Countless Aretha Franklin songs topped the charts throughout her ... soulful tour de force from the young singer who titled ...

But it has been argued that the inspiration for Franklin's passionate vocals was likely drawn from a painful place. Encouraged by her father, Aretha made her first recording, the album Songs of ...

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 ...

Aretha Franklin is one of the few artists who could perform Mariah Carey songs and do them justice ... (One of my favorite albums of hers is still gospel: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism).

Aretha Franklin brought "black" music to an entirely new audience. Aretha grew up in Detroit where her father was pastor at the New Bethel Baptist Church. She recorded her first album of gospel ...

Date set for Aretha Franklin funeral Madonna hits back over Aretha tribute Ariana Grande's Sweetener: The stories behind the songs Grande last topped the albums chart with Dangerous Woman ...

A recent and handsome boxed set of five Aretha Franklin albums from the 70s is all the excuse William Dart needs to dedicate ...

But I’m delighted.’ The first songs I sang in church were “Jesus Be a Fence Around Me” and “I Am Sealed.” I was around 8 or 9. My dad asked me to sing that day. I didn’t want to sing ...

Franklin supported Democrats for decades, including performing the national anthem at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. She sang a majestic version of “My Country, Tis of Thee” at Barack ...