Franklin's soaring vocals have had a towering influence on American soul and pop music that is still heard today. Looking to build the essential Aretha playlist? These 20 songs are a must.

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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 ...

Cissy Houston, the two-time Grammy-wining gospel singer, mother of the late Whitney Houston, back-up singer for everyone from ...

A long-awaited Aretha Franklin documentary ... which is so pure and joyous." Franklin won 18 Grammys and had 17 Top Ten US chart hits over a music career spanning seven decades.

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Cissy Houston, a two-time Grammy-winning soul and gospel artist who sang with Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley and other stars ...

The singer, who died this week, was the mother of Whitney Houston and a contender for the greatest voice of the country, our ...

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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 ...

Cissy Houston, renowned soul and gospel singer and mother to Whitney Houston, died at the age of 91. Houston, a two-time ...