And no, it's not 'Respect.' ...

WHEN ARETHA appeared at the plush Fontainebleu in Miami Beach earlier this year, it was a new "first" for the First Lady of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Aretha Franklin did not simply sing soul music. She carried it like a woman walking into church with a Bible in one hand and somebody’s broken heart in the other. Her voice had ...

Aretha Franklin continues to shape how the US hears soul, gospel, and pop, as her catalog finds new listeners. mixing-1584267_1280.jpgSchaltzentrale des Sounds: Reihen aus Fadern, Tasten und ...

R-E-S-P-E-C-T is exactly what Aretha Franklin got in 1967. Fifty-nine years ago, the Queen of Soul took her cover to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for four weeks. It also topped ...

On January 22, 1968, Aretha Franklin released “Lady Soul.” Credit: Photo courtesy of All Music. Aretha Franklin has long been considered the “Queen of Soul” and her Detroit upbringing has always kept ...

Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul. It’s not the totality of who she is — beneath her cool exterior is a remarkably warm-hearted person — but it is a very big part of her. There are no… By Clive ...

A Natural Woman was named the best soul song in history by Time Out New York, despite never topping the music charts.

Music lovers remember Aretha Franklin as the iconic Queen of Soul, but to Grace Franklin, she was more than just a powerhouse singer. “I just called her grandma,” Grace, 16, said in an interview that ...

This year marks six decades since Aretha Franklin's first ­recordings (released later on the album Songs of Faith), a set of ­gospel hymns recorded live at Detroit's New Bethel Baptist Church. By Gary ...