice. 141 00:07:16,895 --> 00:07:18,688 ARETHA: The cars for sale, isn't it? 142 00:07:20,523 --> 00:07:22,150 SALESMAN: Where'd you get this kind of money? 143 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:23,735 CL: I'm a Preacher. 144 00:07:23,735 --> 00:07:28,114 And I think we both can agree that God is good. 145 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:34,704 ♪ I will trust in the Lord ♪ 146 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:39,876 ♪ I will trust in the Lord ♪ 147 00:07:40,877 --> 00:07:42,921 ♪ Mmm‐hmm ♪ 148 00:07:43,338 --> 00:07:45,632 ♪ Mmm‐hmm ♪ 149 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:48,802 JERRY: Mrs. Franklin, Ted, good trip? 150 00:07:49,803 --> 00:07:51,304 ARETHA: Mr. Wexler. 151 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:54,265 Itty bitty town, you sure they know what they're doing? 152 00:07:54,683 --> 00:07:56,976 JERRY: Oh, we are in very good hands here. 153 00:07:56,976 --> 00:07:58,728 Your motel is down the street, 154 00:07:58,728 --> 00:08:00,814 it's integrated so you'll be okay. 155 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:02,565 Rick Hall pulled some strings. 156 00:08:02,565 --> 00:08:04,275 Fame Studios is big fish. 157 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:05,777 ARETHA: I am ready to sing. 158 00:08:05,777 --> 00:08:07,904 JERRY: Great, let me get the door. 159 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:10,031 And your flight was okay? 160 00:08:10,031 --> 00:08:11,282 ARETHA: It was fine. 161 00:08:11,282 --> 00:08:12,617 Drive was safe enough. 162 00:08:12,617 --> 00:08:14,119 JERRY: Good to hear. 163 00:08:14,119 --> 00:08:16,579 You know, Rick Hall built this place from the ground up. 164 00:08:16,579 --> 00:08:18,415 He's a real salt of the earth guy. 165 00:08:18,415 --> 00:08:19,958 ARETHA: Well, it was nice for him to show Ted around. 166 00:08:19,958 --> 00:08:21,209 Who's on my session? 167 00:08:21,209 --> 00:08:23,169 JERRY: Oh, the best. You're going to love them. 168 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:24,879 ARETHA: Well, I got this great new take on "Respect". 169 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:26,589 JERRY: The Otis Redding song? 170 00:08:26,589 --> 00:08:28,174 ARETHA: Mmhmm, it's going to be a whole new vibe, 171 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:29,634 you know what I mean? 172 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:30,802 JERRY: Sure, sure. 173 00:08:30,802 --> 00:08:33,388 You know, whatever we record, 174 00:08:33,388 --> 00:08:35,473 if it sounds good today, great, 175 00:08:35,473 --> 00:08:38,476 if it sounds good tomorrow, well, 176 00:08:38,476 --> 00:08:40,854 that's when we really got something. 177 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:44,190 And Mrs. Franklin, I do appreciate your trust. 178 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:48,695 ARETHA: Well, shit, if you can't trust Jerry Wexler. 179 00:08:52,323 --> 00:08:53,867 RICK: I love your work, especially with the 180 00:08:53,867 --> 00:08:55,160 Ray Bryant Combo. 181 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,953 Your "Over the Rainbow" was something else. 182 00:08:56,953 --> 00:08:58,830 ARETHA: Well, I'm looking for a funkier sound now. 183 00:08:58,830 --> 00:09:01,332 RICK: Mm, yes ma'am, just had the piano tuned. 184 00:09:02,959 --> 00:09:06,379 (piano) 185 00:09:07,338 --> 00:09:08,840 ARETHA: Sounds great. 186 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,383 RICK: And the control room's got state of the art equipment. 187 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,260 MAN (over speaker): Welcome to Muscle Shoals. 188 00:09:14,804 --> 00:09:16,473 ARETHA: You've got a lot of engineers. 189 00:09:16,473 --> 00:09:18,767 SPOONER: We're the rhythm section, ma'am. 190 00:09:19,267 --> 00:09:20,518 LAXTON: And we're the horns. 191 00:09:20,518 --> 00:09:22,812 ROGER: You're surprised. 192 00:09:23,146 --> 00:09:25,648 ARETHA: Yeah, and you're white. 193 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:29,486 JERRY: Um, Ms. Franklin, 194 00:09:29,486 --> 00:09:31,905 can I see you in the control room a moment? 195 00:09:33,323 --> 00:09:35,575 You said you wanted the guys who played behind Wilson Pickett. 196 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:37,285 ARETHA: How was I supposed to know they were white? 197 00:09:37,285 --> 00:09:38,495 TED: My wife's not just anybody. 198 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:40,371 JERRY: I signed her, Ted, I know that. 199 00:09:40,371 --> 00:09:42,707 TED: She is deep soul, and blues, and church. 200 00:09:42,707 --> 00:09:44,667 Like you've got a dime in your pocket and you hit the number, 201 00:09:44,667 --> 00:09:45,794 she's the jackpot. 202 00:09:45,794 --> 00:09:47,295 Who the hell are they? 203 00:09:47,295 --> 00:09:50,715 TED: They, they're the best just like you are, Ms. Franklin. 204 00:09:50,715 --> 00:09:52,550 ARETHA: Give me your word? 205 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:54,219 JERRY: You've got my word. 206 00:09:59,140 --> 00:10:01,601 TED: You going to be all right in there? 207 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:04,270 ARETHA: Yeah, sure. 208 00:10:08,483 --> 00:10:14,864 (musicians warming up). 209 00:10:21,746 --> 00:10:23,957 JERRY (over speaker): Okay, guys, let's get ready to do one. 210 00:10:25,667 --> 00:10:27,544 Ted, what do you want to start off with? 211 00:10:27,544 --> 00:10:29,254 TED: Let's do "Never Loved a Man". 212 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:31,214 She's got a good take on this one. 213 00:10:31,214 --> 00:10:32,632 ARETHA: Thanks, baby. 214 00:10:33,258 --> 00:10:35,176 JERRY (over speaker): We're rolling. 215 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:48,439 ♪ ♪ 216 00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:50,316 ♪ You're a no‐good ♪ 217 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:51,651 ♪ Heartbreaker ♪ 218 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:53,736 ♪ You're... ♪ ♪ 219 00:10:53,736 --> 00:10:55,989 Unh‐unh. 220 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:57,699 (music stops) 221 00:11:02,495 --> 00:11:04,622 Uh... 222 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,750 Uh... 223 00:11:09,085 --> 00:11:11,838 What do you think, guys, more like a blues shuffle? 224 00:11:11,838 --> 00:11:13,423 ROGER: This what you're thinking, Mrs. Franklin? 225 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:16,259 ♪ ♪ 226 00:11:16,259 --> 00:11:18,178 ARETHA: Sounds good. 227 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:26,227 ♪ ♪ 228 00:11:26,227 --> 00:11:28,438 (music stops) 229 00:11:30,356 --> 00:11:31,941 DAVID: Maybe we could speed it up? 230 00:11:31,941 --> 00:11:34,360 JIMMY: Yeah, kind of like a dance tune. 231 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,737 ♪ You're a no‐good ♪ 232 00:11:35,737 --> 00:11:37,197 ♪ Heartbreaker ♪♪ 233 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,157 ARETHA: No, uh‐uh. 234 00:11:39,908 --> 00:11:42,160 JERRY: We got the song, we got the talent, 235 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,912 we just gotta find the groove. 236 00:11:43,912 --> 00:11:45,246 TED: You said these guys played with Pickett. 237 00:11:45,246 --> 00:11:46,748 JERRY: They'll get there. 238 00:11:46,748 --> 00:11:48,333 Before they find it, they just got to get a little lost. 239 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:50,126 That's all. 240 00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:54,756 MAN: We're rolling. 241 00:11:55,173 --> 00:12:00,845 ♪ ♪ 242 00:12:02,055 --> 00:12:03,306 JERRY (over speaker): Ms. Franklin, 243 00:12:03,306 --> 00:12:04,682 JERRY: Can you go back to the piano, please? 244 00:12:04,682 --> 00:12:06,392 JERRY (over speaker): Let's keep you there. 245 00:12:10,647 --> 00:12:12,148 She's a completely different performer when she 246 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:14,400 plays and sings. 247 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,860 I think that's going to be the key. 248 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:17,904 MAN: We're rolling. 249 00:12:18,154 --> 00:12:20,156 ♪ ♪ 250 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:21,824 Rolling. 251 00:12:21,824 --> 00:12:24,160 ♪ ♪ 252 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,495 Rolling. 253 00:12:25,995 --> 00:12:29,707 ♪ ♪ 254 00:12:36,506 --> 00:12:39,884 ♪ ♪ 255 00:12:39,884 --> 00:12:41,219 (music stops) 256 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:48,393 (muffled chatter) 257 00:12:53,022 --> 00:12:54,399 (sighs) 258 00:13:03,866 --> 00:13:07,829 JERRY: Okay, let's, let's, let's try this maybe. 259 00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:09,622 Let Aretha be Aretha. 