Countless Aretha Franklin songs topped the charts throughout her 60-plus year career, and she earned not only the Grammy ...

The definitive female soul singer of the '60s, a symbol of black pride, and one of the most influential voices in the history of popular music, Aretha Franklin brought "black" music to an entirely ...

Join Slate pop critic Jack Hamilton for a bold re-examination of the music of the ’60s ... historical origins of songs by Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones ...

The acclaimed gospel singer sang with Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Dionne Warwick and Elvis Presley. She collaborated with ...

Aretha Franklin grew up in 1950s Detroit, surrounded from childhood by the now-famous faces of the civil rights movement. Her songs would become ... Franklin's friend for over 60 years - told ...

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Cissy Houston, the mother of the late Whitney Houston and a two-time Grammy winner who performed alongside superstar ...

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The late Aretha ... Grandma.'" Franklin opted for R&B legend Lauryn Hill's "Killing Me Softly" to perform but when it didn't move the judges, they suggested she sing another song.

Cisssy Houston died Monday while in hospice care for Alzheimer's at age 91. She was the mother of Whitney Houston and a ...

Aretha Franklin was an American singer ... her first two Grammy Awards. The song subsequently became a civil rights anthem throughout the late '60s and '70s. Some of Franklin's other Top 10 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis ...