Blige and The Boys Choir of Harlem. MUST-READ: 15 Soul-Stirring Gospel Songs That Are Guaranteed To Lift Your Spirits Aretha ...

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 ...

A long-awaited Aretha Franklin documentary ... which is so pure and joyous." Franklin won 18 Grammys and had 17 Top Ten US chart hits over a music career spanning seven decades.

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 ...

March 1942 — Aretha Franklin is born in Memphis, Tennessee. Her father, a prominent Baptist minister with gospel-music connections, would move the family briefly to Buffalo before settling in ...

It’s 1972 and Aretha Franklin is an international superstar ... God that is so often absent from popular (often gospel influenced) secular music; the God that is seldom uttered from the mouths ...

The definitive female soul singer of the '60s, a symbol of black pride, and one of the most influential voices in the history of popular music, Aretha Franklin brought "black" music to an entirely ...

Aretha Franklin’s 1967 version of Otis Redding ... He is cited as the inventor of the genre and credited with bringing gospel music to popular attention. Preacher and singer Solomon Burke ...

CeCe Teneal honors Franklin — an 18-time Grammy award-winning icon whose career spanned 50 years — with personalized ...

Aretha and Whitney Tribute” featuring acclaimed tribute artist Charity Lockhart will be presented Friday at 7 p.m. at t Country Club, 800 Country Club Drive. Tickets are $40 apiece and can be ...