"Aretha: Until The Real Thing Comes Along" is the second episode in the third season of Genius. It is the twenty-second episode overall.
Plot Summary[]
Aretha catches the attention of Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in 1966; Little Re has her first touring experience on the Gospel Circuit in 1954 with C.L. Franklin and meets her idol, Clara Ward.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin
- Malcolm Barrett as Ted White
- Patrice Covington as Erma Franklin
- Rebecca Naomi Jones as Carolyn Franklin
- David Cross as Jerry Wexler
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Ruth Bowen
- Shaian Jordan as Little Re (young Aretha)
- Courtney B. Vance as C. L. Franklin
Guest Starring[]
- Pauletta Washington as Rachel Franklin