A gospel prodigy steeped in the music of Mahalia Jackson and Clara Ward, Minister C.L Franklin’s beautiful daughter Aretha sang spirituals for Martin Luther King, Jr. and other African-American royalty as her powerful father looked on. But when Columbia Records brought this jewel to New York, the body of a young woman concealed a lost soul. Aretha struggled to find her voice plush strings and champagne-swirled show tunes and standards until she unmasked her pain on a striking tribute to Dinah.

Country music singer Willie Nelson became the subject of a road movie when he starred in Honeysuckle Rose as a country singer whose life begins to unravel after he gets involved with the young daughter of his closest friend. Also starring Amy Irving and Dyan Cannon, the film deftly blended its many musical numbers into the dramatic storyline. Highlights of the score included “On The Road Again,” which became one of Nelson’s signature themes and was used again in the film Forrest Gump.