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Became her stage manager in 1990 until his death in 2002. aretha's musical gifts were apparent at an early age, largely self-taught she became a gifted pianist with a powerful voice and was widely regarded as a child prodigy. aretha got her start as a performer singing in front of her father's congregation. by the age of 14, she had recorded some of her earliest tracks at her father's church which were released by a small label as the album "songs of faith" in 1956. she also performed with her father's traveling revival, and while on tour befriended such gospel greats as mahalia jackson, sam c...

The state manager in the 1990s until his death. her gift were apparent at an early age. she became a gifted pianist of a powerful voice and wildly regarded as a child prodigy. she got her start as singing in front of her father's congregation. by the age of 14, she recorded some of her earlierest track at her father's church. she performed with her father's traveling revival and while on tour befriended such gospel greats with sam cook and clara word. in 1960, aretha traveled in new york, after being courted by some labels there and including mo-town. she signed with columbia record

Was actually downstairs singing. and just hearing her voice in the residence, and then when you walk down and you saw her -- even now, it makes the hair on my arms stand up and just the powerful voice that she had, and how much she enjoyed the singing and it was just amazing. just to experience that. >> the entire world is thinking about your family, and we appreciate you joining us here on cnn. take care. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> absolutely. when we come back, mo town remembers one of their own. the one and only barry gordy joins me next.

Your family. tell me what she meenant to you >> well, yeah, first of all, it's kind of an out of body experience thinking about the fact that she's not here. it's just very strange. she meant so much to me, because, first of all, she was my home girl. i didn't hang out with her like she did with smokey and that gang, because they were coming up kind of the same way. but she was very close to mo town and its artists. and they loved her. she loved us. and she came from the church. and you always knew that in her music. >> did that contribute to her level of artistry? talk to me about what she br...

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