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 said a few months ago that her current tour will be her last. But there was nothing retiring about Franklin's Thursday performance at Wolf Trap. Early in her show, Franklin, decked out ...

YouTube masher-upper extraordinaire Bill McClintock has returned! For his latest amalgamation masterwork, McClintock has take Aerosmith’s “Sweet Emotion” and put it together with Aretha Franklin’s ...

Aretha Franklin, played by Cynthia Erivo, recording what will be her first hit in Muscle Shoals, Ala., in the National Geographic Channel series "Genius: Aretha." (Richard DuCree / National Geographic ...

Aretha Franklin's seductive voice and irrepressible charm have been delighting audiences for more than three decades. Now, from the critically acclaimed PBS series "Soundstage," Aretha gives one of ...

It’s hard to believe, but 30 years ago today Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin was the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aretha was not inducted with the original ...

On this day in 1987, Aretha Franklin made history as the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock Hall has long been criticized as chauvinistic, so the Queen of ...