Happy birthday a day late to the great Aretha Franklin, born March 25, 1942. Before she hit international stardom as the Queen of Soul, she sand gospel and jazz. Columbia records tried to make her a successful jazz artist, but their efforts really never took off. When she moved to the Atlantic label it all changed. Nevertheless this early television video shows her incredible vocal talent on the jazz classic "Skylark".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgzmxef0Vlc