260 00:13:18,548 --> 00:13:19,966 ARETHA: I will trust in the Lord. 261 00:13:20,508 --> 00:13:23,428 CL (over PA): Spiritual God wil call your wayward husband back 262 00:13:23,428 --> 00:13:25,722 and teach him to treat the family right, the spiritual God 263 00:13:25,722 --> 00:13:28,099 I wish I had some praying people in here today. 264 00:13:28,099 --> 00:13:29,517 CL (over PA): You're not hearing me tonight; 265 00:13:29,517 --> 00:13:30,977 you're not hearing me. 266 00:13:30,977 --> 00:13:34,022 Some people only want to trust in they selves. 267 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,400 Some people put all they trust in they bank account. 268 00:13:37,775 --> 00:13:40,153 WOMAN: Oh, no, no, no. 269 00:13:40,528 --> 00:13:41,654 CL (over PA): Some folks trust in the government. 270 00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:43,614 (crowd scoffs) 271 00:13:43,614 --> 00:13:46,701 But ultimately, I said ultimately, 272 00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:52,165 I said ultimately all those things will fail. 273 00:13:52,874 --> 00:13:55,752 CONGREGATION: That's right. That's right. That's right. 274 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:57,420 You know you're right. 275 00:13:57,420 --> 00:14:00,381 CL (over PA): But I'm going to put my trust, my trust, 276 00:14:01,632 --> 00:14:03,760 our trust in the Lord. 277 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:06,471 WOMAN: Amen. 278 00:14:06,471 --> 00:14:10,391 ♪ I will trust in the Lord ♪♪ 279 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:11,934 CL (over PA): Come on, sing it. 280 00:14:11,934 --> 00:14:13,561 ♪ I will ♪ 281 00:14:13,561 --> 00:14:15,104 ♪ I will trust ♪ 282 00:14:15,104 --> 00:14:18,441 ♪ I will trust in the Lord ♪ 283 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:22,862 ♪ I will trust, yes, I will ♪ 284 00:14:23,571 --> 00:14:26,282 ♪ In the lord ♪ 285 00:14:26,616 --> 00:14:29,994 ♪ Oh, till I die ♪ 286 00:14:31,621 --> 00:14:33,873 ♪ Until I die ♪ 287 00:14:34,582 --> 00:14:36,751 ♪ I will trust ♪ 288 00:14:37,335 --> 00:14:40,755 ♪ I'm willing to trust in the Lord ♪ 289 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:44,675 ♪ I promise the Lord ♪♪ 290 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:48,763 Thank you, Momma, thank you so much. 291 00:14:48,763 --> 00:14:50,431 WOMAN: Reverend Franklin, you and your family make 292 00:14:50,431 --> 00:14:51,682 every Sunday a blessing. 293 00:14:51,682 --> 00:14:53,226 CL: I'm serving the Lord. 294 00:14:53,226 --> 00:14:55,394 WOMAN: And Mother Franklin, all of your grandchildren are 295 00:14:55,394 --> 00:14:57,563 wonderful singers just like dear Barbra was. 296 00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:59,273 MOTHER: Oh, we miss her every day, 297 00:14:59,273 --> 00:15:01,984 but we stand on our faith knowing she's with the Lord. 298 00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:04,529 MAN: And when are you going to solo in church, child? 299 00:15:05,446 --> 00:15:06,989 WOMAN: You've got a remarkable voice. 300 00:15:06,989 --> 00:15:08,449 ARETHA: Thank you. 301 00:15:08,449 --> 00:15:09,909 WOMAN: Just adorable, she is. 302 00:15:09,909 --> 00:15:11,619 ARETHA: Mrs. Melba, are you and daddy going 303 00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:13,204 to get married soon? 304 00:15:13,204 --> 00:15:14,747 MRS. MELBA: I hope so. 305 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:16,791 Your father is a wonderful man. 306 00:15:19,210 --> 00:15:20,670 CL (over PA): Just looking at you and say... 307 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:26,259 ♪ I am going to treat everybody right ♪ 308 00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:34,058 ♪ I'm going to treat everybody right ♪ 309 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:38,563 ♪ I'm going to treat ♪ 310 00:15:38,563 --> 00:15:42,483 ♪ Treat everybody, everybody right ♪♪ 311 00:15:43,568 --> 00:15:46,362 (music echos from house) 312 00:15:47,405 --> 00:15:50,491 ♪ Baby, hold everything ♪ 313 00:15:50,491 --> 00:15:52,076 ♪ Hold that thing ♪ 314 00:15:52,076 --> 00:15:53,286 ♪ Stop ♪ 315 00:15:53,286 --> 00:15:54,787 ♪ Try to make your doorbells ring ♪ 316 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,331 ♪ Getting low, like I used to be ♪ 317 00:15:59,959 --> 00:16:02,128 ♪ Do you remember? ♪ 318 00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:04,005 ♪ When I was in my prime? ♪ 319 00:16:04,005 --> 00:16:06,424 ♪ Almost every time ♪ 320 00:16:06,716 --> 00:16:09,260 ♪ But now I'm not like I used to be ♪ 321 00:16:09,260 --> 00:16:11,012 CL: If I stumble on Saturday night, 322 00:16:11,012 --> 00:16:13,222 the world by Sunday morning. 323 00:16:13,222 --> 00:16:15,057 You know what I'm talking about. 324 00:16:17,727 --> 00:16:20,062 (overlapping chatter) 325 00:16:20,062 --> 00:16:22,773 ♪ ♪ 326 00:16:22,773 --> 00:16:26,652 Hey baby, turn the record player off. 327 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,154 Thank you. 328 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:36,245 (music stops) 329 00:16:36,704 --> 00:16:40,416 The king of the piano and the queen of the blues, 330 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:44,962 Mr. Art Tatum and Ms. Dinah Washington. 331 00:16:46,339 --> 00:16:52,178 (piano solo intro) 332 00:16:59,435 --> 00:17:04,106 ♪ What a difference a day made ♪ 333 00:17:06,943 --> 00:17:11,364 ♪ 24 little hours ♪ 334 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:18,204 ♪ Brought the sun and the flowers ♪ 335 00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:26,003 ♪ Where there used to be rain ♪ 336 00:17:28,339 --> 00:17:32,885 ♪ My yesterday was blue dear ♪♪ 337 00:17:34,679 --> 00:17:36,764 CL: Come on down here and join the party. 338 00:17:36,764 --> 00:17:38,391 Come on. 339 00:17:38,391 --> 00:17:41,269 That's my girl. 340 00:17:42,812 --> 00:17:46,941 ♪ My lonely nights are through dear ♪ 341 00:17:49,735 --> 00:17:54,824 ♪ Since you said you were mine ♪ 342 00:17:56,284 --> 00:18:00,079 ♪ Lord, what a difference a day makes ♪ 343 00:18:04,292 --> 00:18:08,504 ♪ There's a rainbow before me ♪ 344 00:18:10,548 --> 00:18:14,719 ♪ Sky's above can't be stormy ♪ 345 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:20,391 TED: And which one of CL's daughter's is here? 346 00:18:20,391 --> 00:18:22,018 ARETHA: I'm Aretha Louise. 347 00:18:22,018 --> 00:18:24,103 TED: Well, nice to meet you Aretha. 348 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:26,397 I'm Ted White. 349 00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:30,067 ♪ It's heaven when you ♪ 350 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:36,198 ♪ Find romance on your menu ♪ 351 00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:44,665 ♪ What a difference a day made ♪ 352 00:18:45,875 --> 00:18:51,964 ♪ And the difference is you ♪♪ 353 00:18:52,632 --> 00:18:54,425 CL: Hey! 354 00:18:54,425 --> 00:18:57,970 (cheering and applause). 355 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:00,681 DINAH: Thank you. 356 00:19:00,681 --> 00:19:01,932 I'm going to record that one. 357 00:19:01,932 --> 00:19:03,309 TED: Yeah, you better. 358 00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:05,728 CL: My daughter, Aretha. 359 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:07,813 MRS. MELBA: Oh, C. L., don't make Re sing if 360 00:19:07,813 --> 00:19:09,023 she doesn't want to. 361 00:19:09,023 --> 00:19:11,359 CL: Re listens to the radio. 362 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:14,987 She can hear any song and sing it back note for note. 363 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:18,366 And tonight, we've got a Bonafide radio star 364 00:19:18,366 --> 00:19:19,909 in our house. 365 00:19:19,909 --> 00:19:22,411 (cheering). 366 00:19:22,662 --> 00:19:24,038 CL: So, so how would you all like to hear a 367 00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:27,833 little sing along, a little call and response? 368 00:19:28,793 --> 00:19:30,002 Hey? 369 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:31,170 TED: What is it like a little parlor trick, 370 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,546 something like that? 371 00:19:32,546 --> 00:19:35,383 MRS. MELBA: No, no Re's good. 372 00:19:38,678 --> 00:19:42,848 ♪ Did you say I've got a lot to learn? ♪ 373 00:19:49,563 --> 00:19:53,609 ♪ Did you say I've got a lot to learn? ♪♪ 374 00:19:56,654 --> 00:19:59,699 (crowd exclaims) 375 00:20:00,449 --> 00:20:04,245 ♪ Since this is the perfect spot to learn ♪ 376 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:07,331 ♪ Teach me tonight ♪♪ 377 00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:11,127 TED: Ha‐ha, did you see that? 378 00:20:12,378 --> 00:20:13,963 (cheering). 379 00:20:13,963 --> 00:20:15,297 TED: You've got something there. 380 00:20:15,297 --> 00:20:16,507 CL: That's it. 381 00:20:16,507 --> 00:20:18,008 DINAH: Re's going to be the next great one. 382 00:20:18,008 --> 00:20:20,720 CL: Yes, she is, yes, she is. 383 00:20:23,431 --> 00:20:25,558 ♪ ♪ 384 00:20:25,558 --> 00:20:28,060 DINAH: What do you want to do when you grow up? 385 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,979 ARETHA: I want to be a singer. 