Recorded by Franklin in New York City in 1967 with members of The Swampers, Aretha’s singing transformed the song, which ...

American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist Aretha Franklin performing in Detroit, MI. Aretha Franklin’s "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" was released as her Atlantic ...

DETROIT — A judge overseeing the estate of Aretha Franklin awarded real estate to the late star's sons, citing a handwritten will from 2014 that was found between couch cushions. The decision Monday ...

A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death is a valid Michigan will, a jury said Tuesday, a critical turn in a dispute that has turned her sons ...

A Michigan jury decided Tuesday that a handwritten will found sandwiched between couch cushions in Aretha Franklin’s home after her death in 2018 is valid, according to reports. The soul music legend ...

A document handwritten by Aretha Franklin found inside her couch is her true will, a jury ruled Tuesday, settling a dispute between Franklin’s sons over her estate after multiple documents written by ...

An assembly of people gathered in January 1972 in the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles for a service of sorts – though not the ordinary kind. Amazing Grace was released as a double ...

You’d never know from Franklin’s account of her childhood, but the singer-songwriter’s parents had a complicated marriage. Aretha’s father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, was a nationally known Baptist ...

Three years after her death from pancreatic cancer, a new movie Respect starring Jennifer Hudson explores Aretha Franklin's rise to fame and life away from the stage. Particularly her relationships ...

Franklin’s father was the man with the “million-dollar voice” — a very popular preacher and singer who was known for organizing the 1963 Walk to Freedom in Detroit with Martin Luther King, Jr. He was ...

The new Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect, chronicles the singer-songwriter’s struggles and successes, including her relationships with her four sons: Clarence Franklin, Edward Franklin, Ted White, Jr., ...

The Queen of Soul had an affinity for classic rock, too. "I like all kinds of music," Franklin told this writer during a 1985 interview at her home in suburban Detroit. "It doesn't have to start as a ...