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 ...

It was 1959 and the legendary Columbia Records A&R man John Hammond was listening to a pile of demo songs when he heard something special, not in the song, but in the singer. It was Aretha Franklin ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Queen of Soul has died. Aretha Franklin, who went from singing in her father’s Detroit church to entertaining world leaders and countless millions of fans for more than 50 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This marks the third time I’ve written about the late, great Aretha Franklin – and for good reason. Her musical career spanned more than five decades, earning her the well-deserved ...

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 ...