386 00:20:29,979 --> 00:20:32,273 ♪ Now just because you're pretty ♪♪ 387 00:20:32,273 --> 00:20:35,526 DINAH: Do you want it or does your daddy want it? 388 00:20:37,027 --> 00:20:38,946 ARETHA: Both, I guess. 389 00:20:39,321 --> 00:20:41,782 DINAH: Well, you've got what it takes but you've got 390 00:20:41,782 --> 00:20:45,035 to promise Dinah Washington you be a good girl. 391 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:48,998 Don't grow up too fast and don't go having babies until 392 00:20:48,998 --> 00:20:51,959 you find yourself a nice, sweet husband. 393 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:54,545 ♪ Don't roll those bloodshot eyes at me ♪♪ 394 00:20:54,879 --> 00:20:57,131 DINAH: And watch out for them son of a bitches, you hear? 395 00:20:57,131 --> 00:20:58,632 ARETHA: Yes, ma'am. 396 00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:01,427 ♪ You've been out on a spree ♪ 397 00:21:02,470 --> 00:21:04,889 ♪ It's plain that you're lyin' ♪ 398 00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:07,683 ♪ When you say that you've been cryin' ♪ 399 00:21:07,683 --> 00:21:11,270 ♪ Don't roll those bloodshot eyes at me ♪♪ 400 00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:13,439 (song ends) 401 00:21:18,611 --> 00:21:20,446 TED: Settle down. 402 00:21:21,197 --> 00:21:22,573 (laughing) 403 00:21:22,573 --> 00:21:23,908 See you later, CL. 404 00:21:23,908 --> 00:21:26,076 DINAH: Bye, Pastor. CL: Ya'll be careful now. 405 00:21:26,577 --> 00:21:28,454 (plays phrase) 406 00:21:31,332 --> 00:21:34,251 (repeats phrase) 407 00:21:35,461 --> 00:21:37,213 ART: You have any idea how good you are? 408 00:21:37,213 --> 00:21:38,714 ARETHA: My momma played piano, too. 409 00:21:38,714 --> 00:21:41,675 ART: Ah, so you're a wonder kin, a wonder child. 410 00:21:41,675 --> 00:21:43,928 ARETHA: Thank you, Mr. Tatum. 411 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:46,514 (plays phrase) 412 00:21:46,847 --> 00:21:49,266 (repeats phrase) 413 00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:51,018 ART: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 414 00:21:51,018 --> 00:21:54,355 That's it, that's it. That's it. 415 00:21:55,940 --> 00:22:01,695 ♪ ♪ 416 00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:08,869 TED: Mmm‐hmm. 417 00:22:10,371 --> 00:22:14,625 ♪ ♪ 418 00:22:17,878 --> 00:22:20,464 SPOONER: That, Mrs. Franklin, is an unknown cord. 419 00:22:20,464 --> 00:22:23,175 It's a B flat 7, sharp 11? 420 00:22:23,467 --> 00:22:25,386 ARETHA: Uh, no, that would be more like. 421 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:27,721 (plays note) 422 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:30,891 JIMMY: It sounds like a C7, sharp 9, C7 sharp 9 over G. 423 00:22:31,308 --> 00:22:33,978 ARETHA: No. That would be more like this. 424 00:22:34,395 --> 00:22:35,563 (plays note) 425 00:22:35,563 --> 00:22:36,647 (laughter) 426 00:22:36,647 --> 00:22:37,982 DAVID: Whatever it is, it's funky. 427 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:39,066 EDDIE: It's celestial. 428 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:41,986 ARETHA: It's both at the same time. 429 00:22:41,986 --> 00:22:45,114 How, how about this here? 430 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:48,784 JERRY: Just keep it open, keep it going. 431 00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:55,583 ♪ ♪ 432 00:23:00,713 --> 00:23:05,551 ♪ ♪ 433 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:08,220 JIMMY: That's it, that's it. 434 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:12,349 ♪ You're a no‐good heart breaker ♪ 435 00:23:12,349 --> 00:23:14,935 ♪ You're a liar and you're a cheat ♪ 436 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:23,027 ♪ I don't know why I let you do those things to me ♪ 437 00:23:25,154 --> 00:23:30,993 ♪ My friends keep telling me that you ain't no good ♪ 438 00:23:32,328 --> 00:23:34,371 ♪ Oh‐oh‐oh‐oh ♪ 439 00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:38,375 ♪ They don't know and I would leave you if I could ♪ 440 00:23:41,420 --> 00:23:43,130 ♪ Guess I'm uptight ♪ 441 00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:48,177 ♪ That I'm stuck like glue ♪ 442 00:23:48,177 --> 00:23:50,471 ♪ Cause I ain't never ♪ 443 00:23:50,930 --> 00:23:52,806 ♪ I ain't never ♪ 444 00:23:52,806 --> 00:23:54,975 ♪ I ain't never, no, no ♪ 445 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:59,605 ♪ Loved a man the way that I, ♪ 446 00:23:59,605 --> 00:24:02,358 ♪ I love you ♪♪ 447 00:24:04,985 --> 00:24:07,905 So, there was this chicken and he only had one leg. 448 00:24:07,905 --> 00:24:09,406 SPOONER: We already heard that one. 449 00:24:09,406 --> 00:24:11,116 ARETHA: But you haven't heard it the way I'm telling it. 450 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:12,534 (laughing). 451 00:24:12,534 --> 00:24:13,911 SPOONER: All right, all right. 452 00:24:13,911 --> 00:24:15,204 ARETHA: Okay. 453 00:24:15,204 --> 00:24:18,040 So, here you go, one legged yard bird. 454 00:24:18,332 --> 00:24:19,959 (laughter) 455 00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:21,919 TED: Let's keep it on track, Re. 456 00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:23,128 TED (over speaker): No need to play the clown. 457 00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:24,713 ARETHA: Come on, baby, this'll make you laugh. 458 00:24:24,713 --> 00:24:27,257 Why is this chicken trying to get across the road? 459 00:24:27,841 --> 00:24:29,134 Well... 460 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:31,261 To find his other leg. 461 00:24:31,261 --> 00:24:33,347 (laughter) 462 00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:34,682 TED (over speaker): I said, quit playing a fool. 463 00:24:34,682 --> 00:24:36,600 ARETHA: You know, he needs to lay off the bottle. 464 00:24:37,267 --> 00:24:38,727 TED (over speaker): What'd you say? 465 00:24:39,186 --> 00:24:40,396 What'd you say? 466 00:24:40,396 --> 00:24:43,440 JERRY: Okay. Enough, okay. Why don't we... 467 00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:46,360 JERRY (over speaker): Let's do another take, Ms. Franklin, 468 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,154 just your vocals on the bridge. 469 00:24:58,914 --> 00:25:01,291 (reels whirring) 470 00:25:05,379 --> 00:25:08,507 ♪ ♪ 471 00:25:09,967 --> 00:25:12,428 ♪ I can't sleep at night ♪ 472 00:25:13,429 --> 00:25:16,348 ♪ No I can't eat a bite ♪ 473 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:20,853 ♪ I guess I'll never be free ♪ 474 00:25:20,853 --> 00:25:25,983 ♪ Since you got your hooks in me ♪ 475 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,529 ♪ Oh‐oh‐oh, yeah ♪ 476 00:25:31,447 --> 00:25:33,699 ♪ Yeah ♪ 477 00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:36,827 ♪ And this is what I'm gonna do about it ♪ 478 00:25:36,827 --> 00:25:39,538 ♪ I never loved a man that hurt me so ♪ 479 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:40,956 ♪ Yeah ♪ 480 00:25:41,582 --> 00:25:44,043 ♪ This is what I'm gonna do about it ♪ 481 00:25:44,043 --> 00:25:46,211 ♪ Hold on ♪ 482 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,761 (exhales). 483 00:25:56,764 --> 00:25:58,557 GROUP: Whoah. 484 00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,100 SPOONER: Did they didn't hit it like that at Columbia Records? 485 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:01,643 ARETHA: No, they did not. 486 00:26:01,643 --> 00:26:03,395 ROGER: Well, us swampers we can play just as good as them 487 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:05,064 New York City cats. 488 00:26:05,064 --> 00:26:06,398 JERRY: So, you two grew up together, huh? 489 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,692 TED: Met her at a party at her daddy's house. 490 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:10,903 RICK: I thought he was a preacher? 491 00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:12,654 TED: Well, he loved Sunday morning and Saturday night. 492 00:26:12,654 --> 00:26:14,281 (laughter) 493 00:26:14,281 --> 00:26:16,325 MAN: We got it. Uh, uh, uh... 494 00:26:16,325 --> 00:26:17,451 (horseshoes clang). 495 00:26:17,451 --> 00:26:19,036 Oh! 496 00:26:19,036 --> 00:26:20,412 ARETHA: So, I should just trust my voice? 497 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:22,331 JERRY: Everybody's floored by your voice. 498 00:26:22,331 --> 00:26:24,583 I want to know what's underneath. 499 00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:26,543 And then when we get the right material, 500 00:26:26,543 --> 00:26:28,754 you'll carry the day. 501 00:26:29,546 --> 00:26:32,841 ARETHA: My singings always been my guardian angel, 502 00:26:32,841 --> 00:26:34,760 keeps me safe. 503 00:26:35,094 --> 00:26:37,513 JERRY: Safe from what? 504 00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:41,266 ARETHA: I'm not telling you all my secrets. 