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

DETROIT – Detroit could soon become home to a significant cultural landmark honoring some of America’s most legendary music icons, including the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. LaMont Robinson, ...

(RNS) — What would a conversation between Aretha Franklin and the Apostle Paul sound like? The question may seem random, as the two figures are so different. One is the Queen of Soul, a Memphis native ...

Beneath the surface of Aretha Franklin‘s iconic public persona lay a complex web of lovers and entanglements, some more passionate than others, and some fraught with tension, with most of them kept ...

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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 ...

The famed music producer said Franklin "stood more for history than any one person I've ever been with" Shahar Azran/Getty; Theo Wargo/Getty Clive Davis looked back on his relationship with Aretha ...

ANNOUNCER: Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the one-and- only Aretha Franklin. ♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ♪ Find out what it means to me ♪ Featuring Grammy Award nominee Sheléa with The Pacific ...

Image Credit: ‘ I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me),” Arista Records On this day in 1987, George Michael and Aretha Franklin’s “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” went to #1 on the Billboard charts, ...

Where: First Interstate Center for the Arts, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. Cost: $49.50-$89.50. Tickets available through broadwayspokane.com. To hear Cristina Raè talk about her earliest stage ...

For those who came of age during the early days of MTV, Peter Wolf will forever be known as the frontman of the J. Geils Band, whose “Centerfold” and “Freeze Frame” videos were as much a channel ...

With nearly six decades in the music business, Aretha Franklin was a legendary singer and songwriter known for chart-topping hits like “Respect” and “Chain of Fools.” Franklin grew up singing in her ...