New Solo Version of Aretha Song About Race, Faith Released

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New Solo Version of Aretha Song About Race, Faith Released

NEW YORK (AP) — A never-before-heard solo version of the late Aretha Franklin’s riveting and powerful collaboration with Mary J. Blige about faith and race, 2006’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith,” has arrived on Juneteenth. Sony’s RCA Records, RCA Inspiration and Legacy Recordings released the song Friday, aligning with the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved []

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1797

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1936

MaliVai Washington

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Jones, Bill T. (1952- )

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1957

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