505 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:42,976 JERRY: You haven't even told me one. 506 00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:44,603 Give me one, make it juicy! 507 00:26:44,603 --> 00:26:45,687 (laughing). 508 00:26:45,687 --> 00:26:46,980 KEN: I ain't never been to New York. 509 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:48,065 How about taking me back with you, 510 00:26:48,065 --> 00:26:49,316 I could curl up in your suitcase. 511 00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:52,152 TED: Hey, what the hell did you say to my wife? 512 00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:53,112 ARETHA: It wasn't nothing, honey. 513 00:26:53,112 --> 00:26:54,530 TED: Oh, you defending him now? 514 00:26:54,530 --> 00:26:56,031 That's my wife you're talking to. 515 00:26:56,031 --> 00:26:57,574 SPOONER: Hey, he didn't mean any disrespect. 516 00:26:57,574 --> 00:26:59,409 TED: You in this conversation? 517 00:26:59,409 --> 00:27:00,702 KEN: I didn't mean nothing by it, brother. 518 00:27:00,702 --> 00:27:02,955 TED: I ain't your brother. 519 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:15,259 JERRY (over speaker): "Never Loved a Man" sounded great. 520 00:27:15,259 --> 00:27:17,469 Let's stay on track. 521 00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,181 TED: Fire him, trumpet player. 522 00:27:27,437 --> 00:27:30,566 JERRY: Fire him, Rick. 523 00:27:30,566 --> 00:27:31,984 RICK: You're kidding. 524 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:33,610 TED (over speaker): Trumpet, you can leave. 525 00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:35,153 Go now. 526 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:37,739 KEN: I wasn't saying nothing to her. 527 00:27:37,739 --> 00:27:40,868 ARETHA: I'm sorry, man. KEN: Man, this some bullshit. 528 00:27:43,954 --> 00:27:45,497 ARETHA: Want to take it from the top? 529 00:27:45,956 --> 00:27:49,626 (snare rattles) 530 00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:54,673 ♪ ♪ 531 00:27:54,673 --> 00:27:56,258 TED: Don't tolerate no disrespect. 532 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:57,718 RICK: I don't like to be disrespected either. 533 00:27:57,718 --> 00:28:00,512 TED: Who you jumping up on? JERRY: Okay, enough. 534 00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:03,223 All right, why don't we call it a day, Ms. Franklin? 535 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:05,225 JERRY (over speaker): Everybody can go home, get some rest. 536 00:28:05,225 --> 00:28:07,185 We'll meet here in the morning. 537 00:28:08,979 --> 00:28:12,274 ARETHA: Mr. Wexler, I think we should keep going. 538 00:28:12,274 --> 00:28:14,234 I think we found something, let's just keep going. 539 00:28:15,444 --> 00:28:18,447 SPOONER: Let's let things cool down. 540 00:28:31,001 --> 00:28:32,628 ARETHA: What happened to as "Good as gold," Ted? 541 00:28:32,628 --> 00:28:33,712 TED: You tell me. 542 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:36,423 (door slams) 543 00:28:36,423 --> 00:28:37,507 (piano cover slams) 544 00:28:54,274 --> 00:28:55,692 TED: Wexler better find another horn player as good 545 00:28:55,692 --> 00:28:57,819 as that other guy. 546 00:29:05,994 --> 00:29:08,080 ARETHA: Who knows who the hell we're going to get stuck 547 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,581 with tomorrow all because you had to act out. 548 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:11,041 TED: What, You want me to just stand there while 549 00:29:11,041 --> 00:29:12,376 some white man disrespects you? 550 00:29:12,376 --> 00:29:13,585 ARETHA: We were just talking, Ted. 551 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:14,920 TED: Oh, you were doing more than talking. 552 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,171 ARETHA: Oh, so now you can't tell the difference 553 00:29:16,171 --> 00:29:17,172 between talking and screwing because I can. 554 00:29:17,172 --> 00:29:18,590 TED: Okay, you know what? 555 00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:19,675 You shouldn't have been staring at me while you were 556 00:29:19,675 --> 00:29:20,926 singing that song. 557 00:29:20,926 --> 00:29:22,094 ARETHA: I was singing the Goddamn song, Ted. 558 00:29:22,094 --> 00:29:23,720 TED: You got, you like them white boys, 559 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:25,013 don't you, huh, huh? 560 00:29:25,013 --> 00:29:26,723 ARETHA: Okay, okay. You know what? 561 00:29:26,723 --> 00:29:30,686 Tomorrow I won't talk to them, I won't look at him. 562 00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:32,938 I'll just shut up and sing. 563 00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:34,982 Huh? 564 00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:51,999 (knock) 565 00:29:55,252 --> 00:29:58,005 (louder knock) 566 00:30:00,007 --> 00:30:02,050 RICK: Who the hell do you think you are firing my musicians? 567 00:30:02,050 --> 00:30:03,719 TED: Touch me again. 568 00:30:03,719 --> 00:30:05,345 RICK: Evening, Mrs. Franklin. ARETHA: Mm‐hmm. TED: Oh, okay. 569 00:30:05,345 --> 00:30:06,596 So, I'm just a nigger to you, huh? 570 00:30:06,596 --> 00:30:07,848 RICK: I didn't call you that. 571 00:30:07,848 --> 00:30:08,890 TED: Oh, but you were thinking it. 572 00:30:08,890 --> 00:30:10,267 ARETHA: Come on, cut it out. 573 00:30:10,267 --> 00:30:11,393 RICK: So, what if I did? She's the talent, not you. 574 00:30:11,393 --> 00:30:12,853 ARETHA: Oh my God, this is bullshit. 575 00:30:12,853 --> 00:30:14,312 TED: Go on, nigger, say the shit. 576 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:15,564 I want to hear you say it. 577 00:30:15,564 --> 00:30:16,773 RICK: I will not. Get off me. 578 00:30:16,773 --> 00:30:18,233 You think you're some big tough man? 579 00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:19,526 TED: You think you some big tough man, 580 00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:20,986 you a big strong man? 581 00:30:20,986 --> 00:30:22,863 ARETHA: Mrs. Melba? 582 00:30:22,863 --> 00:30:24,823 MRS. MELBA: Yes, baby. 583 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:26,700 ARETHA: What's a sombitch? 584 00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:29,911 Mrs. Washington told me to watch out for them. 585 00:30:29,911 --> 00:30:32,247 What are they? 586 00:30:34,416 --> 00:30:37,210 MRS. MELBA: They're men, the kind that 587 00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:39,254 would do a girl wrong. 588 00:30:40,797 --> 00:30:42,257 ARETHA: What do they look like? 589 00:30:42,257 --> 00:30:43,675 MRS. MELBA: Now, you are way too young to be worrying 590 00:30:43,675 --> 00:30:45,093 yourself about any of that. 591 00:30:45,093 --> 00:30:46,386 You understand me? 592 00:30:46,386 --> 00:30:47,679 ARETHA: Yes, Mrs. Melba. 593 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:48,972 MRS. MELBA: And if I hear that word come out of 594 00:30:48,972 --> 00:30:51,349 your mouth again, I'll wash it out with soap. 595 00:30:51,975 --> 00:30:54,144 GROUP: Amen. 596 00:30:54,144 --> 00:30:56,188 MRS. MELBA: Joe Bombattle called, 597 00:30:56,188 --> 00:30:57,898 when are you heading back into the studio? 598 00:30:57,898 --> 00:30:59,274 ARETHA: Can I go with you to Mr. Bombattle's? 599 00:30:59,274 --> 00:31:00,609 ERMA: No, you can't. 600 00:31:00,609 --> 00:31:04,029 CL: Actually, Re, yes, you can. 601 00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:05,697 CECIL: I always ask but you never let me. 602 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:07,074 ERMA: And I'm the oldest. 603 00:31:07,074 --> 00:31:08,116 CECIL: I'm the youngest. 604 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,576 GRANDMOTHER: Erma, Cecil, Carolyn. 605 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:11,078 MRS. MELBA: Now, you will all get your chance. 606 00:31:11,078 --> 00:31:13,872 CL: But Re will get her chance first. 607 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,207 ARETHA: Thank you, Daddy. 608 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:16,750 CL: Mm‐hmm, now let's eat. 609 00:31:16,750 --> 00:31:20,420 I want to get my pie and my vegetables, mmhmm. 610 00:31:21,630 --> 00:31:23,048 CL: (over speakers): Brothers and sisters, 611 00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:28,762 black power is an answer, a reply, a rejoinder, 612 00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:33,308 a response if you will, to white power. 613 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:39,981 It has sprung up, emerged, materialized, arisen, 614 00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:44,486 and will rise and rise again from the failure 615 00:31:44,486 --> 00:31:46,154 of white power. 616 00:31:47,197 --> 00:31:51,868 Yeah, and I hope you people out there will want to pray 617 00:31:51,868 --> 00:31:54,204 with me again tonight. 