{"id":7728,"date":"2017-02-09T17:13:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=7728"},"modified":"2017-02-09T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:13:19","slug":"queen-soul-music-aretha-franklin-announces-retirement-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/queen-soul-music-aretha-franklin-announces-retirement-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Soul Music, Aretha Franklin announces retirement at 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header header-style1\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h2 id=\"m_-5182110985389898289yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486638517127_50197\">After successful years in music, Aretha Frankin, one of the world\u2019s most revered singers and song writer has announced that she plans to retire in 2017, but not after doing an album with Stevie Wonder.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"m_-5182110985389898289yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486638517127_50200\"><\/div>\n<div>Aretha, who has over 7 Grammy awards, has experienced health issues the last couple of years, and recently had abdominal surgery. She revealed that even after she retires, she won\u2019t just sit down and <em>\u2018do nothing\u2019<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-5182110985389898289yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486638517127_50202\"><em>\u201cI must tell you, I am retiring this year,\u201d<\/em> she told reporter Evrod Cassimy of Detroit TV station WDIV Local 4.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-5182110985389898289yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486638517127_50203\">She said her new album would feature production and collaborations with Stevie Wonder saying she was \u201cexuberant\u201d about it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-5182110985389898289yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486638517127_50204\" dir=\"ltr\"><em>\u201cI feel very, very enriched and satisfied with respect to where my career came from and where it is now,\u201d <\/em>Franklin said.<em> \u201cI\u2019ll be pretty much satisfied, but I\u2019m not going to go anywhere and just sit down and do nothing. That wouldn\u2019t be good either.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After successful years in music, Aretha Frankin, one of the world\u2019s most revered singers and song writer has announced that she plans to retire in 2017, but not after doing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2999,2998],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/aretha.png?fit=400%2C225&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60998,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/gladys-knight-to-lead-aretha-franklin-tribute-at-american-music-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":7728,"position":0},"title":"Gladys Knight to lead Aretha Franklin tribute at American music Awards.","author":"Igbokwe John","date":"September 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The American music awards will honor the Queen of soul next month. 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