"Respect", her trademark song written by singer Otis Redding, is an instant hit in '67, becoming an anthem for both racial pride and women's rights. Within three years, she has eight crossover ...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a friend of Franklin's father; thus the singer joined the civil rights leader on tour ... the 2006 Super Bowl national anthem performance one of the worst, Franklin ...

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Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul" who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died in Detroit at the age of 76. The BBC looks back at her performance at Barack ...

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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 ...

When we recorded “Respect” and “Natural Woman” in the studio, everyone—the musicians and singers—stood up. We were on air, really happy about the takes. My producer at the time ...

Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of ...