618 00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:58,333 God bless you, God bless you, Gold bless you. 619 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:00,961 Woo. 620 00:32:00,961 --> 00:32:02,587 MAN: I, I pressed that new one for you right away. 621 00:32:02,587 --> 00:32:04,005 CL: All right, all right. 622 00:32:04,005 --> 00:32:05,257 MAN: How many you want to take on the role with you? 623 00:32:05,257 --> 00:32:06,341 WOMAN: Oh, honey, you're like thunder, lightning, 624 00:32:06,341 --> 00:32:08,093 and dynamite all rolled into one. 625 00:32:08,093 --> 00:32:10,887 CL: Oh, I try to appeal to people's minds as well 626 00:32:10,887 --> 00:32:12,889 as they emotions. 627 00:32:12,889 --> 00:32:14,224 ARETHA: I'm going to make a record, too. 628 00:32:14,224 --> 00:32:15,142 WOMAN: Can you sing? 629 00:32:15,142 --> 00:32:16,893 CL: Oh, little Re can sing. 630 00:32:16,893 --> 00:32:18,520 MAN: But she ain't soloed in church yet and 631 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:19,771 ain't no hurry, Re. 632 00:32:19,771 --> 00:32:21,356 CL: I'll tell you what. 633 00:32:21,356 --> 00:32:22,232 We go back out on the road; I'm going to take you with me. 634 00:32:22,232 --> 00:32:24,276 We'll go out this, this summer. 635 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:25,777 MAN: Well, she ain't old enough to travel on 636 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,195 the Gospel circuit. 637 00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:28,738 WOMAN: But she's cute, she'd be a hit and she'd make 638 00:32:28,738 --> 00:32:29,865 a joyful noise. 639 00:32:29,865 --> 00:32:31,199 CL: She's a real talent. 640 00:32:31,199 --> 00:32:32,701 MAN: Now, that road's a wild place now. 641 00:32:32,701 --> 00:32:34,327 ARETHA: I'll be with Daddy and the other singers. 642 00:32:34,327 --> 00:32:36,830 WOMAN: Let your light shine before men so that they can 643 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:39,416 see your good works, 644 00:32:39,416 --> 00:32:40,917 Matthew 5:16. 645 00:32:40,917 --> 00:32:43,587 CL: Oh, you said it now. 646 00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:48,216 MRS. MELBA: In the grocery store, 647 00:32:48,216 --> 00:32:50,635 some hussy tells me she's your hide piece. 648 00:32:50,635 --> 00:32:51,928 CL: Oh, who the hell would say that? 649 00:32:51,928 --> 00:32:53,597 MRS. MELBA: She had yellow hair all piled up. 650 00:32:53,597 --> 00:32:55,056 CL: Oh, now I don't know nobody like that. 651 00:32:55,056 --> 00:32:56,558 MRS. MELBA: Quit lying. 652 00:32:56,558 --> 00:32:59,102 You run around on me like a dog and now your hussies cut 653 00:32:59,102 --> 00:33:00,353 me in the street. 654 00:33:00,353 --> 00:33:01,563 ARETHA: Stop, stop it. 655 00:33:01,563 --> 00:33:03,064 CL: Melba, honey, you upsetting the children. 656 00:33:03,064 --> 00:33:04,441 GRANDMOTHER: Let's go, come on. 657 00:33:04,441 --> 00:33:05,942 MRS. MELBA: It was just like this with your wife. 658 00:33:05,942 --> 00:33:07,277 Poor Barbara, bless her soul. 659 00:33:07,277 --> 00:33:08,778 CL: Keep my wife out your mouth. 660 00:33:08,778 --> 00:33:11,114 MRS. MELBA: She left you and the children because she got 661 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:12,824 tired of your girlfriends. 662 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,951 CL: You ain't clean enough to be airing my dirty laundry. 663 00:33:15,994 --> 00:33:18,371 MRS. MELBA: What was I thinking being with you? 664 00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:21,666 CL: You got tired of being trash thinking it'd be nice to 665 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:24,669 be more respectable. 666 00:33:26,796 --> 00:33:30,217 MRS. MELBA: Respectable, respectable. 667 00:33:31,176 --> 00:33:32,594 CL: Oh, now. 668 00:33:32,594 --> 00:33:34,304 MRS. MELBA: Years ago. 669 00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:35,764 CL: Now hold up, my, my past ain't got nothing to do with you. 670 00:33:35,764 --> 00:33:37,766 MRS. MELBA: You had relations... CL: Shut, shut your mouth. 671 00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:39,601 MRS. MELBA: With a... CL: Shut your mouth, I'm saying. MRS. MELBA: You got with... 672 00:33:39,601 --> 00:33:40,644 (smack) 673 00:33:40,644 --> 00:33:42,729 Oh! 674 00:33:52,739 --> 00:33:55,283 ARETHA: Don't go. Don't go. 675 00:33:57,577 --> 00:34:00,997 MRS. MELBA: Take care, Re. You'll be all right, baby. 676 00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:02,916 ARETHA: I'll tell daddy to be nice to you. 677 00:34:02,916 --> 00:34:06,419 MRS. MELBA: You be a good girl. Honey, don't get into trouble. 678 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:07,671 Be sweet, you hear? 679 00:34:07,671 --> 00:34:09,297 ARETHA: I'll tell daddy to be nice to you, 680 00:34:09,297 --> 00:34:10,840 I'll tell him not to hit you. 681 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,467 I'll tell him to treat you right. 682 00:34:12,467 --> 00:34:15,011 MRS. MELBA: Oh, I love you so much, Re. 683 00:34:15,011 --> 00:34:16,763 ARETHA: I love you too. 684 00:34:16,763 --> 00:34:19,516 MRS. MELBA: But I have to go. 685 00:34:19,516 --> 00:34:21,643 ARETHA: Please don't. 686 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:24,771 MRS. MELBA: I have to go. I love you, baby. 687 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:26,606 ARETHA: I love you, too. 688 00:34:32,654 --> 00:34:38,868 ♪ ♪ 689 00:34:56,803 --> 00:35:01,308 CL: Now, you sing just like you do at home. 690 00:35:01,725 --> 00:35:04,019 Okay? All right. 691 00:35:09,149 --> 00:35:12,235 WOMAN: Come on, come on. 692 00:35:14,988 --> 00:35:18,158 CONGREGANT: It's all right now. 693 00:35:18,158 --> 00:35:20,827 CONGREGANT 2: Let him use you baby, let him use you. 694 00:35:22,203 --> 00:35:23,538 CONGREGANT 3: You can do it. 695 00:35:23,538 --> 00:35:24,748 CONGREGANT 4: The Lord guides you. 696 00:35:24,748 --> 00:35:26,666 CONGREGANT 5: God is good, God is good. 697 00:35:29,502 --> 00:35:35,300 (music begins). 698 00:35:38,011 --> 00:35:40,430 ♪ Jesus ♪ 699 00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:46,353 ♪ Be a fence all around me ♪ 700 00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:50,649 ♪ Everyday ♪ 701 00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:57,030 ♪ Jesus, I need you to protect me ♪ 702 00:35:57,989 --> 00:36:03,036 ♪ As I travel along the way ♪ 703 00:36:04,579 --> 00:36:09,376 ♪ I know you can and I know that you will ♪ 704 00:36:11,002 --> 00:36:16,466 ♪ You'll fight my battles if I stay on will ♪ 705 00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:24,265 ♪ Oh, Lord be a fence all around me ♪ 706 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,560 ♪ Everyday ♪♪ 707 00:36:27,936 --> 00:36:30,689 CONGREGANT: Sing it baby, sing it. 708 00:36:32,315 --> 00:36:35,777 ♪ Jesus be a fence all around me ♪ 709 00:36:38,113 --> 00:36:39,572 CONGREGANT: Sing it baby, sing it. 710 00:36:39,906 --> 00:36:42,659 ♪ Jesus, I want you to protect me ♪ 711 00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:45,203 ♪ As I travel on the way ♪ 712 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:49,874 ♪ I know you can, I know you will ♪ 713 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:53,712 ♪ You'll fight my battles if you keep still ♪ 714 00:36:53,712 --> 00:36:57,340 CONGREGANT: Praise him, girl. Praise him! 715 00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:01,761 ♪ Amen. ♪ 716 00:37:01,761 --> 00:37:04,597 ♪ Yeah. ♪♪ 717 00:37:05,515 --> 00:37:06,558 (applause). 718 00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:08,893 CL: Thank you. 719 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:12,397 Yes, Lord. 720 00:37:17,110 --> 00:37:19,404 Thank you, choir. 721 00:37:19,404 --> 00:37:21,072 Yes, yes, yes. 722 00:37:21,072 --> 00:37:23,116 Yes, Lord. 723 00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:56,900 ARETHA: You wrecked the room. 724 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:59,903 TED: He started it. I settled the bill. 725 00:37:59,903 --> 00:38:03,156 ARETHA: With my money. 726 00:38:05,033 --> 00:38:07,368 Where the hell were you last night? 727 00:38:07,368 --> 00:38:09,120 I can smell it on you. 728 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,122 Booze and bitches. 729 00:38:11,414 --> 00:38:12,874 I was going to make a hit. 730 00:38:12,874 --> 00:38:14,667 This was supposed to be my last chance, my last chance, 731 00:38:14,667 --> 00:38:15,710 and you ruined it. 732 00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:16,753 TED: Stop it. 733 00:38:16,753 --> 00:38:17,879 ARETHA: You said that you loved me. 734 00:38:17,879 --> 00:38:19,172 You were supposed to be good as gold. 735 00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:22,091 TED: You sound crazy, now stop it. 736 00:38:22,383 --> 00:38:23,927 We are going back to New York, 737 00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:25,470 we're going to get back in that studio, 738 00:38:25,470 --> 00:38:28,515 and we're going to start fresh. 