In 1960, producer John Hammond signed Franklin to Columbia Records, where she recorded ten albums through 1967, including a tribute to Dinah Washington. But her switch to Atlantic Records in 1967 proved the start of a far more successful collaboration. At Atlantic, Franklin worked with producers Jerry Wexler and Arif Mardin , as well as many of the top backing musicians who performed with Wilson Pickett, Ray Charles, and other Atlantic male soul artists of the time. Her first album...