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As part of our end-of-year round up, iconic record label executive Al Bell, responsible for soul legends like Isaac Hayes and Otis Redding, tells personal stories about meeting Aretha Franklin when she was 16 and her cultural legacy
Ericka Blount Danois is a Baltimore based journalist, writer, researcher, producer and author.
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