Aretha Franklin Performs ‘Rock of Ages’ At Her Father C.L. Franklin Church ‘New Bethel Baptist Church’ [VIDEO]

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The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin  is one of 46 women  featured in TIME’s Firsts, celebrating women who are the first in their field.  Franklin was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  For her feature in the piece, Franklin took the publication to her late father, the Rev. C.L. Franklin ‘New Bethel Baptist Church’ in Detroit, Michigan  to show them where she came from.

The Queen of Soul shared with Time, the first time she sang was in church, because her father the  legendary Rev.  C.L. Franklin asked her to, and from that day on, continued  to encourage her music career.

The first songs I sang in church were “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me” and “I Am Sealed.” I was around 8 or 9. My dad asked me to sing that day. I didn’t want to sing in front of an audience. But he heard the possibilities and he continued to encourage me, and thank God he did. Singing at a concert vs. singing in the church is like singing no place else, really. You have an ethereal feeling there. The house of God is the house of God. But all music is motivating, inspiring, transporting.

Check out Aretha Franklin as she performs ‘Rock of Ages’ at New Bethel Baptist Church during the interview: