"Aretha is a gift from God," Blige had said of her collaborator. "When it comes to expressing yourself through song, there is ...

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 ...

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I was around 8 or 9. My dad asked me to sing that day. I didn’t want to sing in front of an audience. But he heard the possibilities and he continued to encourage me, and thank God he did.

Erivo, as Aretha, is at the piano singing "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)." (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "GENIUS: ARETHA") ERIVO: (As Aretha Franklin, singing) You're a no-good heartbreaker.