Aretha Franklin In Commercials: A Brand By Itself (1968-2013) Compilation

[@baritonebynight]

Wow! I forgot about all of these commercials. She was so much a part of Americana.

[@dannybourne_]

America without Aretha is not the same now...

[@Delited2bme]

The world without Ms. Franklin isn't the same.

[@Juliaflo]

@@Delited2bme I second that.

[@miystiqueskillz2233]

We still got karen Clark sheard tho!!!! Shhhiiiddddd

[@sirblack1619]

Say that!

[@Adele_68]

@Danny Bourne bullshit. I DON'T MISS HER AT ALL. NEITHER DO U

[@jcextranow]

She had so much fun doing commericals and the companies that endorsed her saw major sales in their products.

[@sparkleinyoureyes8259]

Not only did Aretha touch the hearts of many here in Detroit but all over the world as well !! Rest easy Queen of Soul !! 💓🎤💓

[@allymayful]

She certainly did. She hit me hard as a 14yr old, in 1967, in Australia, as the next best thing in music, after the Beatles.She added so many more layers to modern music. Sensational then - sensational now!!!! AND lm pretty sure we had the same snickers advert here. Love her heaps. PLUS she is an amazing personality as well.

[@ThomasSellers]

Listen to the heartbeat....of ARETHA! RIP to a true artist. The Queen is gone, long live the Queen of Soul, the Queen of OUR Soul! GB and much R E S P E C T and a whole lotta L O V E!

[@tioutlw782]

Thanks reelblack for posting this! Rest in peace, Aretha!

[@marybell9577]

I NEVER KNEW SHE MADE COMMERCIALS. SHE WAS ONE SMART GIFTED AND TALENTED WOMEN.

[@cherllowe-johnson7630]

Wow!! I forgot about most of these. Aretha's voice was everywhere in the 80s & 90s. I wish we could have seen more of her acting skills & bits of comedy. She did do more talk shows 2000-2017. This itself showed how she opened up to her fans. One talented lady, indeed!!!😙

[@lisamarie6016]

That's when Pizza Hut was good. She knew how to flip her money !!! Smart woman. Sweet Sleep beautiful..

[@joeb267382]

I never realized Aretha did ads for this much stuff. She certainly wasn't one of those people who looked down at doing commercials. That's for sure.

[@seedofisrael1356]

joeb267382 That’s how she left $80million behind

[@joeb267382]

My mother said the same thing. I had told her earlier she was worth 80 million then a couple days later I told her about all the products she shilled for and the first thing she said was "That's why she was worth 80 million" My mother always admired Andy Rooney from 60 minutes because he always said he would never appear in commercials.

[@k.y3551]

leeuwin1962 You’re such a loser!

[@SBsupreme602]

leeuwin1962 watch your tone, guess you missed the “if you don’t have something nice to say sone say nothing at all” that was very rude, disrespectful the wrong way to gain attention you were wrong this was someone’s mother , daughter ,aunt , something special to not only her family, the world,firstly God . But you got some nerve to be trolling in these comments .

[@sirblack1619]

A lot of the commercials that she did were for products or places that she would go or buy. And the car commercials were a given since she lived and loved Detroit.

[@joyjoy1236]

Thank You. She is the Queen of Soul to All of Us.

[@trueelbon5478]

THAT RAY CHARLES AND ARETHA COKE AD AT 6:36!!! OH, MY GOD! THEY SHOULD HAVE PACKAGED THAT AD AND SOLD IT AS A SINGLE! IT WOULD HAVE SOLD MILLIONS! MERCY!!!

[@achosenvessel6563]

True Elbon: Yes indeed!

[@danielcalderon4306]

It would've even gotten a grammy!

[@martell203]

I was thinking the same. And the one with her that they played after that one.

[@razorbackfilms]

Thank You for posting!

[@ednanewton3151]

Dd

[@Alexz_Archivz]

Damn! She even had a Nintendo/Target endorsement!!!!

