Aretha Franklin was a pretty, slender, young girl of 22 when I saw her at The 20 Grand, which was one of Detroit’s most famous night clubs. It was located at the intersection of 14th Street and Warren Avenue.
That’s a memory I will always treasure, her voice was as clear as mountain air, and it had a beautiful ringing resonance that seemed to be ringing just outside of my ear at that time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja20WWg5r-o
These are pictures from 1960, and although that was 5 years later when I saw her, this is what she looked like.