Aretha Franklin

People Can Really Relate Chaka Khan Reading Lyrics Off the Back of Her Fan At Aretha Franklin's Funeral

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Bill Clinton Pays Tribute to Aretha Franklin at Her Funeral

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Al Sharpton Slams Trump’s Claim That Aretha Franklin Worked for Him: 'No, She Used to Perform for You'

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Watch Ariana Grande Sing at Aretha Franklin's Funeral

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Aretha Franklin's Funeral Marked with Pink Cadillac Parade

The "Freeway of Love" singer is getting a pink Cadillac tribute

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Aretha Franklin Sang Her Way Through America's History. Her Passing Is the End of an Era

When Aretha Franklin sang, out poured the sun and the moon: Her voice was optimism shaded with occasional sorrow, joy tempered by the understanding that nothing in life can be perfect, but above all it...

By Stephanie Zacharek

Aretha Franklin Performs 'Rock of Ages' at the New Bethel Baptist Church

Directed by GILLIAN LAUB Nearly 70 years ago a young girl named Aretha Franklin stood up to perform a gospel song in her father's church. The soulful notes hit the walls with trembling potency. In...

Watch the Trailer for Firsts, TIME’s New Video Series on 46 Groundbreaking Women

  On Sept. 7, TIME will unveil Firsts, a multimedia project featuring candid interviews with 46 groundbreaking women. Some of these women — Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Aretha Franklin — you know well, and will...

By TIME Staff

Aretha Franklin Says She's Retiring After Her Next Album

She is expected to release new music in September

By Abigail Abrams

Aretha Franklin's National Anthem Will Blow Your Mind

And the Internet loved it

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See the Celebrities at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Stars turned out for the annual dinner with President Obama

By TIME Staff

Watch President Obama Tear Up at Aretha Franklin's 'Natural Woman' Performance

Franklin sang at the Kennedy Center Honors in D.C. and absolutely nailed it

By Jessica Goodman / Entertainment Weekly

Beyoncé Is Now the Most Grammy-Nominated Woman of All Time

She broke a tie with Dolly Parton today

By Daniel D'Addario

Listen to Aretha Franklin's Powerful Cover of Adele's 'Rolling in the Deep'

Some listeners suspect that the legendary singer is being Auto-Tuned

By Samantha Grossman

Remembering Gerry Goffin, the '60s Poet of Teen Heartbreak

Writing songs with his then-wife Carole King, he wrote the words for perennial ballads made into hits by The Drifters, The Crystals and Aretha Franklin

By Richard Corliss

Obama Flubs Spelling of 'Respect' During Aretha Franklin Tribute

While praising the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, president tells White House audience a little something about "R-S-P-E-C-T"

By Maya Rhodan
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