[@nonyajohnson9106]

Yes she did! I truly believe that's why they choose Aretha jus to us all hooked on most of the food, drink commercials back then including the Wheel of Fortune, they're fan base is mainly ppl of color & retirees!

[@margiedaniels489]

Wow...this is memory lane

[@greenbyrd3665]

Pepsi and Coke? Can anyone else claim this? She really was a force to be reckoned with!

[@reelblack]

James brown did endorsements for both.

[@greenbyrd3665]

Well, since he was the Godfather of Soul, I guess I can accept that. Not royalty, but close! lol

[@reelblack]

they even did a song together back in he 80s. gimme gimme gimme. not their best moment, but worth checking out.

[@greenbyrd3665]

Just watched the video, and you're right. However, Aretha and James on their worst day are better than many on their best day! lol kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKCxhYOOet6NqtE

[@greenbyrd3665]

Oh no! Well, I guess that's what makes this wonderful system work. lol

[@jcextranow]

I loved her fast food commercials. She soared with them. I loved her Snickers commercial also, lol

[@sofumba]

That Snickers commercial was HILARIOUS! "Can you feel that?" backhand slap was timeless-LOL!!

[@jcextranow]

Best believe if any of those struggling actors got slapped by Aretha Franklin they didn't consider it to be violent. They actually considered it to be a boost for their own careers.

[@AsmaAlicooler]

May she Rest In Peace. God bless her ❤️😔

[@USNAVDC]

God...I love Aretha Franklin...talkin', singin'....whatever she was doing; it was great.

[@ryanLeKing]

A 🌹 is Still A 🌹. Grand Lady of SouL: The Aretha!

[@myqueenimagivemydumassopin6841]

Wow...I think I've fell in love with her. ❤️ The 60s 70s and 90s was beautiful of Aretha...

[@slimtee2]

What happened in the 80s? Haha

[@fritznerdalaporte2980]

This was Beautiful we miss you already RIP QUEEN.

[@poppinpoppi1]

No wonder Coke is still around. Aretha put the juju on it for them.

[@BrothaJ365]

poppinpoppi1 😂😂

[@miystiqueskillz2233]

You ain't neva lied lol

[@shopdrop9828]

Wow! This is awesome 👏🏿 reel black! Would have been better if Aretha had mad a cameo in the last commercial but ok.

[@michellerose7520]

So this is the origin of the phrase, "She could sing the phone book and make it sound good!" 🔥 👑 👸🏾

[@rubychew6875]

I wish she had done more duets with male singers.

[@angeluvsvid]

She did with lots of them With Smokey Robinson Luther Vandross George Michael and tons more

[@ronaldelston6039]

GO RERE🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞LUV ALL YOUR ADS AND QUITE SURPRISED BY THE MANY OF THEM🌞

[@angelacooper9767]

Her Detroit accent w/a southern swing to it voice will be missed by us all but the angels are going to give her a grand stand as she comes marching in serenading her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

[@mslee7530]

I Love Aretha Franklin ❤️❤️

[@KishBish]

I don't even drink pop anymore, but wow.. her duet with Ray Charles has me wanting to run out for a Coke NOW!!! talk about sexxxy!! 🔥🔥

[@mmarie294]

thank you so much. Just beautiful... you are special realblack for posting

[@sereneamani1713]

Aretha, Ray, & Coca-Cola made my day

[@misterunderstood1709]

Justice Melody I was thinking the same thing!

[@onlygafabotwhatigafbout8495]

Things go better with a coke a cola

[@dianehendricks6048]

That Queen know she can sing!!

[@DavidRichardson95]

RIP Ms. Franklin. You have definitely left an impact and a legacy that can never be touched!! By any means. So glad I was able to know you and all the greats early in my childhood than most. Heaven's choir is rocking with you, Marvin Gaye, Luther, Otis, Sam, Isaac, Barry White, Teena Marie, Lena Horne, Whitney, MJ, Prince, four of the classic 5 members of the Temptations (David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams and Melvin Franklin as well as Dennis Edwards), 2Pac, B.I.G., Bob Marley, and the list goes on and on...Rest in heaven to the queen and everyone now in that beautiful choir.

