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 ...

'Respect' screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson speaks with Showbiz Cheat Sheet about writing the Aretha Franklin biopic. Scott Wilson addressed how she chose which songs to include in the movie, and even ...

NEW YORK — A never-before-heard solo version of the late Aretha Franklin’s riveting and powerful collaboration with Mary J. Blige about faith and race, 2006’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith,” has arrived ...

Happy (belated) birthday to the Queen of Soul! Aretha Franklin, born March 25, 1942, left an indelible mark on music, culture, and civil rights. Her voice—powerful, passionate, and ...

Born in Memphis and raised in Detroit by her devoutly Christian father, Reverend C.L. Franklin, Aretha Franklin had a troubled childhood. She fell pregnant at 12 and was the mother of two sons by the ...

Franklin penned this 1967 track with her husband at the time, Ted White, and whatever…uh, chemistry the two may have had is evident as Aretha lays down some of her sexiest vocals ever, announcing ...

She has the greatest, most powerful, most torrential singing voice of all time. Even without reading it, you know who the person is. That’s right, soul singer Aretha Franklin. By just opening her ...

A never-before-heard solo version of the late Aretha Franklin’s riveting and powerful collaboration with Mary J. Blige about faith and race, 2006’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith,” has arrived on ...

A never-before-heard solo version of the late Aretha Franklin’s riveting and powerful collaboration with Mary J. Blige about faith and race, 2006’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith,” has arrived on ...

A solo version of Aretha Franklin’s song “Never Gonna Break My Faith,” which has a theme about race, was released on Juneteenth. Franklin collaborated on the song with Mary J. Blige in 2006 in which ...