To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than ... 1 spot on their list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Aretha Franklin ... also won Franklin her first two Grammy Awards. The song subsequently became a civil rights anthem throughout the late '60s and '70s. Some of Franklin's other Top 10 hits ...

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 ...

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the view is spectacular.View Full List WOMEN WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD ‘I didn’t think my songs would become anthems for women. But I’m delighted.’ The first songs I sang in church were ...

The world said goodbye to legendary 28-time Grammy-winning music producer Quincy Jones this past weekend and while you may know the name, you might not know Jones was responsible for producing some of ...

During his prime, Jones helped write, compose, and arrange some of the greatest pop hits in modern history for some legendary artists including Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin ... We’ll try to keep ...

Until the early 1960s, only male artists had topped the album chart in the States. But that changed with the release of an ...

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit, surrounded from childhood by the now-famous faces of the civil rights movement. Her songs would become their anthems. Her Baptist minister father was the ...

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The decades-long career of Quincy Jones sprawled across landmark jazz, pop, R&B and soundtrack recordings. Here are 15 of the best.

The late Aretha ... Grandma.'" Franklin opted for R&B legend Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly" to perform but when it didn't move the judges, they suggested she sing another song.