[@Shavonbest4u]

This was beautiful good job!

[@dtay8913]

Beautiful tribute

[@hectorrivaz8458]

RIP to the mother of soul

[@chandrasteward3846]

🕊R.I.P. Queen of Soul 🕊

[@jacquelineperry8740]

Wow this was beyond awsome didn't know aretha did all this and the thing that suprise me the most was the wheel of fortune.i always felt that was the most anti black show and to see that she was responsible for there theme song absolutely amazes me.much respects to her whitney never did this no she didn't.always our queen Aretha she was there for black people in commericals when no one else was she was there this beautiful black woman she should have been mrs.santa claus she was a joy to watch always up until her death she never stop performing her last performance was the grandaughter taping her in march just barely holding but she was still playing and singing....Arethas gonna be truly missed bow to the queen and her name is queen Aretha.im left speechless after these commercials ive never seen.just speechless.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

That was one of her favorite shows. That and "The Price is Right".

[@pianoin69]

Thank you for this video.

[@nyla3235]

Just plain AWSOME!!! What A Woman!!! Never saw these commercials and I don't understand why. She was just prolific in her gifts to her family, her community and the world. The Creators example and vessel to reach across all of humanity and I know God is saying to her Well Done my child - Well Done and now come rest your Beautiful Soul, Spirit my Black - DOS Daughter..

[@sirblack1619]

Nice! And this is only a fraction of the commercials that she did. She did a commercial for Folgers, Amoco Gas, not mention the theme songs to TV shows.

[@angeluvsvid]

I miss going to the Cd stores dang

[@oceanview777]

She’s so uplifting. I listen to her sing anything and feel happy. Really so unique and irreplaceable. The BEST. Thanks for posting that snickers commercial 😂 and a great human being. although I ve had the great fortune to discover Jennifer Holiday 😍 recently

[@angeluvsvid]

Her Chevy Commercial off the chain vocals

[@iluvrachellef]

WOW the Mc DLT came out when i worked there in the late 80s,it was their best burger in my opinion.

[@BB-rm9fl]

A are time queen so much hard work a blessing.

[@demetrasmith1869]

The Queen of Soul! forever!🎵😢😢

[@sweetssweeter2734]

the first commercial is hilarious hahaha hahaha hahaha... caught me off guard!!

[@MrDLOC11]

Love this compilation! Did she ever do country time lemonade? She's mentioned it when interviewed about some of her favorite endorsments...

[@creswellformey7654]

Wish I could find her Smokey the Bear "Only You" radio ad from the '70s. All hail The Queen.

[@aliciacatney4229]

The Sir Elton John commercial was the best

[@Riogi]

There is only one Aretha Franklin. She will always be loved and missed.

[@nancyericson4263]

Okay so some folks thought Aretha sang "Rescue Me" but here she's singing a take-off of it for Pizza Hut. I only remember the Snickers Commercial.

[@kwood2077]

This video is great you do good work thanks.

[@evonza4858]

Ps I like the wheel of fortune commercial but I have to give an honorable mention for Aretha doing the theme song for" A Different World" while her then husband Glenn Turman stared on the show❤️🖤💚🥰

[@HYJONES83]

I'm 35 yrs old. Where was I when she was on these commercials? 😂😂

[@onlygafabotwhatigafbout8495]

HYJONES83 exactly

[@corimadison210]

HYJONES83 y'all we was on whit Mike prince stuff I'm 37 felt same way lol

[@islandgirl5382]

Wow, I forgot but I remember the snicker commercial!

[@edwardanthony7283]

The advertisers knew what they were doing.

[@toddanthony6664]

OMG! I forgot about the Wheel of Fortune ad!!! That brings back memories @1:35

[@antd8259]

Great compulation!

