Aretha Franklin was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in January 1987, a historic moment followed by a somewhat chaotic speech.

The new biopic “Respect” runs through two decades of Aretha Franklin’s life in 2½ hours, starting at age 9 and culminating with her back-to-the-roots gospel project “Amazing Grace.” The film, starring ...

Here’s a look at the life of the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin. Personal Birth date: March 25, 1942 Death date: August 16, 2018 Birth place: Memphis, Tennessee Birth name: Aretha Louise Franklin ...

When Aretha Franklin recorded I Say a Little Prayer, she didn’t just cover a Dionne Warwick song, she reshaped it into a ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her idol in the 2021 biopic Respect. “You know, I didn’t realize how much of an ...

Aretha Franklin was an American singer and songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul." Franklin began singing in her father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith, in ...

During a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, the Queen of Soul revealed her thoughts on Queen B. “We have a lot of respect for each other,” Franklin said. “I love the beat of ‘Bootylicious.’ And ‘I’m a ...

Aretha Franklin covered The Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” Keith Richards appeared in the music video for her cover. Both versions of the song appeared in a movie starring Whoopi Goldberg.

Aretha Franklin was one of the biggest stars in America — and one of the biggest divas. She refused to travel by plane. She insisted on the heat being cranked up while she recorded, other people’s ...

When Franklin’s clarion voice hit the airwaves in 1967, she seemed a force of nature, a voice with the force of a horn section that claimed full attention, whether lamenting love gone wrong or ...

"We have lost the matriarch and rock of our family," a statement read. — -- Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul” whose unmistakable, booming voice helped define a music genre and provided an ...

September 1, 2018 • Many of the performers and speakers, from Chaka Khan and Jennifer Hudson to Rev. William Barber and author Michael Eric Dyson, underscored the church legacy in the Queen of Soul's ...