Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In addition to being a maternal figure to Hudson, the Memphis-born icon has long been the Queen of Soul to music lovers around the ...

Aretha Franklin, born March 25, 1942, left an indelible mark on music, culture, and civil rights. Her voice—powerful, passionate, and unmistakable—redefined soul music and became a rallying cry for ...

A 1967 classic by Aretha Franklin took the top spot on a list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." The track also marks a major personal record for Franklin after it became her No. 1 best-selling ...

Aretha Franklin's 1967 rendition of "Respect" transcended music, becoming a powerful anthem for the Civil Rights and Women's ...

She has the greatest, most powerful, most torrential singing voice of all time. Even without reading it, you know who the person is. That’s right, soul singer Aretha Franklin. By just opening her ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Aretha Franklin—and I doubt it’ll be the last. With a career as monumental and emotionally layered as hers, every return to her ...

A cover wound up becoming this artist's signature song, and an anthem for the Civil Rights and Women's Rights movements.

On April 29, 1967, Aretha Franklin released her single called “Respect”, recorded at New York’s Atlantic Studios. The song was written and originally released by Otis Redding in 1965, but ...