Did God create Aretha Franklin?

Did God create Aretha Franklin?

It was not her usual repertoire, but she gave the performance of her life. In January 1972, Aretha Franklin was 29 and already a star when she decided to go back to her roots and the gospel music she was brought up on in Detroit by her parents, Baptist pastor and civil rights activist C.L. Franklin and singer and pianist Barbara Siggers Franklin. Aretha returned despite childhood trauma: her mother left home when Aretha was six and died when she…