Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer,
songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred
to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel
music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its "100 Greatest
Singers of All Time" list, as well as the ninth greatest artist of ... read more

5 Facts About Pepsi Super Bowl Ad Star Melanie Amaro

Who's the upstart who belts out a dance-party version of Aretha Franklin's "Respect" in the new Super Bowl Pepsi ad? It's The X Factor Melanie Amaro, challenging mean kin...
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Idol Headlines for 01/02/12

Scotty McCreery is heading back to high school tweets, "Alrighty yall.. imma hit the hay.. First day back at school this new semester tomorrow. We'll do it again sometim...
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Aretha Franklin Immortalized In Wax For Black History Month

Soul superstar Aretha Franklin is to be immortalized as a waxwork to mark the start of Black History Month. The "Respect" hitmaker's wax double will be unveiled at Madam...
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Music Review: Aretha Franklin - Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980-1998

Reportedly, it was at a show in 1965 when a master of ceremonies gave Aretha Franklin a tiara and dubbed her "the queen of soul." Ironically, Franklin hadn't yet enjoyed ...
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Mixtape | Ladies rock the Hall of Fame

Twenty-five years ago Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Posted 20 January 11.11pm — Comment on this

Aretha Franklin wants Denzel Washington to play her dad

Aretha Franklin is ready to cast the movie based on her life story, but the Queen of Soul still isn't ready to reveal the actress she'd like to see in the lead ...
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Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin Reveals Cast 'wish List' For Biopic

Aretha Franklin has revealed her wish list of actors for a biopic about her life - she wants Nia Long Kerry Washington and Blair Underwood to sign up for roles The Queen ...
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Franklin reveals tumour scare

R&B legend Aretha Franklin has opened up about her mystery health crisis of 2010, revealing a tumour landed her in hospital.
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Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin Reveals Tumour Scare

RB legend Aretha Franklin has opened up about her mystery health crisis of 2010 revealing a tumour landed her in hospital The Respect singer has refused to divulge detail...
Posted 10 January 3.06pm — Comment on this

Aretha Franklin Gives Details On Her Wedding Plans

For those who wanted to know...
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Aretha Franklin - Franklin To Accept Late Father's Award

Aretha Franklin has honoured her late father by jetting to Georgia to accept a prestigious award on his behalf The soul star flew to Atlanta for the 20th Annual Trumpet A...
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Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin Snubs Wedding Planner

Aretha Franklin has no plans to hire a wedding planner ahead of her summer 12 nuptials insisting theres no way in the world she would hand over control of her big day to ...
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Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin Wants Wang Wedding Dress

Aretha Franklin wants Vera Wang to design her wedding dress The iconic singer - who announced she would be wedding her long-term friend William Wilkerson earlier this mon...
Posted 5 January 3.01pm — Comment on this

Aretha Franklin - Newly-engaged Franklin To Headline Bet Honors Concert

Aretha Franklin will make her first public appearance since announcing her engagement when she performs at the Bet Honors show in Washington D C next week 14Jan12 The Que...
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Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin Considers Vera Wang To Design Wedding Gown

Aretha Franklin will choose between three heavyweights of the fashion world to design her all-important wedding dress for her planned nuptials later this year The Queen o...
Posted 4 January 11.09am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Aretha Franklin songs in the past year.

  • You make me feel like a natural woman  62 plays
  • Rock steady  59 plays
  • I never loved a man (the way i love you)  58 plays
  • I Say A Little Prayer  50 plays
  • Respect  46 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Aretha Franklin over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 60s 521 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 70s 50 plays

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