739 00:38:29,766 --> 00:38:32,519 ARETHA: I'm going home to Detroit. 740 00:38:37,190 --> 00:38:40,568 TED: So much for finding your sound. 741 00:38:57,585 --> 00:39:03,091 ♪ ♪ 742 00:39:09,389 --> 00:39:11,558 GRANDMOTHER: Oh, hello. 743 00:39:11,558 --> 00:39:15,019 How's my grand‐baby? 744 00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:16,813 Welcome home. 745 00:39:17,272 --> 00:39:19,649 SON: Mommy, smile for the picture, mom. 746 00:39:20,441 --> 00:39:22,151 ARETHA: Tell me, Big Momma, that my precious babies have 747 00:39:22,151 --> 00:39:23,570 been behaving themselves. 748 00:39:23,570 --> 00:39:25,405 BIG MOMMA: Oh, they're no trouble, Re. 749 00:39:25,405 --> 00:39:26,614 ARETHA: Good. 750 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:27,782 SON: We've been very good. 751 00:39:27,782 --> 00:39:28,908 SON 2: Did you bring us anything? 752 00:39:28,908 --> 00:39:30,577 ARETHA: Yeah, I brought myself. 753 00:39:30,577 --> 00:39:32,704 Yes, yes, I brought presents. 754 00:39:32,704 --> 00:39:34,414 You can open them in the living room, 755 00:39:34,414 --> 00:39:35,665 and I'll be in there directly. 756 00:39:35,665 --> 00:39:37,083 Don't open them until I get there. 757 00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:38,960 BOTH: Okay, okay. 758 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,587 CECIL: Welcome home, Re. Come here. 759 00:39:40,587 --> 00:39:41,880 ARETHA: Cecil, hey. 760 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,548 ERMA: You spoil them. 761 00:39:43,548 --> 00:39:45,091 CECIL: Let me grab your coat. 762 00:39:45,091 --> 00:39:46,551 ARETHA: Lay off me, Erma. 763 00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:47,677 ERMA: Where's little Teddy? 764 00:39:47,677 --> 00:39:49,387 ARETHA: He's in Chicago with Ted's folks. 765 00:39:49,387 --> 00:39:51,264 ERMA: You and Ted calling it quits? 766 00:39:51,264 --> 00:39:53,349 ARETHA: I only said we had a fight, Erma, don't make it worse. 767 00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:54,601 Hey, Carolyn. 768 00:39:54,601 --> 00:39:55,935 CAROLYN: Hey, sis. 769 00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:57,395 ♪ I'm just telling it is like it is ♪♪ 770 00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:59,981 which reminds me you are not the only talented 771 00:39:59,981 --> 00:40:01,566 one in this family. 772 00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:03,484 GRANDMOTHER: I'm just as excited as you. 773 00:40:03,484 --> 00:40:07,113 Oh, oh, a black GI Joe. 774 00:40:08,031 --> 00:40:09,365 CL: Re, get in here. 775 00:40:09,365 --> 00:40:10,617 You've got company. 776 00:40:10,617 --> 00:40:12,160 CAROLYN: Oh, Daddy's got a new lady friend. 777 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,412 CL: Hey, hey, hey. 778 00:40:14,412 --> 00:40:15,955 ARETHA: You look good, Daddy. CL: How's my girl? 779 00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:18,374 Look here, this here is Marcia. 780 00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:20,919 ARETHA: I'm so happy to meet you. 781 00:40:20,919 --> 00:40:23,630 MARCIA: Pleasure. 782 00:40:25,965 --> 00:40:28,468 CL: So, I hear you had another fight with Ted, did you? 783 00:40:28,468 --> 00:40:30,178 ARETHA: I'm here to relax, Daddy. 784 00:40:30,178 --> 00:40:31,596 CECIL: Look, if you need someone to take care of Ted, 785 00:40:31,596 --> 00:40:33,056 just say the word, sis. 786 00:40:33,056 --> 00:40:35,350 ARETHA: That's okay, Cecil. Don't you worry about it. 787 00:40:35,642 --> 00:40:37,185 Now, I thought you were supposed to open these 788 00:40:37,185 --> 00:40:38,686 when I got here. 789 00:40:38,686 --> 00:40:40,605 Ruth Bowen, what a surprise. 790 00:40:41,356 --> 00:40:44,567 RUTH: Girl, I know Ted from back when I managed Dinah. 791 00:40:44,567 --> 00:40:45,860 She wouldn't marry him because he was a 792 00:40:45,860 --> 00:40:48,154 bull in a china shop, Godzilla when he drank. 793 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:50,740 ARETHA: Are you here to give me marriage advice? 794 00:40:50,740 --> 00:40:53,993 RUTH: No. But I do want to sign you. 795 00:40:55,161 --> 00:40:57,288 CL: Time you had a real manager instead of that pimp 796 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:58,414 of a husband. 797 00:40:58,414 --> 00:41:00,625 MARCIA: Ted sounds downright unsavory. 798 00:41:00,625 --> 00:41:02,335 ARETHA: Thank you, Ms. Marcia. 799 00:41:02,335 --> 00:41:03,544 RUTH: I can get you better bookings and help you build 800 00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:04,921 on each success. 801 00:41:04,921 --> 00:41:06,422 ARETHA: And Dinah did say that you were the best. 802 00:41:06,422 --> 00:41:07,757 RUTH: I still am. 803 00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:08,967 CL: At the rate you're going, 804 00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,969 Muscle Shoals could be the end of the line. 805 00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:13,763 RUTH: I've contained bigger disasters than that. 806 00:41:31,739 --> 00:41:33,241 ARETHA: All keep talking about my thing 807 00:41:33,241 --> 00:41:36,119 ain't going to happen, but it has to happen. 808 00:41:36,119 --> 00:41:38,830 Shit just has to. 809 00:41:48,756 --> 00:41:50,508 Oh my God. 810 00:42:02,020 --> 00:42:03,855 ♪ Save me! ♪ 811 00:42:04,564 --> 00:42:07,608 ♪ Somebody's got to save me ♪ 812 00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:13,114 ♪ Save me ♪ 813 00:42:13,114 --> 00:42:16,200 ♪ Somebody's got to save me ♪ 814 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,245 CAROLYN: Go ahead, it's almost sounding like something, Ya'll. 815 00:42:19,245 --> 00:42:21,539 ♪ Save me ♪ 816 00:42:21,831 --> 00:42:25,460 ♪ Somebody's got to save me ♪ 817 00:42:28,254 --> 00:42:30,673 ♪ Save me ♪ 818 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:35,428 ♪ Somebody's got to save me ♪ 819 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,180 CAROLYN: And verse... 820 00:42:37,180 --> 00:42:40,725 ♪ Promise myself after your first dalliance ♪ 821 00:42:41,517 --> 00:42:45,104 ♪ That I wouldn't give you no kind of second chance ♪♪ 822 00:42:45,772 --> 00:42:47,023 ARETHA: Dalliance? 823 00:42:47,023 --> 00:42:48,399 (chuckling) 824 00:42:48,399 --> 00:42:49,776 CAROLYN: What? 825 00:42:49,776 --> 00:42:51,569 ARETHA: Don't mean we couldn't find a better word. 826 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:52,862 ERMA: I mean, yeah, cause you don't, you know, 827 00:42:52,862 --> 00:42:54,947 you don't want it to go over Ted's head. 828 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:56,491 ARETHA: Now, see that's not fair. 829 00:42:56,491 --> 00:42:58,242 That's not. 830 00:42:58,242 --> 00:42:59,786 CAROLYN: You know, that phrase the kids are saying in the street? 831 00:42:59,786 --> 00:43:02,330 ERMA: What? CAROLYN: "Sock it to me". ERMA: What? 832 00:43:02,330 --> 00:43:05,792 CAROLYN: Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me. 833 00:43:06,167 --> 00:43:09,587 ♪ Sock it to me, hey, sock it to me, sock it to me ♪♪ 834 00:43:09,587 --> 00:43:11,339 ♪ Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me ♪ 835 00:43:11,339 --> 00:43:13,633 ♪ Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me ♪♪ 836 00:43:14,967 --> 00:43:17,345 CL: You know it's good that you ain't inviting Ted into the 837 00:43:17,345 --> 00:43:19,555 studio next time around. 838 00:43:19,555 --> 00:43:21,557 CECIL: Cause he always hanging on somebody's coat‐tail. 839 00:43:21,557 --> 00:43:23,142 First Dinah Washington, now you. 840 00:43:23,142 --> 00:43:24,519 ARETHA: It isn't like that. 841 00:43:24,519 --> 00:43:26,813 CECIL: Okay, I stand corrected. 842 00:43:27,146 --> 00:43:29,107 CL: He's a no count, just derailing the career 843 00:43:29,107 --> 00:43:31,025 that you and me worked so hard to build. 844 00:43:31,025 --> 00:43:32,860 You think he's a better manager than me but he ain't 845 00:43:32,860 --> 00:43:34,821 doing nothing but dragging you down. 846 00:43:34,821 --> 00:43:36,280 ARETHA: Ted wants me to be more than 847 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:37,490 Reverend Franklin's daughter. 848 00:43:37,490 --> 00:43:38,825 CL: Well, I want you to be more than 849 00:43:38,825 --> 00:43:40,201 Ted White's meal ticket. 850 00:43:40,201 --> 00:43:41,786 ARETHA: Ted is my husband, and I am the only person 851 00:43:41,786 --> 00:43:45,665 in this house that gets to have a say in my marriage. 852 00:43:49,085 --> 00:43:51,379 Mm‐hmm. 853 00:44:02,807 --> 00:44:03,933 CAROLYN: You need help with him? 854 00:44:03,933 --> 00:44:05,768 ARETHA: Ted or Daddy? 855 00:44:05,768 --> 00:44:08,229 ERMA: Okay, save her. 856 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:10,815 ♪ Save me ♪♪ 857 00:44:12,024 --> 00:44:13,526 CECIL: Come on, come on, get your brother, 858 00:44:13,526 --> 00:44:14,610 get your brother. 