[@danielcalderon4306]

Look at her on that Pizza Hut commercial 😍

[@Paulann7326]

Did I miss the Folgers commercial? That was one of my favorites.

[@WapajeaWalksOnWater]

Thanks so much for this, it's awesome

[@iluvrachellef]

RIP QUEEN we love and miss you 💜💜💜

[@pdg1021]

I miss Areatha, and that McDonalds McDLT. That was a good sandwich....I used to order it all the time back in the day!

[@stephanierickenbacker2446]

Nice commercials! Thanks for the upload.

[@miss.phyllisreneefoster9547]

miss Aretha Franklin Amen

[@needahandle]

Thanks for this. Who knew? Nice to see

[@multi150nyc]

Gosh, I remember that cool Pepsi diner commercial & also the Wheel Of Fortune spot. The Pepsi/Coca Cola wars of my childhood. NES commercial blew me away!!

[@aminahshabazz2668]

Wow! I remember that Deliver Me commercial for Pizza Hut! LOL

[@colorpurple4623]

Ikr I love that!!

[@DJRAMON804]

Respect

[@momof2kens19]

Love this!!!!!!!!

[@athorpe630]

Really nice..RIP Lady Soul.

[@chrisbrinkley8921]

Queen Aretha

[@BrothaJ365]

This was a trip!!! 🤗🤗🤗

[@MandyRRAh]

I hope they paid her loads of money and I'm glad none of this came to Australia. We just had her voice. Nothing could be better.

[@shirleysingleton2169]

WOOOOOW AWESOME 😃😃

[@pacinorules752]

Priceless! Dr. Goready!

[@Itcool2beu]

Queen

[@J.Evans_Official]

Why do I always forget Liza is in the snickers commercial with her lol. My attention always goes to Ree the end🤣😂😂

[@queenv1827]

Good video

[@mattw4496]

Beautiful commercials.

[@stephanieporter123]

WOW!!! SHE DID IT ALLLLLL LOVING IT!!! Yes indeed a brand all by itself!!!!!

[@Michelle-jz8vl]

💕

[@jjackeeeKooKz]

🌹🌹 R. E. S. P. E. C. T. 🌹🌹

[@onlygafabotwhatigafbout8495]

Doctor grateeeeeeedeeeeeeee

[@73lyfe96]

Love it!

[@yvenhess-thema7293]

The snickers one is just HILARIOUS

[@TheAngel0525]

all the great artist who changed music opening doors paving the way for todays artist their all gone , without them there would be no Mary J blige no Chaka khan no Alesha keys

[@onlygafabotwhatigafbout8495]

TheAngel0525 very true but Chaka has definitely open some doors on her own

[@gaynelllee5435]

Where do y'all get this stuff from?. It was a lot of companies that wanted her to do things. Like she said "She is a Singer". The commercial business was good, but she wasn't in that business. She has always got RESPECT!!! Still getting it even as she rest in perfect peace. #TheQueenofSoul #TheGoat #Legend ❤👑

[@evonza4858]

Pss shout out to Ray Charles for doing both Coke a Cola and Pepsi commercials ❤️🖤💚🥰#you may learn something new everyday if you pay attention 😊

[@RobynLouise86]

I remember the Pepsi one :-)

[@diniastuart3137]

The snickers one is the bam

[@mrsmatthews5943]

What an Incredible *True Talent!* Thankh u #QueenofSoul! Thankh u *Reelblack* for sharing this w/Us.

[@lchapo7842]

Dr Garretti 🎶🎤🔈🔉🔊🎶💕

[@MrStyle23]

Love those old school Coke commercials.

[@parkercarson2917]

Seems like the world was a better place back then.

[@martell203]

I wish they had the years on them! Thanks for this though! 😀

[@evonza4858]

I love the queen of soul regardless 🥰❤️🖤💚#rip mama ❤️🖤💚🥰

[@SublimeThinker]

RIP Aretha