Aretha Franklin gravitated toward soulful dishes that were deeply rooted in Southern tradition, with one old-school classic standing out as her favorite.

Aretha Franklin had a hit on her hands in 1971 with a cover of a 1960s song, but when originally writing it, Phil Spector ...

In 1967, at the Regal Theater in Chicago, Aretha Franklin was coronated. Before a concert there, local DJ Pervis Spann placed a crown on her head and named her Queen of Soul, as her version of Otis ...

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 ...

Three decades after Michael premiered, the iconic dance hall where John Travolta filmed one of the movie's best-known scenes ...

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 ...

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 ...

A week and a half ago, the Queen of Soul reignited one of music’s oldest feuds. Speaking about her longtime rival Dionne Warwick in an interview with the Associated Press, Aretha Franklin said, “She ...

Notes from Franklin's celebrity admirers and collaborators have poured in since news of her failing health became public earlier this week Celebrities are paying tribute to the Queen of Soul. Aretha ...

Aretha Franklin’s was the voice of the 20 th century. No other singer left such a definitive mark on the course of popular music—simply put, there is singing before Aretha Franklin, and there is ...

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 ...