859 00:44:14,610 --> 00:44:15,987 Get your brother, come on, come on. 860 00:44:15,987 --> 00:44:19,073 Say, hey, Mom, hey, hey, Mom. 861 00:44:19,490 --> 00:44:21,159 Get Mrs. Ruth, get Mrs. Ruth. 862 00:44:21,159 --> 00:44:22,535 All right, boys, come on, come on. 863 00:44:22,535 --> 00:44:23,828 Come on, come on, come on. 864 00:44:23,828 --> 00:44:26,539 RUTH: Been here almost a week, 865 00:44:26,539 --> 00:44:28,040 starting to feel like home. 866 00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,252 ARETHA: Welcome to the family, you sure you want to stay? 867 00:44:32,086 --> 00:44:33,462 RUTH: Look, I'm going to come clean. 868 00:44:33,462 --> 00:44:35,506 I did not know you had children, such lovely boys. 869 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:36,591 Is Ted their father? 870 00:44:36,591 --> 00:44:38,050 ARETHA: No. 871 00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:41,095 We do have a son, little Teddy. 872 00:44:41,095 --> 00:44:42,722 RUTH: And the father of the older boy? 873 00:44:42,722 --> 00:44:44,932 ARETHA: Every family's got their secrets. 874 00:44:44,932 --> 00:44:46,184 We don't air our dirty laundry. 875 00:44:46,184 --> 00:44:47,768 RUTH: Understood. 876 00:44:47,768 --> 00:44:49,729 As your booking agent and publicist, 877 00:44:49,729 --> 00:44:51,939 I'll make sure the world only sees the Aretha Franklin 878 00:44:51,939 --> 00:44:53,316 you want them to. 879 00:44:53,316 --> 00:44:55,067 Look, you have all the talent in the world. 880 00:44:55,067 --> 00:44:56,527 No need for you to chase the charts, 881 00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:58,321 they should be chasing you. 882 00:44:58,321 --> 00:44:59,864 ARETHA: For the record, 883 00:44:59,864 --> 00:45:01,449 Ted and I have a wonderful marriage. 884 00:45:01,449 --> 00:45:03,326 We are raising three lovely boys. 885 00:45:03,326 --> 00:45:04,827 I come from a remarkable family. 886 00:45:04,827 --> 00:45:07,496 I am a princess in a fairytale. 887 00:45:07,496 --> 00:45:10,041 RUTH: I can take that to the bank. 888 00:45:10,333 --> 00:45:12,168 ERMA: Well, some people would think twice about going to work 889 00:45:12,168 --> 00:45:14,045 and leaving their kids. 890 00:45:14,045 --> 00:45:18,424 (phone ringing) 891 00:45:19,467 --> 00:45:20,843 CAROLYN: Hello? 892 00:45:20,843 --> 00:45:22,678 ARETHA: If it's Ted, tell him I ain't home. 893 00:45:22,678 --> 00:45:24,805 CAROLYN: It's Mr. Wexler. 894 00:45:29,268 --> 00:45:31,395 ARETHA: Hello, Mr. Wexler. 895 00:45:31,395 --> 00:45:33,397 Uh‐huh. 896 00:45:34,774 --> 00:45:36,859 JERRY: Let's get you back in the studio. 897 00:45:36,859 --> 00:45:38,986 ARETHA: I, I need to be home right now. 898 00:45:38,986 --> 00:45:41,155 JERRY: Okay, all right. 899 00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:43,282 Oh, and I did something, hear me out, 900 00:45:43,282 --> 00:45:44,659 with "Never Loved a Man". 901 00:45:44,659 --> 00:45:46,577 I had a dozen sides pressed; 902 00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:48,287 what do you think we should use for the B side? 903 00:45:48,287 --> 00:45:50,164 ARETHA: We don't need one, just send it out. 904 00:45:50,164 --> 00:45:52,625 JERRY: I already did. 905 00:45:52,625 --> 00:45:57,380 Yeah, DJs love it and now we need "Mountain" to go with it. 906 00:45:57,380 --> 00:46:00,466 ARETHA: Uh, I want to record in New York. 907 00:46:01,342 --> 00:46:03,261 JERRY: Great, how soon can you and Ted get here? 908 00:46:03,261 --> 00:46:05,554 ARETHA: I'm not inviting Ted. 909 00:46:05,554 --> 00:46:07,848 Just get the rhythm section guys up and I'll be 910 00:46:07,848 --> 00:46:09,600 down in a week. 911 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,561 JERRY: Better hurry because you've got a monster hit. 912 00:46:17,608 --> 00:46:19,777 ARETHA: I got a hit. 913 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:20,945 We got a hit. 914 00:46:20,945 --> 00:46:23,698 (laughing). 915 00:46:25,574 --> 00:46:29,370 (overlapping chatter). 916 00:46:32,415 --> 00:46:33,833 ARETHA: I need ya'll to follow me otherwise we're 917 00:46:33,833 --> 00:46:34,959 going to get lost, okay. 918 00:46:34,959 --> 00:46:36,294 Can you give me something? 919 00:46:36,294 --> 00:46:37,837 KING CURTIS: Well, what you got in mind? 920 00:46:37,837 --> 00:46:39,046 ARETHA: In the break I want you to hit it like I'm beating 921 00:46:39,046 --> 00:46:41,716 someone's chest or slapping someone's face. 922 00:46:41,716 --> 00:46:43,801 Like a, 923 00:46:43,801 --> 00:46:46,220 ♪ You said that you loved me ♪ 924 00:46:46,220 --> 00:46:48,139 ♪ You‐said‐that you‐loved‐me ♪♪ 925 00:46:48,389 --> 00:46:50,182 KING CURTIS: That's the rhythm? ARETHA: Mm‐hmm. 926 00:46:50,182 --> 00:46:52,059 KING CURTIS: I got just the thing. 927 00:46:52,059 --> 00:46:53,477 ARETHA: Uh‐huh. 928 00:46:53,477 --> 00:46:55,271 And Jimmy, can you, can you give me a blues like a, 929 00:46:55,271 --> 00:47:00,026 like a groove like I was out all night. 930 00:47:02,528 --> 00:47:03,946 That'll be the intro. 931 00:47:03,946 --> 00:47:05,281 JIMMY: Can do. ARETHA: All right. 932 00:47:05,281 --> 00:47:07,575 KING CURTIS: We'll have a tasty pocket for you. 933 00:47:07,575 --> 00:47:10,244 ARETHA: King Curtis, you are my kind of man. 934 00:47:12,788 --> 00:47:14,915 ARETHA (over speaker): I'm joining with everybody else. 935 00:47:14,915 --> 00:47:18,002 JERRY (over speaker): Well, you've only got three chords? 936 00:47:19,587 --> 00:47:21,964 ARETHA (over speaker): I will make them sound like a million bucks. 937 00:47:23,799 --> 00:47:25,551 JERRY: All right. 938 00:47:26,052 --> 00:47:27,553 ARETHA: All right. 939 00:47:27,553 --> 00:47:29,889 Now, Mr. Oldham, I need you to punch it for real because 940 00:47:29,889 --> 00:47:31,432 our grove is urgent. 941 00:47:31,432 --> 00:47:33,017 ODEM: Yes, ma'am. 942 00:47:33,017 --> 00:47:34,810 ARETHA: And Mr. Hawkins, this is not a shave and a haircut, 943 00:47:34,810 --> 00:47:37,313 this is more like a four on the floor. 944 00:47:37,897 --> 00:47:40,649 HAWKINS: You got it. ARETHA: All right. 945 00:47:40,649 --> 00:47:43,194 (knock) 946 00:47:43,486 --> 00:47:45,988 TED: It's Valentine's Day, right? 947 00:47:47,323 --> 00:47:48,657 You thought I forgot? 948 00:47:48,657 --> 00:47:50,576 Excuse me, brother. 949 00:47:54,330 --> 00:47:57,458 JERRY: Oh, you've got to be kidding me, yeah. 950 00:47:57,750 --> 00:48:00,002 RUTH: Thank you. 951 00:48:01,462 --> 00:48:04,173 ARETHA: With love from your husband. 952 00:48:12,056 --> 00:48:14,183 JERRY: Okay, let's go. 953 00:48:14,183 --> 00:48:16,519 All right. 954 00:48:16,519 --> 00:48:18,020 Give me that soul, Ms. Franklin. 955 00:48:18,020 --> 00:48:19,980 DAVID: She writes our parts, and she can't even write music. 956 00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:21,649 KING CURTIS: Just like Charles Mingus. 957 00:48:22,108 --> 00:48:24,026 JERRY: Ted, Ted. 958 00:48:32,910 --> 00:48:35,621 RUTH: Nice touch. 959 00:48:35,621 --> 00:48:37,623 Flowers. 960 00:48:37,623 --> 00:48:39,625 TED: You think you can manger her better than me? 961 00:48:39,625 --> 00:48:42,753 RUTH: We can both manager her, Ted. 962 00:48:42,753 --> 00:48:44,630 She's going places. 963 00:48:47,967 --> 00:48:49,552 CAROLYN: The song is a cry for help, right, 964 00:48:49,552 --> 00:48:51,095 so you're calling all the superheroes like 965 00:48:51,095 --> 00:48:54,515 Batman, Superman, Black Panther, Green Hornet. 966 00:48:54,515 --> 00:48:56,016 ARETHA: I'm going to call on all of them and 967 00:48:56,016 --> 00:48:57,726 they sidekicks too. 968 00:48:57,726 --> 00:48:59,145 You know why? 969 00:48:59,145 --> 00:49:00,521 I need help, ya'll. 970 00:49:00,521 --> 00:49:02,398 (laughter) 971 00:49:02,398 --> 00:49:05,651 ♪ ♪ 972 00:49:05,651 --> 00:49:08,112 ♪ Save me ♪ 973 00:49:08,821 --> 00:49:11,490 ♪ Somebody save me ♪ 974 00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:16,579 ♪ Save me ♪ 975 00:49:16,579 --> 00:49:19,790 ♪ Somebody save me ♪ 976 00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:21,083 ♪ Save me, save me ♪ 977 00:49:21,750 --> 00:49:24,920 ♪ Promised myself after the first romance ♪ 978 00:49:25,921 --> 00:49:28,632 ♪ I wouldn't give ya no second chance ♪ 979 00:49:29,925 --> 00:49:32,803 ♪ Say if you seek, you're sure to find, ♪ 980 00:49:33,512 --> 00:49:35,181 ♪ But the closer I get to you, baby, ♪ 981 00:49:35,181 --> 00:49:38,142 ♪ You drive me stone outta my mind ♪ 982 00:49:38,142 --> 00:49:40,102 ♪ Save me ♪ 983 00:49:40,102 --> 00:49:41,937 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ 984 00:49:41,937 --> 00:49:44,023 ♪ Save me ♪ 985 00:49:44,023 --> 00:49:45,608 ♪ Save me, save me ♪ 986 00:49:45,608 --> 00:49:46,859 ♪ Yeah ♪ 987 00:49:46,859 --> 00:49:49,570 ♪ Those who love always give the most ♪ 988 00:49:49,570 --> 00:49:52,948 ♪ We're cryin' together from coast to coast ♪ 989 00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:56,785 ♪ Love leaves us cold and hurt inside ♪ 990 00:49:57,495 --> 00:50:00,247 ♪ These tears of ours, unjustified ♪ 991 00:50:00,998 --> 00:50:03,834 ♪ Beggin' you to save me! ♪ 992 00:50:04,335 --> 00:50:06,128 ♪ Yeah, need somebody here ♪ 993 00:50:06,128 --> 00:50:08,172 ♪ Save me, yeah ♪ 994 00:50:08,422 --> 00:50:09,632 JERRY: Here come the horns. 