ARETHA LOUISE FRANKLIN

MARCH 25, 1942 - AUGUST 16, 2018

A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF A MUSIC PHENOMENON: AN AMERICAN SINGER, SONGWRITER, PIANIST, AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST.

ARETHA FRANKLIN RECORDED 112 CHARTED SINGLES ON BILLBOARD, INCLUDING 77 HOT 100 ENTRIES, 17 TOP-TEN POP SINGLES, 100 R&B ENTRIES, AND 20 NUMBER-ONE R&B SINGLES. SHE IS THE MOST CHARTED FEMALE ARTIST IN HISTORY. FRANKLIN'S WELL-KNOWN HITS INCLUDE "ROCK STEADY", "CALL ME", "AIN'T NO WAY", "DON'T PLAY THAT SONG (YOU LIED)", "SPANISH HARLEM", "DAY DREAMING", "UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO)", "SOMETHING HE CAN FEEL", "JUMP TO IT", "FREEWAY OF LOVE", "WHO'S ZOOMIN' WHO", AND "I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (FOR ME)" (A DUET WITH GEORGE MICHAEL). SHE WON 18 GRAMMY AWARDS, INCLUDING THE FIRST EIGHT AWARDS GIVEN FOR BEST FEMALE R&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE (1968-1975). ARETHA FRANKLIN IS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING MUSIC ARTISTS OF ALL TIME, HAVING SOLD MORE THAN 75 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE.

JILLIAN MENDEZ
AND
NATURAL ELEMENTS

FEATURING
MIKE COMPO - CURTIS FREEMAN
BRYAN HUMPHRIES - JASON LARMOND

SIGNED TO BIG SHOT RECORDS AND HAD A TOP 40 DANCE HIT IN THE UNITED LINGDOM, GERMANY, SPAIN AND AUSTRALIA

SIGNED TO 4TH/BROADWAY ISLAND RECORDS

HAS PERFORMED AT THE APOLLO THEATRE IN HARLEM NEW YORK,
THE METROPOLIS IN MONTREAL, THE O'KEEFE CENTRE IN TORONTO

VOICE OF CLUB MED COMMERCIAL& VOICE WORK FOR CBC, SUZUKI,
HYUNDAI, TACO BELL, HARVEY'S & KRAFT MACARONI AND CHEESE

APPEARED IN THE MOVIE, "SING", STARRING PATTI LABELLE

CURRENTLY PERFORMS WITH "NORRIS VINES AND THE PLATTERS"

JILLIAN'S WARM, EXPRESSIVE VOICE IS THE PERFECT VEHICLE FOR HER REPERTOIRE OF JAZZ STANDARDS AND MEMORABLE SOUL, RHYTHM & BLUES AND DANCE MUSIC HITS. HER COMMANDING STAGE PRESENCE IS SIMPLY CAPTIVATING.