Late years
The last major success in the charts Areta Franklin became the cover of the song Steve Uandera charseUntil You Come Back to Me» (1974). This entry superstar closes an era in the life of Franklin. «Golden Age» soul music was already in the past, and his «Queen» could not have been aware of this. A further blow was the paralysis of her father, wounded robbers in an attack on his country estate.
With age the emotional fervor of records Franklin cooled, passionate soul, and instead it goes to the performance of traditional pop-hit-parade, especially in duets with younger artists like Luther Vandrossa. Franklin duet with George Michael in 1986 he led a hit parade of Great Britain, and her most successful single 1990, «A Rose Is Still a Rose» (1998), was recorded together with Lorin Hill of The Fugees.
Recorded in different years duets «Queen», with its cross-old daughter Whitney Houston, Marayey Carey, Annie Lennox, Mary J. Blaydzh, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Estefan, Christina Aguilera and other artists were in 2007, released a separate disc «Jewels in the Crown: All -Star Duets with the Queen ». In the two years prior to that she was awarded the highest award the United States - the Presidential Medal of Freedom.