To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her idol in the 2021 biopic Respect. “You know, I didn’t realize how much of an ...

Aretha Franklin’s casket was escorted out of Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple after a nearly eight-hour funeral service filled with performances by superstar singers and remarks by friends and former ...

Recorded by Franklin in New York City in 1967 with members of The Swampers, Aretha’s singing transformed the song, which ...

Aretha Franklin died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday at age 76, leaving behind a legacy including iconic music and civil rights activism — and a reported fortune in the millions. The Queen of Soul ...

Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing and bluesy yet expansive delivery earned her the title “the Queen of Soul,” died this morning in her Detroit, Michigan, home. She was 76. We’re wrapping up ...

"We lost an irreplaceable force," Taylor Swift said of Aretha Franklin before asking concertgoers at Detroit's Ford Field for a moment of silence Days ahead of Aretha Franklin‘s funeral in her ...

Aretha Franklin was known as the queen of soul for her music, so it makes sense that she would be a big soul food fan. Here ...

Aretha Franklin used Vernors ginger ale to make her ham glaze uniquely Detroit. She basted the ham every 20 minutes and ...

In 1998, Carey got the opportunity to sing a duet of Franklin’s hit “Chain of Fools” with the Queen herself. It was a moment that Carey treasures to this day. “Aretha Franklin is my high bar and North ...

During a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, the Queen of Soul revealed her thoughts on Queen B. “We have a lot of respect for each other,” Franklin said. “I love the beat of ‘Bootylicious.’ And ‘I’m a ...

There’s no getting through Grammy night without one or two crises in need of management, but for veteran show producer Ken Ehrlich, the 1998 awards ceremony stands out as particularly chaotic. Ol’ ...

When Franklin’s clarion voice hit the airwaves in 1967, she seemed a force of nature, a voice with the force of a horn section that claimed full attention, whether lamenting love gone wrong or ...