995 00:50:09,632 --> 00:50:12,134 (horn groove). 996 00:50:12,134 --> 00:50:13,427 ♪ Yeah ♪ 997 00:50:13,427 --> 00:50:15,304 ♪ Woo ♪ 998 00:50:15,304 --> 00:50:17,139 ♪ Yeah ♪ 999 00:50:17,139 --> 00:50:19,183 ♪ Mmm‐hmm ♪ 1000 00:50:23,771 --> 00:50:27,274 ♪ You lied and said you needed me! ♪ 1001 00:50:27,274 --> 00:50:30,236 ♪ You abused my love, set me free ♪ 1002 00:50:31,403 --> 00:50:34,406 ♪ You didn't need, you didn't want me ♪ 1003 00:50:35,032 --> 00:50:37,993 ♪ Somebody help me, this man wants to taunt me! ♪ 1004 00:50:38,702 --> 00:50:41,914 ♪ I'm beggin' you to, oh, save me ♪ 1005 00:50:43,082 --> 00:50:44,959 ♪ Need somebody to save me ♪ 1006 00:50:45,543 --> 00:50:47,211 ♪ Save me, save me ♪ 1007 00:50:47,211 --> 00:50:51,215 ♪ Callin' the Cape Crusader, Green Hornet, Kado too ♪ 1008 00:50:51,215 --> 00:50:54,969 ♪ I'm in so much trouble, I don't know what to do ♪ 1009 00:50:54,969 --> 00:50:58,222 ♪ If you think anything about me, save me! ♪ 1010 00:50:59,139 --> 00:51:00,933 ♪ Oh yeah ♪ 1011 00:51:00,933 --> 00:51:03,644 (camera shutter). 1012 00:51:15,656 --> 00:51:17,241 ♪ Save me, save me ♪ 1013 00:51:17,825 --> 00:51:19,493 ♪ Understand! ♪ 1014 00:51:19,493 --> 00:51:21,161 ♪ Save me! ♪ 1015 00:51:21,161 --> 00:51:22,955 ♪ Anybody! ♪ 1016 00:51:22,955 --> 00:51:24,540 ♪ Save me! ♪ 1017 00:51:24,540 --> 00:51:25,916 ♪ Save me ♪ 1018 00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:28,544 ♪ Whoo! Oh, oh, oh, save me! ♪♪ 1019 00:51:28,961 --> 00:51:30,462 TED: The first set was great. 1020 00:51:30,462 --> 00:51:31,672 ARETHA: Second sets going to be better. 1021 00:51:31,672 --> 00:51:34,383 TED: My parents are here, front row seats, 1022 00:51:34,383 --> 00:51:36,760 and there's standing room only out there. 1023 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:38,887 Our hard work is finally paying off. 1024 00:51:38,887 --> 00:51:41,890 ARETHA: Our hard work? 1025 00:51:44,852 --> 00:51:48,689 I don't want to be married to you anymore, Ted. 1026 00:51:49,898 --> 00:51:51,358 TED: What you get yourself a couple hits, 1027 00:51:51,358 --> 00:51:54,069 you think you're through with me? 1028 00:51:54,069 --> 00:51:55,571 You're getting a little big for your britches. 1029 00:51:55,571 --> 00:51:59,033 ARETHA: You couldn't' even keep up with me if you tried. 1030 00:52:01,827 --> 00:52:03,454 TED: How's your story book life going to look with 1031 00:52:03,454 --> 00:52:06,457 your happy husband? 1032 00:52:06,457 --> 00:52:09,293 ARETHA: I'm getting a divorce, Ted. 1033 00:52:12,630 --> 00:52:14,715 TED: Why? 1034 00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:19,595 Because CL Franklin told you to do it? 1035 00:52:19,595 --> 00:52:21,764 Cause the Franklin family thinks they're too good for 1036 00:52:21,764 --> 00:52:25,601 a regular man, a pimp like myself. 1037 00:52:26,685 --> 00:52:30,439 You're going to look at me when I'm talking to you. 1038 00:52:31,607 --> 00:52:32,983 ARETHA (over PA): I want you to know that it is 1039 00:52:32,983 --> 00:52:34,193 hard to get respect. 1040 00:52:34,193 --> 00:52:35,152 TED: I said look at me when I'm talking to you. 1041 00:52:35,152 --> 00:52:37,321 (two smacks) 1042 00:52:37,321 --> 00:52:38,822 ARETHA (over PA): But if you don't get it, 1043 00:52:38,822 --> 00:52:40,741 well I got my pocketbook right here on stage with me. 1044 00:52:40,741 --> 00:52:43,369 I make sure I get paid before I sing. 1045 00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:47,081 That's respect. 1046 00:52:47,623 --> 00:52:49,750 Well, I have had a wonderful time and I hope you all have 1047 00:52:49,750 --> 00:52:52,378 enjoyed yourselves tonight. 1048 00:52:52,378 --> 00:52:53,962 I thank you for coming. 1049 00:52:54,213 --> 00:52:56,006 Goodnight, thank you so much. 1050 00:52:57,466 --> 00:52:59,968 ANNOUNCER (over PA): And now, with a surprise for Mrs. Franklin. 1051 00:52:59,968 --> 00:53:02,012 Introducing your favorite local disc jockey, 1052 00:53:02,012 --> 00:53:04,264 Rocket Jones. 1053 00:53:05,140 --> 00:53:07,142 ROCKET (over PA): Wait one second. 1054 00:53:07,142 --> 00:53:09,436 In recognition of all you've done. 1055 00:53:10,270 --> 00:53:11,980 ANNOUNCER (over PA): For all kinds of music and for 1056 00:53:11,980 --> 00:53:13,565 all kinds of people. 1057 00:53:13,565 --> 00:53:17,069 ROCKET (over PA): But especiall for soul music and soul people. 1058 00:53:17,861 --> 00:53:19,405 ANNOUNCER (over PA): The people of Chicago and the 1059 00:53:19,405 --> 00:53:22,366 people of the world, hereby crown you "Queen of Soul". 1060 00:53:22,991 --> 00:53:24,118 (applause). 1061 00:53:24,118 --> 00:53:26,203 WOMAN: I love you, Queen! 1062 00:53:34,128 --> 00:53:36,380 (flash bulbs popping) 1063 00:53:45,848 --> 00:53:49,977 (audience applause) 1064 00:53:49,977 --> 00:53:52,271 MAN: I love you, Aretha! 1065 00:53:52,271 --> 00:53:56,984 (flash bulbs popping) 1066 00:53:59,194 --> 00:54:03,657 (audience applause) 1067 00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:13,250 REPORTER 2: Re, Re, Re... 1068 00:54:13,250 --> 00:54:15,419 TED: Hold, hold, hold. 1069 00:54:15,419 --> 00:54:18,338 Just hold on a second. Thank you. 1070 00:54:18,672 --> 00:54:20,924 Re, do you want to talk to me for a second? 1071 00:54:20,924 --> 00:54:22,676 Baby, look, it seems like you're not listening 1072 00:54:22,676 --> 00:54:24,136 to me right now. 1073 00:54:24,136 --> 00:54:25,721 I need you to listen to me for just a second right now. 1074 00:54:25,721 --> 00:54:26,805 I'm trying to talk to you, it don't look like you're trying. 1075 00:54:26,805 --> 00:54:28,515 (door slams) 1076 00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:40,486 TED: Re. 1077 00:54:40,486 --> 00:54:43,238 (knocks) 1078 00:54:44,156 --> 00:54:46,408 Re, open the door baby. 1079 00:54:46,742 --> 00:54:48,577 (knocks) 1080 00:54:49,036 --> 00:54:51,955 Open up the door. 1081 00:54:52,372 --> 00:54:53,707 Re? 1082 00:54:53,707 --> 00:54:55,167 (knocks) 1083 00:54:55,167 --> 00:54:57,669 Re, let me in. 1084 00:54:58,128 --> 00:54:59,671 (knocks) 1085 00:54:59,671 --> 00:55:02,466 There's a lot of press folks out here who want to talk to you. 1086 00:55:02,466 --> 00:55:06,011 (knocks) 1087 00:55:06,345 --> 00:55:08,347 You going to do me like this? 1088 00:55:08,347 --> 00:55:10,641 Baby, I just want to talk to you, okay? 1089 00:55:11,099 --> 00:55:14,520 We'll just sit and talk, just you and me, okay? 1090 00:55:15,938 --> 00:55:18,357 (Aretha whimpering) 1091 00:55:18,941 --> 00:55:19,900 Come on, baby. 1092 00:55:19,900 --> 00:55:21,276 Baby, just open the door, okay? 1093 00:55:21,276 --> 00:55:23,070 (pounding) 1094 00:55:23,070 --> 00:55:24,363 Open the door, we're going to talk, 1095 00:55:24,363 --> 00:55:25,614 I ain't going to do you wrong. 1096 00:55:25,614 --> 00:55:26,698 Okay, I'm going to do you just right, okay, 1097 00:55:26,698 --> 00:55:27,866 I'm going to be good as gold, baby. 1098 00:55:27,866 --> 00:55:30,285 Just let me in the door. 1099 00:55:31,870 --> 00:55:34,748 I'm so sorry, baby. 1100 00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,209 Baby, I'm so sorry. 1101 00:55:37,209 --> 00:55:40,087 I, I don't know what got into me. 1102 00:55:41,797 --> 00:55:44,258 Let me in the goddamn door, Re! 1103 00:55:44,633 --> 00:55:46,969 Open the damn door! 1104 00:55:46,969 --> 00:55:49,346 You can't do this without me. 1105 00:55:49,346 --> 00:55:51,014 I made you. 1106 00:55:51,014 --> 00:55:53,183 Who's going to be there for you when them peckerwoods come 1107 00:55:53,183 --> 00:55:54,810 talking to you, when they try to tell you who you are, 1108 00:55:54,810 --> 00:55:56,311 who's going to be there for you? 1109 00:55:56,311 --> 00:55:57,396 Who's going to help you out? 1110 00:55:57,396 --> 00:56:00,357 Who the hell do you think you are? 1111 00:56:00,857 --> 00:56:04,486 ♪ I may get weary ♪ 1112 00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,157 ♪ Women do get weary ♪ 1113 00:56:11,577 --> 00:56:16,081 ♪ Wearing the same shabby dress ♪ 1114 00:56:20,210 --> 00:56:23,714 ♪ But to one who's weary ♪ 1115 00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:29,303 ♪ Try a little ♪ 1116 00:56:29,303 --> 00:56:32,973 ♪ Try a little tenderness ♪ 1117 00:56:35,183 --> 00:56:39,438 ♪ Oh‐ho‐ho ♪ 1118 00:56:40,689 --> 00:56:43,191 ♪ I may be waiting ♪ 1119 00:56:45,152 --> 00:56:47,571 ♪ Just anticipating ♪ 1120 00:56:50,365 --> 00:56:55,579 ♪ All of the things I may never possess ♪ 1121 00:56:59,833 --> 00:57:02,461 ♪ Mmm, but while I'm waiting ♪ 1122 00:57:05,339 --> 00:57:07,049 ♪ Try a little... ♪♪ 1123 00:57:08,133 --> 00:57:09,676 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.