EPISODE · Aug 11, 2026 · 11 MIN
Detroit historian remembers her father's record store, recording career and life in the city
from Here & Now · host WBUR & NPR
Her father, Joe Battle, opened a record store in 1945 and he recorded blues guitarist John Lee Hooker, the Baptist preacher reverend C. L. Franklin, and Franklin's talented daughter Aretha.
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