Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In addition to being a maternal figure to Hudson, the Memphis-born icon has long been the Queen of Soul to music lovers around the ...

Aretha Franklin, born March 25, 1942, left an indelible mark on music, culture, and civil rights. Her voice—powerful, passionate, and unmistakable—redefined soul music and became a rallying cry for ...

'Respect' screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson speaks with Showbiz Cheat Sheet about writing the Aretha Franklin biopic. Scott Wilson addressed how she chose which songs to include in the movie, and even ...

It’s safe to say that Aretha Franklin was not known for her modesty. After Page Six revealed that Franklin once hired three makeup artists to paint her face for one event, we now hear she had had her ...

They call her the Queen of Soul for a reason. Aretha Franklin's late-'60s recordings defined soul music. As the daughter of the Rev. C.L. Franklin, a prominent Detroit minister and gospel singer who ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Aretha Franklin—and I doubt it’ll be the last. With a career as monumental and emotionally layered as hers, every return to her ...

Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit "Respect" has been ranked the best song of all time by Rolling Stone. Interestingly, the song wasn't originally Franklin's. It was written and recorded by Otis Redding ...

She has the greatest, most powerful, most torrential singing voice of all time. Even without reading it, you know who the person is. That’s right, soul singer Aretha Franklin. By just opening her ...

Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin’s discography is one so vast and so iconic that it will forever live on through our speakers. With her four-octave vocal range, no one (and we mean no one) could sing a ...

When Rolling Stone ranked the 200 best singers of all time, the top 10 included artists with hits going as far back as the ...