Aretha Franklin, the "queen of soul" known for hits ... By 1968 she was renowned throughout America and Europe as "Lady Soul" - a symbol of black pride who appeared on the cover of Time and ...

Sister Sledge and the Rev Jesse Jackson are among those who have paid tribute Aretha Franklin ... and politics for Aretha Franklin, the US singer known as the Queen of Soul, who has died at ...

Aretha Franklin famously sung of love and heartbreak, but away from the music her personal life was every bit as stormy. The brilliant soul singer, who died today aged 76 and was renowned as one ...

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 ...

To Jennifer Hudson, Aretha Franklin became much more than a music legend when the talk show host was preparing to play her ...

When Aretha Franklin ... complement to the Queen of Soul’s primary residence in Bloomfield Hills. But over time — and amid the singer’s worsening health — Franklin abandoned the property ...