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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 ...

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

Aretha Franklin died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday at age 76, leaving behind a legacy including iconic music and civil rights activism — and a reported fortune in the millions. The Queen of Soul ...

Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” died this morning in her Detroit, Michigan, home. She was 76. We’re wrapping up ...

Aretha Franklin used Vernors ginger ale to make her ham glaze uniquely Detroit. She basted the ham every 20 minutes and ...

During a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, the Queen of Soul revealed her thoughts on Queen B. “We have a lot of respect for each other,” Franklin said. “I love the beat of ‘Bootylicious.’ And ‘I’m a ...

Aretha Franklin was known as the queen of soul for her music, so it makes sense that she would be a big soul food fan. Here ...

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 ...

When Franklin’s clarion voice hit the airwaves in 1967, she seemed a force of nature, a voice with the force of a horn section that claimed full attention, whether lamenting love gone wrong or ...

LOS ANGELES – Jennifer Hudson was one of the last people on Earth to speak with Aretha Franklin. The final of many conversations between Franklin and the actress hand-picked to portray her onscreen ...

Aretha Franklin was an American singer and songwriter known as "The Queen of Soul." Franklin began singing in her father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith, in ...