Countless Aretha Franklin songs topped the charts throughout her ... this romantic relationship would end up on top," noted The New York Times of this fun, feisty entry that topped the R&B charts ...

Franklin began singing in her father's congregation as a young girl and released her first album, Songs of Faith ... BET CEO Debra Lee on New Memoir, and Saying 'No' to Aretha Franklin and ...

The Greensboro Symphony Orchestra (GSO) is thrilled to announce a spectacular tribute to the legendary Aretha Franklin, set ...

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 ...

Our goal with Firsts, which we will continue to update as new barriers are broken ... WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD ‘I didn’t think my songs would become anthems for women.

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 ...